Post #1935283

2026-04-27 18:34 UTC

Please don't duh. Renting a car for use as a ride share is not covered under any rental agreement, nor under whatever your credit card may provide, which as far as I know covers damage to the vehicle at most. Liability insurance is a whole separate animal and the one that's most necessary.

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@twack@lemmy.world 2026-04-27 18:43

Not only that, but basic liability usually doesn't cover gig work either, you need a special and more expensive policy for that. There are limited exceptions where you can self insure, I think New Hampshire is the only place you can do that in the US. However if you can self insure then you probably aren't doing gig work.

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@NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2026-04-27 18:49

If you're allowed to rent the car for gig work, they'll almost assuredly offer the insurance for it, and not all gig work is ride share. > Depreciation, maintenance, those are lumped into the cost of the rental. And the duh was about that, I handled the insurance comment separately. edit: e.g https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/misc/index.jsp?targetPage=delivery_rentals.jsp They offer the rental and insurance. They don't let you carry another person though, so not all gig work, at least on this specific plan.

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