Guest age · United States · Aug 2026
Yes — an 18-year-old can rent many US Standard cars, and they pay Turo’s young driver fee (not a host surcharge). Floors by class: 18+ Standard, 21+ over about $20k, 25+ Deluxe, 30+ Super Deluxe / Classic / Specialty. Host age to list (21+) is a different page. Confirm live Help.
Turo can change these numbers — check your listing.
Should I list/ Host age/ Guest age/ Unauthorized driver
The short answer
Turo’s page about booking a car in the US (last updated 04/13/2026): your required minimum age depends on the vehicle class and considers your age at the time you book, not at the time the trip takes place.
If the driver is between 18 and 24, they must pay a young driver fee. Turo calculates it on age at booking. It varies by trip length and other factors. It cannot be excused or refunded once the trip is completed. Live Help does not print a dollar amount. This page will not invent one.
If this page and Turo’s site disagree, believe Turo. This is not legal advice.
The table
Copied from Turo’s US booking Help. Turo can change these numbers — check your listing.
| Vehicle class | Minimum age (at booking) |
|---|---|
| Standard vehicle | 18 or older |
| Vehicle with a total market value of more than $20k | 21 or older |
| Deluxe Class | 25 or older |
| Super Deluxe Class, Classic, or Specialty | 30 or older |
Deluxe and Super Deluxe are Turo classes, not a label you type into the listing. Turo’s Deluxe Class and Super Deluxe Class eligibility page is where those classes are defined. This page will not invent extra age tests Help does not print on the booking table.
An 18-year-old can book a Standard car. They cannot book a car with total market value more than $20k. They also cannot list a car in the US — that is host age 21, on How old to rent out my car on Turo.
Young driver fee
Turo’s booking Help: if you are a driver between the ages of 18 and 24, you must pay a young driver fee.
Turo’s trip-costs page: a young driver fee is a charge Turo applies to guests under 25 in the US, Australia, and the UK, and guests under 26 in France. Turo does not charge a young driver fee in Canada. That page also says the fee cannot be removed or refunded at the end of a trip.
Those two articles agree. “18–24” and “under 25” are the same US gate. This site is written for US hosts. Canada and France are printed because trip-costs prints them — not because this page is a third-country planner.
Live Help as of August 21, 2026 does not print a young-driver dollar amount. Forum posts that print a dollar are not Help. Do not copy them into a listing, a checkout note, or this site’s calculator.
Additional drivers
Turo’s page about adding a driver to a trip: additional drivers must get approved, have their own Turo account, meet age and license requirements in the country where the trip takes place, and meet Turo’s age requirements for the vehicle class. More expensive cars have higher age requirements. If Turo denies an extra driver for age, Help’s example is that the booked car sits in a higher class because of market value.
Same article, FAQ: drivers under 25 must pay young driver fees. This fee cannot be removed or refunded at the end of a trip.
That extra driver can drive without the primary in the car. They cannot pick up or return. If someone else is at the car, you refuse and report a guest no-show — that walk is on Turo unauthorized driver, not here. How guests add an extra driver in the app, the eight-driver cap, and check-in: Turo additional driver.
Not a host extra
Turo’s listing a vehicle | US page: don’t mention fees, deposits, or restrictions not supported by Turo and the Terms of service. An “under 25 tax” in the description, a cash deposit at the lockbox, or a homemade Extra named “young driver” is that line.
Turo’s trip-costs page: a security deposit is a refundable Turo guest charge for post-trip vehicle damage, unpaid eligible reimbursement invoices, or eligible roadside services. If unused, Turo refunds it 80 hours after the trip ends. Neither Turo nor hosts can remove those deposits. That is not a host-held cash hold, and it is not a place to park your own under-25 fee. US dollar amounts Turo prints, and the 80-hour refund clock, are on Turo security deposit.
How extras actually work — optional add-ons, you keep 90% — is on Turo extras. Age is not an Extra. Daily distance is a listing setting, not an Extra — Turo extra miles.
Confirm live Help. This is not legal advice.
License at check-in
Turo’s US booking Help: the guest must have a physical copy (not a digital copy) of an accepted license at check-in. They may be prompted to verify a license with Apple Wallet or Google Wallet in the app. That prompt does not replace the plastic in their hand.
Confirm the primary guest’s license before every trip, or you risk Turo voiding the protection tied to your earnings plan. If guests pick up from a lockbox, license first, then the code — and bag the lockbox fob so a boxed key cannot wake the car. Pickup order is on Turo lockbox pickup. The first-trip walk is on First trip.
An additional driver at the car is still a no. Report it as a guest no-show. That page is Turo unauthorized driver.
Your cost, not a Turo rate
The homepage calculator starts with example numbers so you can change them: $60/day, 50% occupancy, $500 fixed, $25/trip, a $60 maintenance reserve, 80% Balanced. That $25 is a per-trip cost example — cleaning, supplies, your time — not Turo’s young driver fee. Help does not print a young-driver dollar. Do not type this site’s $25/trip example into the listing as if it were Turo’s fee.
What this page will not do
Turo can change these numbers — check your listing. This is not legal advice.
Five questions
It depends on vehicle class, and Turo uses age at booking, not trip start. Turo’s Booking a car in the US page (last updated 04/13/2026): Standard 18+; total market value more than $20k → 21+; Deluxe Class 25+; Super Deluxe / Classic / Specialty 30+. Confirm live Help. This is not legal advice.
A Turo guest charge. Booking Help: drivers 18–24 must pay it; calculated on age at booking; varies by trip length and other factors; cannot be excused or refunded once the trip is completed. Turo’s trip-costs page: under 25 in the US, Australia, and the UK; under 26 in France; none in Canada; cannot be removed or refunded at the end of a trip. Help does not print a dollar amount. We will not invent one. Confirm live Help. This is not legal advice.
Only a Standard vehicle. An 18-year-old is over the Standard floor and pays Turo’s young driver fee. They are under the 21+ bar if the car’s total market value is more than $20k, under Deluxe (25+), and under Super Deluxe / Classic / Specialty (30+). They also cannot list a car in the US until they are 21 — Host age. Confirm live Help.
Yes, if they are under 25. Turo’s adding-a-driver page: extra drivers must meet the same age and class rules. Drivers under 25 must pay young driver fees. The fee cannot be removed or refunded at the end of a trip. They still cannot pick up or return — Unauthorized driver. Confirm live Help.
No. Turo already charges the young driver fee. Do not add a host surcharge, Extra, or deposit. US listing Help: don’t mention fees, deposits, or restrictions Turo does not support. Trip-costs: Turo’s security deposit is refunded 80 hours after trip end if unused; neither Turo nor hosts can remove those deposits. Confirm live Help. This is not legal advice.
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