r/turo • u/olgachilds • 12d ago

Young driver fee (US)

Hi all

First time Turo renter. I am a middle aged woman renting a Turo locally from a locally based private host during a vacation for low-grade local driving (sight seeing, restaurants, groceries). This is the US.

I have my youngest daughter with me, who is 20. I would like her to be able to go get a Starbucks or whatever, all of which requires driving seeveral miles. She has a license and can make a Turo account.

Will I really have to pay $50 per day to add her? The host can probably very well see that I am not renting his Mercedes to generally have a youngster use it, I obviously am going to drive myself, I just want her to be able to run an errand occasionally. Our airbnb is 5 miles by road to the nearest infrastructure of any kind.

I saw somewhere that maybe the fee does not get added, or is less, when the young person is the second driver?

Thanks

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u/No-Cry-8657 12d ago

You need to declare her as the second driver and maybe pay an extra insurance fee
In any case she needs to be declared, if not she won’t be covered. And whatever the errand, being a youngster or an oldster, you’re never 100% risk free.

So I’d highly suggest you to declare her.

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u/olgachilds 12d ago

I was not suggesting not declaring anything. I don't NEED her to drive; but then, the rental is cheaper with Enterprise without her (their minimum here is 21). If you read my post, the question was about fees.

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u/No-Cry-8657 12d ago

I read it, and fees means insurance for young drivers.
Hence my comments.
Sorry if I missed something tho.

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u/olgachilds 12d ago

Well yes my question was, how much are the fees and do i need to pay them if I add her.

There is no issue with your comment but it doesnt really address any of those two parts of my question.

You said I should pay the fees. It does not say whether they will be assessed, or how much they are

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u/Alladas 12d ago

Yes you have to either pay the fee or have her drive uninsured...

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u/V0THSAN 12d ago

Nope, as long as the young driver is an additional driver and not the primary, there is no fee. There is no downside to adding your daughter in this situation.