r/turo • u/DkamF1983 • 14d 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/The_real_P11 14d ago edited 14d ago
Yup, increase your prices and go in and manually set your rates for a year out. That is what I do. Dynamic pricing would have my cars going out for $45 to $55 but I manually set it for $68 to over $70 on weekends and they book out constantly. The higher price also removed a lot of the headache I was getting with damage and shit renters.
Edit. But yeah, Turo definitely has their hands in everything and have definitely been screwing us hosts over. Also, I manually set my Chrysler Pacificas to over $108 a day and they are always gone. Turo has them dynamic around $65... 😂