Rent out your car
Rent My Car Out is for people thinking about listing a personal car — usually on Turo. Start with the take-home calculator. These pages cover whether you can list, what you keep after costs, how to set the listing up, and the gear for the first trip. Independent — not affiliated with Turo.
Turo can change fees and rules. Check your listing before you count on a number.
Calculator
Daily rate, occupancy, and the costs that do not show up on a receipt.
Open the calculator →Gear
A lockbox for the key, a tracker if you want one, and a Faraday bag for the fob.
See the kit →Starter Kit
Take-home sheet, 24 guest messages, 14-day checklist. One purchase.
Get the kit →Should I list
Age, miles, title, lease, insurance. Read these before you take photos.
Decision
Yes / not yet in plain English — age, miles, title, NY and MD, lease, insurance — then the free calculator.
Read the decision →Start
The full published US rules before you take photos. Who this is for. Who should wait.
Read eligibility →Requirements
Age 21, 12-year cap, 130k miles, clean title, NY and MD inspections.
Read host requirements →Host age
Host age is generally 21 in the US. Host age is not guest age.
Read host age →Guest age
Minimum age depends on vehicle class. Young driver fee is Turo’s, not a host extra.
Read guest age →Lease & loan
A lease or loan is not automatic permission. Confirm the lessor or lienholder allows sharing.
Read the lease and loan rules →Insurance
Personal auto usually excludes peer-to-peer. Call your insurer. Turo protection is not a replacement policy.
Read the insurance split →Decision
Host share vs what leaves your bank account. When listing is / isn’t worth the friction.
Read the worth-it split →Money
Host share is not profit. These pages do the subtraction.
Take-home
Host share vs profit on the 70 / 80 / 90 US plans. Conservative default: about $720 host vs about $625 costs.
Read the worked example →Occupancy
50% is an example so you can change it, not a promise. Same $60 / 80% / $500 example numbers.
Read occupancy →Pricing
$60/day is an example so you can change it, not a recommended rate. Dynamic pricing is on for every listing.
Read Turo pricing →Discounts
Duration floors 3% / 5% / 10% / 15% / 20%. 10% non-refundable on 4+ day bookings. Hosts cannot turn that off.
Read Turo discounts →Distance
US Standard floor is 200 miles a day. Extra-mile fee is daily price ÷ daily distance.
Read extra miles →Taxes
Turo 1099-K when required. No form is not the same as untaxed. Not tax advice.
Read Turo host taxes →Payout
Stripe initiates. First trip typically three business days after it ends. Bank then 3–5 business days. Not profit.
Read Turo payout →Deposit
Refundable guest hold. Hosts cannot set or remove it. US amounts Turo prints; 80-hour refund if unused.
Read Turo security deposit →Money
Host share is not profit. Depreciation, cleaning, downtime. Ask a CPA.
Read the subtraction →Plans
70% / $250, 80% / $1,500, 90% / $2,750. Call your insurer.
Read the plans →Listing
Photos, pickup, extras, airport. The listing is the first review.
First car
Eligibility → insurance and lien → photos → listing → lockbox and Faraday → first booking.
Read the sequence →List
Ten real photos, pickup vs delivery, lockbox vs handoff, buffers, extras.
Read the listing notes →Photos
At least 10. Turo crops about 20%. Stock and AI are prohibited. Covering the plate is allowed.
Read listing photos →Unlist
Snooze if you know the date. Unlist if you do not. Delete is permanent. Booked trips still stand.
Read Turo unlist →Instant Book
Turo auto-accepts trips that match your calendar. Guest screening, cancel fee if you cannot fulfill.
Read Instant Book →Extras
Optional add-ons. You keep 90%. Prepaid refuel is auto-on.
Read Turo extras →Airport
You keep 90% of the delivery fee you set. Airport fee is separate.
Read airport delivery →Delivery
90% of the fee you set. Radius is as the crow flies. Do not pin home on airport property.
Read custom delivery →Reviews
90-day 5-star rate to 70% by April 2027. Turo generally will not remove a review.
Read Turo reviews →Trips
License, key handoff, cleaning, cancel, claims.
First trip
License check, pre-trip photos, fuel, walkthrough or lockbox, the 10-day review ask.
Read the first-trip flow →Check-in
License first. Take pre-trip photos 24 hours before start. Upload 24 hours after. Listing photos are a different gallery.
Read Turo check-in →Fuel
Gas/hybrid missing-fuel invoice. Gauge photos, 72-hour receipt, $10 fee. Not prepaid.
Read Turo fuel →Key exchange
License first, then the code. Support cannot read the guest the combo.
Read lockbox pickup →Drivers
Only the primary guest picks up and returns. Verbal yes voids protection.
Read unauthorized driver →Drivers
Up to eight, no extra cost. Hosts cannot approve. Only the primary picks up.
Read additional driver →Cleaning
You clean between trips. Guests are not expected to.
Read Turo cleaning →Smoking
Odor is not enough. Physical evidence, Report Issue within 72 hours, $150 plus 3% in the US.
Read Turo smoking →Late return
Wait 30 minutes, stay in the app, report inside 24 hours. US fee bands start after 30 minutes.
Read Turo late return →Tickets
Pay if it is on your plate. Invoice in Turo within 90 days with ticket, paid receipt, metadata.
Read Turo tickets →Host cancel
$25 more than 24 hours before start, $50 inside 24 hours. Guest is refunded in full.
Read host cancel →Guest cancel
Refundable free period, host share of half a day or one day, non-refundable 24-hour grace. Not a no-show.
Read guest cancel →Guest no-show
Stay in the app, US wait 2 hours, report within 72 hours. Partial earnings if you followed the steps.
Read guest no-show →Claims
Photo evidence, 24-hour damage window. Stay calm.
Read the claims clock →Damage claim
Host claim photos in 24 hours. Then resolve or file.
Read the claim path →Gear
Lockbox, tracker, Faraday, keys, cabin, tolls.
Gear
Lockbox, phone mount, charger, road-facing dashcam, inflator, jump pack.
See the kit →Trackers
Side-by-side trackers if you list the car — and the rules before you hide one.
Open the compare →Lockbox
Hang box vs wall box. Rotate the combo. Do not write your address — or “Turo” — on it.
Read the handoff →Keys
Why unlabeled keys vanish. Bag the lockbox fob so a relay thief cannot wake a boxed car.
Read the key notes →Cabin
One foldable trunk bin for guest junk. Pull it for listing photos if it looks sloppy.
Read the cabin notes →Tolls
A host-owned pass, not your commuter tag. Confirm the invoice window on the trip.
Read the toll notes →