Post #1935285

2026-04-27 18:49 UTC

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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@Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2026-04-27 19:25

So Avis, for example, offers an insurance from Uber for rideshare via Rasier and Portier, and so you're basically renting and insuring cars from the company you're being paid by. Yes, Avis is an intermediary there, but the whole idea is crazy to me, that you'd pay your employer to work. So are they having profitable days? I guess I'm as curious as you are, but I just can't imagine a scenario where you're making decent money in exchange for the time you put in. I suppose reliance on tips makes the difference, but Uber is over here cleaning up, charging you and the customer.

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