Renting out your own car privately

I’m looking forward to rent out my car privately, since 97% of time it stays in the garage and gathers dust.
So far I found only two service providers for this topic:

  • Gomore
  • 2EM

I cannot find more, so it’s surprisingly few. They also have quite high commissions (22-25%).
Do you know more? Or do you have any experience with these services?

No, but I read this review some time ago. To me it sounds horrible and tedious, and I would just sell my car instead.

Maybe it would make sense to sell the car and rent somebody else’s car for the 3% of the time you need it.

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It looks like it’s a job in itself. If you have plenty of time on your hands…then go for it.
There’s also this attachment thinggy. Would never rent my car to other people…so if you can get rid of that feeling…:smiling_face_with_tear:

That’s what I thought too about my home, and yet Airbnb became huge!

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Airbnb would never work for me!! We rented our property back home but I know the tenants and I know they treat my house as if it was their own. Dealing with tourists of various debatable qualities is not really appealing…as of yet! But who knows… :joy:
Anyway, on AirbnB you can rate both the owners and the renters so it helps with diminishing the risks.

Just sell the car and get yourself Mobility for when you need it. A lot less hassle.

It seems like quite a task. If you have a lot of free time, then sure, go for it. Personally, I could never rent out my car to others because of the attachment I have to it, but if you can get past that, it might be worth considering

Just use Mobility (no, I don’t have shares, not even using it :grinning:)

Edit: I see Buzzer beat me to it.

Used Gomore a few years back to rent a cargo van to move junk to the dump. No problems.
Only problem I can think of is hidden damage that may only be realized down the road.

Bit of a different thing really, a house/apartment is a much higher value asset and something that holds value very well, even appreciates with time. Plus it’s difficult to shift (mortgages etc). Cars are much lower value items and generally only depreciate, and very much so with use. Renting a car carries much more risk…