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Start with the car example, then explore each host task. Use your own numbers or keep the examples. Walkthroughs never save or send anything for you.
Your first Turo car
starts with a plan.
See what an affordable car could earn before you buy. Keep its costs and hosting details organized.
Explore free. No signup or card needed.
What could one car earn?
$5,246/year on $6,000 ready-to-rent cost · 87.4% projected annual cash return.
Includes $500 initial preparation / fees. Assumes 80% host share and $110 monthly cost budget.
Illustrative scenario, not typical or guaranteed earnings. Repeats one month for a year; excludes depreciation, income tax, and your time.
Step 1 — Vehicle Details
Worked example: a modest used car, bought and prepared for $6,000. Replace any number with your own, or keep the example to see the possibility. Eligibility, condition, local demand, and actual costs need checking before you buy.
Step 2 — Find Cars For Sale
Real, filtered searches on the marketplaces hosts actually buy from — pre-filled with your year, make, model, and location. Each opens in a new tab.
Step 3 — Acquisition Costs
You already own this car — enter what you actually paid for it (used for ROI and payback math), then move on to how it's performing.
Defaults to $0 on purpose. Whether you owe sales tax on a used car bought from a private party (not a dealer) depends entirely on your state — confirm with your DMV before you buy, since rules and rates change.
No sales tax on any vehicle purchase: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon.
Private-party sales specifically exempt (dealer sales are still taxed there): Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada — e.g. buying from an individual in Nevada, the DMV collects $0 in sales tax at registration.
Everywhere else: expect state (and sometimes local/county) sales or use tax collected at registration, based on your bill of sale or the DMV's own valuation of the car — even in a private-party deal.
Step 4 — Rental Income
In Austin, Dallas, Detroit, Las Vegas, Maui, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego & Seattle, Turo now pays a variable host share that climbs the further ahead a guest books — up to 100% on More Earnings for bookings 28+ days out. This calculator uses each plan's standard rate; bump your numbers up manually if you're in one of these markets and book mostly in advance.
Step 5 — Monthly Operating Expenses
Step 6 — Profitability Results
Cash ROI vs. True ROI: the numbers above are pure cash flow — they don't account for this car losing value over time. The percentage below is an editable assumption, not a valuation of this used car. Check KBB / Edmunds for a real comp on this exact car, then adjust below.
Keep this plan in your free account. Save the car, then prepare its checklist, guest messages, and reminders.
Pricing
Start free, no card required. Upgrade when your fleet outgrows it — cancel any time, your data is never deleted.
Free
Run the numbers, build your first fleet.
- Full ROI Analyzer, no signup required
- 2 cars in your Fleet
- 3 AI Insights a month
- Unlimited payout entries and 5 expense entries, with receipt photos
- Learning Center — tips & AI coach
- Saved guest messages with vehicle and pickup details
- Vehicle checklists, dated reminders & private notes
Pro
or $9/month
For hosts who want less bookkeeping as their fleet grows.
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Up to 10 cars in your Fleet
- Unlimited AI Insights
- Unlimited expense & payout tracking
- Test a Change — run priced experiments on rate & policy changes
- Full Tax Center — mileage log, Turo report import, monthly & annual profitability reports
$49 billed yearly (about $4.08/month), or $9 billed monthly.
Compare plans
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Guest message templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cars in your Fleet | 2 | 10 |
| AI Insights | 3 / month | Unlimited |
| Expenses & Payouts ledger | Unlimited payouts · 5 expenses | Unlimited |
| Test a Change | — | ✓ |
| Tax Center (mileage, Turo import, reports) | — | ✓ |
| Data kept if you downgrade or cancel | ✓ | ✓ |
Start with the tools you need for your first cars. Pro adds more fleet capacity, unlimited expense tracking, Turo payout imports, and downloadable reports when you need them.
Fleet Portfolio
Your vehicle estimates, recorded cash results, and the next useful action.
Sold Cars
No cars in your fleet yet
Run a car through the ROI Analyzer and hit “Add to Fleet.”
Expenses & Payouts
Snap it, sort it, stay tax-ready. Log real expenses and Turo payouts as they happen.
Log an Expense
Record a Payout
Recurring Expenses
Car washes, trackers, storage — anything charged on a schedule. Autopay items log themselves silently each cycle; everything else reminds you when it's due so nothing slips.
No recurring expenses yet — add car washes, subscriptions, or storage fees to stop re-typing them every month.
Ledger
No entries yet. Log your first expense or payout above.
Tax Center
Business settings, mileage, Turo report imports, and profitability reports — organized for when you (or your accountant) need them.
Business & Tax Settings
1099-K Threshold
Turo must send a 1099-K if you're paid over $20,000 and have more than 200 transactions in a year. Below that threshold you still owe tax on every dollar — you just won't get a form for it.
Standard Mileage Rate (2026)
72.5¢/mile for business miles Jan 1 – Jun 30, rising to 76¢/mile Jul 1 – Dec 31 (IRS mid-year increase). Log miles below — the correct rate is applied automatically by date.
Quarterly Estimated Taxes
If you'll owe $1,000+ for the year, due the 15th of April, June, September, and the following January. Confirm exact dates at IRS.gov — they shift for weekends/holidays.
General information, not tax advice — rules and thresholds change every year. Confirm specifics with a tax professional or IRS.gov.
Import a Turo Report
Upload the trip or earnings CSV you can export from your Turo host dashboard (Earnings → Documents) and we'll walk you through matching it to your fleet. No file handy? Log payouts manually on the Expenses tab instead.
Business Mileage Log
No mileage logged yet — add a trip above.
Profitability Reports
My Account
Your plan, usage, and billing.
Free Plan
Test a Change
Plan one change, record what happened before and after, and compare. A simple manual before-and-after comparison. You choose what to try and decide what to keep.
1. Plan one change
Choose one vehicle and one change. A 28-day window is an editable starting point, not a guarantee of enough evidence. Bookings made earlier, downtime, holidays, and demand can affect results.
3. Save the plan, then apply the change yourself
Return to Test a Change after the end date. Enter the after-period totals in your saved test card; the comparison appears immediately after Save Results. No automatic Turo connection or completion reminder.
No experiments yet
Save a plan above. Each test will show its dates, next action, and where to enter results.
Guest Messages
Give guests the right information before they need to ask. Customize, review, and copy each message into Turo.
Learning Center
Field-tested playbook for profitable Turo hosting, plus an AI coach that sees your fleet numbers.
Ask the AI Coach
Best results come from naming a specific car and asking a couple of things at once — ROI/maintenance plus alternatives, like the example above.
Saved Insights
Insights you save will appear here.