Turo, the airbnb of Car Rentals

Jonathan gave you $25 off your first trip - If any of you want to give Turo a try, use my code to sign up. You'll get a $25 discount on your first trip.

www.turo.com or download the Turo app for Android or Apple.

I recently began using Turo to rent out my '09 VW Jetta Wagon. I really like this service, and I'm getting a lot of rental requests. This is great, because otherwise the car was going to sit unused.
Turo offers free rental insurance for all owners, unless they have rental insurance of their own. As a result, they will take 35% of every trip. If you provide your own insurance, they will only take 10% of each trip (a finder's fee).
You can set up automatic pricing, where the rates will increase during high traffic areas, and decrease when it's slow. Or you could set your own price for everything.

I initially signed up for Turo in November. The day after I listed my vehicle, I had 3 driver requests. 2 of them were for 2-weeks each, and one was only 2-3 days. That one was cancelled because I noticed a few drops of oil when I moved the vehicle, and needed to take it to a shop for them to repair it and I didn't have time to do that before the first driver took possession.

Anyway, I have currently had 2 different drivers. The first (2-weeks) requested that I pick them up at the airport, and the second (1 day) wanted to pick the car up himself. Not a problem. I can charge an extra fee for airport requests to cover my costs returning home. My 3rd driver is at 5:30pm today. my 2nd 2-week trip. Then just this morning I picked up 2 separate 1-week trips. The Turo calendar updates itself constantly, and it automatically adds to my google calendar, which is helpful.

Rent Jonathan’s 2009 Volkswagen Jetta in Honolulu, HI | Turo
This is my listing.

Anyway, I'm really pleased with this service. It becomes an almost passive income, except dealing with drop offs and pickups, if you offer that service. What a great way to earn some extra money by doing almost nothing. If any of you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll share everything I know the answer to.

Apparently they are available in 56 different countries. Wow.
About Turo

There's a guy in Waikiki that has a parking lot. I don't know if he's renting it, or actually owns it. In addition to that parking lot, he also has between 70-75 "Turo" vehicles. They're all used cars. He keeps them maintained, but it isn't too bad. And being that the lot is in Waikiki, he's able to charge people $20/night to "store" the cars they're renting from him there. This is in place of the $40-50/night fee that hotels charge for the same service. The only difference is they need a ride over to his lot to pick up the car, or a ride back to their hotel once they drop it off. Unless they're willing to walk 10-15 min.

I would estimate that his total income is in the $750k/year range, before expenses. But I highly doubt those expenses are even close to as much as he's bringing in. Having volume is a great option. I would like to get to that point (eventually), but will start small. 2-3 vehicles. My car is currently renting low because I just started. I'll increase it once I have more reviews under my belt. The guy I mentioned has well over 2000 reviews, so no problem there.

Hmm... Maybe we should create a "Fuck someone's wife" app. As long as we're the creators, we could keep a 10% finder's fee for connecting everyone.

I know Tinder and Bumble are a thing. But women aren't selling their services on it, the way they would with our app. Maybe you "sell" dates or something. No guarintee of sex, just a date. That way it technically isn't prostitution. I'm sure incel's would flock to that to go on dates with chicks.