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I have rented from Turo a handful of times. The last 2 times (I’ll call them trips A and B) did not go well. I do not own a car (for climate change), so need to rent from time to time for local errands, etc. Trip A: I paid extra for drop off/pick up. Host showed up and explained that he needed me to drop him off at his work (not planned). Rather than drive to his work location, we drove in the opposite location (he said he had not gotten much sleep the night before). We eventually got to his work location, but when I finally arrived back home, I discovered that he had not left the key in the car. As a result, the morning was unnecessarily hectic and I missed my first (medical-related) appointment. Host did not offer a partial refund, not even for the drop-off fee. Trip B: Host chose to have me pick up car at his work. The night before, around 10 pm, host sent me an odd message saying “…my event isn’t going on tomorrow. Want to meet at my work tomorrow at 10 am?” I explained that this was already our scheduled time and place, and “yes” this plan A was still fine with me. The next morning, I left early for the hot, sunny 30-min walk to the host's work location, arrived a little early, and called to tell him that I was outside his work building. I then checked my phone and noticed he had texted “running a bit late in lab. I’ll let you know when I’m ready. Should be 10:30 at the latest.” I was kind of shocked. It was hot, there were no benches outside his building, and I had a 10:30 meeting back at my home office. I called him back. Oddly, it didn’t sound like he was in the lab (as he had said) but in a car. This time, he told me he was driving to get gas to fill up the car. I walked the 30 mins back home as fast as I could, but I had missed the start of my meeting and chose not to join late dripping with sweat, as I was. As I walked, I was quite angry and decided that for my peace of mind and safety (I was worried that he might not be maintaining his car if he was messing up so many other things), I would not work with him again. My money for trip B was refunded, but I felt that my time and stress were not compensated sufficiently (Turo offered me a $50 certificate on a future rental, which I did not take). I then had to lose another couple of hours from work trying to locate another car (my neighbor ended up lending me their car). On my last trip, I went with Avis and everything went perfectly. Turo customer service said that since the trip was canceled, I could not leave a review. They felt that the host was AOK, since they had told me they were not going to show up on time. I just deleted my Turo app.
2 years ago
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