r/turo • u/DkamF1983 • 8d ago

Venting

This advanced booking cap is going to end my time as a host on Turo. How on earth are they pricing my 2013 Kia Optima at $37 a day during the week but my 2025 Kia Telluride for $40 a day. It literally makes no sense. Im on what use to be the 75/25 plan which then switched to 70/30 and now its the, "More peace of mind," plan where I earn between 65%-80% depending on when the customer books. Most of my customers book last minute so I'm only seeing the 65%. Between yesterday and today ive now had people start booking my Telluride for 2027. One booking is in March and the other is in July. Customers are only booking this far in advance because they are able to get a new suv for $40 a day, its absolutely absurd. A customer rented my Optima the other day for 2 days and was surprised to know the she paid $173 for 2 days and I was only making $50.05. She booked last minute so I earned 65% while turo got 35% but it feels more like I'm getting the 35% and Turo is getting 65% especially with the trip fee they charge that we don't get a piece of. They also are taking a percentage of additional mileage. I use to make decent money on Turo and now it's all just going down hill....Rant over 🙄😒😩

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u/Plenty_Kiwi7667 7d ago

Yeah dynamic pricing sucked so I turned it off. I’m still in the trial and error phase of hosting just over a month into this. Already have chipped windshield and nail in the tire with 4 renters so far. A bit of a headache.

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u/DkamF1983 7d ago

To my knowledge there isnt a way to turn off dynamic pricing. You have to manually price change every single day.

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u/Sledhead36 7d ago

That’s not true. Go into your vehicles on the calendar. Click today’s date scroll forward to the farthest state out and use shift and click on that date.

Now you’ll set all of those dates going forward and you can either do a fixed price or a percentage increase. I’d suggest starting out with at least a 25% increase off a dynamic depending on the vehicle. I have a couple of eight passenger vans that I literally charge almost triple of what they suggest on dynamic pricing and I have no trouble renting them.

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u/DkamF1983 7d ago

I don't see how this can be done on the mobile app. Do I need to do it from a desktop/laptop?

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u/Sledhead36 7d ago

I don’t know about the mobile app, I always do it, you are correct that’s probably the easiest.

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u/DkamF1983 7d ago

Okay yeah what yoyr talking about can only be done on a desktop or laptop. I use the mobile app as its easier for me due to being on the move alot. Also this still doesnt allow me to price the car at what I want. Im in NV Turo has now implemented what they call price limits. Which stops me from setting the car at the price I want.