Anyone ever used Turo for car sharing?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Going to Sarasota next month and regular car rental prices are through the roof. Like $700 a week for a tiny compact car.

Turo.com popped up and it's local people I assume that own cars and rent them out to people. Supposedly they deliver it to you give you the keys and then are there to pick it up when you want to drop it off. Each will tell you how many trips the car took what year is etc etc.

Seems so much more reasonable but of course afraid to take a chance

[jimfields33]

1. How much savings? Does your insurance cover accidents?

The thing with rental cars is you have option to use your insurance or company’s insurance. That’s huge.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. Great questions. Cheapest compact via regular

Rental was $594 for a compact putt-putt. Turo was showing me a Lexus for a total price of 390. Including 2000 miles and free delivery. What's stranger is it says that you pick up the keys to be a lockbox. Huh? Does that mean the car is in a parking lot somewhere? LOL

But I kind of gave up for now. I think because you couldn't really move forward without joining, uploading pictures of yourself, uploading your driver's license information, etc etc.

But * I think* insurance was probably extra because it listed an insurance co. I suspect that is x amount of day. Not sure how could be that much more though. Given when you rent a car normally you can add insurance for like $10 a day.

[Casady1]

2. My friend

Does turo. He rents his car out. He likes it.

[Callalily]

3. Can't help you with advice about Turo but . . .

Have you thought about renting a car through Coscos? I'm thinking about getting a membership just for that purpose because I heard that they offer good rates.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. Hmm. Not a member either. I guess I'd have to look to see if

Was a Costco in Sarasota. Probably huh

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

4. I've used Turo a couple times

Not all renters on Turo deliver or pick up and some of those that do charge extra for it. Your personal car insurance or rental benefits from your credit card will not apply for Turo most likely. Turo offers insurance of their own, but it does not cover interior or mechanical damage. That all being said, both times I used Turo things went smoothly and I wouldn't hesitate to use them again.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. So you just took the risk on interior? Not damaging it?

And mechanical? Meaning if you had a wreck and the engine got smashed up it wouldn't be covered? Yikes

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

9. yea

I didn't have my kids with me at the time so I wasn't worried on the interior getting messed up. And for the mechanical side, if the engine was damaged in a wreck, that would be covered under the collision coverage. They don't cover mechanical damage like if I over revved the engine and blew it up or did burnouts and messed up the transmission or or something along those lines.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. Interesting, thanks for the input. Did you rent the cars

Somewhere out of town like at an airport? Or near home

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

11. Both times were when I was out of town

The one was right next door to my hotel while I was in Las Vegas with my wife, so walking to pick it up and walking back after drop off wasn't an issue. We were staying at Aria and the owner lived in Veer Towers, which is like 300ft away according to google maps. The other time I took an Uber over to pick it up and back to drop it off, but I had it timed so I basically took the Uber there right from the airport, then dropped it off and took an uber from there back to the airport when I was flying back home. Pickup and drop off was at the owners house for that one.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Becoming clearer. Now seeing fees for delivery on

Thanks

[Tomconroy]

8. I would talk to my insurance company..If they don't cover

I would go over the Turo insurance policy with a fine tooth comb and try to figure out who the insurance company actually is. And even then I wouldn't do it.
An insurance company really only needs two employees; One to cash all the premium checks, the other to deny all the claims.