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Running a rental business: customers, fleet, rules and money.

Published on October 16, 20266 min read

Is a spreadsheet enough to run a rental business?

Yes, as long as one person takes every booking. Double bookings, unrecorded scratches and deposits never taken become more likely when a second person starts entering bookings, not when the fleet grows.

Published on August 19, 20267 min read

Does a rental firm lose the car when the hirer drives drunk?

Polish law bars forfeiture of a vehicle that was not the offender's exclusive property, which places rented cars outside its reach. The loss to a rental business arises earlier, at the roadside seizure, and no provision compensates it.

Published on March 8, 20245 min read

How to improve customer experience in a rental business

Customer experience in a small rental business comes down to a few concrete moments: finding the offer, booking, pickup, return and settling the deposit. Renters judge the business by whether any of those moments held a surprise.

Published on March 8, 20245 min read

Expanding your rental business: adding a new rental category

A new category makes sense when the business is already turning enquiries away, can share its fixed costs or can even out its season. The decision on scale rests on a season of testing one or two units.

Published on March 8, 20244 min read

Electric cars, self-driving and car-sharing: what actually affects your fleet

Of the three changes written about most, the electric car is the one that reaches a small rental first, and buying one is a matter of arithmetic. Self-driving calls for no decision today, while car-sharing has changed what some customers expect from booking.

Published on March 8, 20245 min read

How to handle disputes and complaints in a rental business

A dispute over a scratch or a cleaning fee is settled by evidence. A rental that holds a condition record signed by the customer, terms given before pickup and a history of changes that cannot be quietly edited has what it needs to close one.

Published on March 8, 20244 min read

Fleet utilisation and profit: what actually moves the number

A vehicle on the yard costs financing, insurance, parking and depreciation even when it earns nothing. Profit in a small fleet therefore starts with utilisation measured per vehicle, prices set for the season, servicing on time and add-ons that do not get lost at the counter.

Published on March 8, 20245 min read

Driver screening at pickup: a practical guide for rental operators

Rental terms and insurance act after the damage, while checking the driver's entitlement acts before it. This guide covers four parts of that check: a licence category matched to the vehicle, a record of the check on the booking, a deposit set to the risk, and the same process for every member of staff.

Published on March 8, 20244 min read

How to run a greener rental business

Some of the green changes in a rental business are plain good organisation: less paper, less waste and a fleet sized to demand. Electric cars make sense where customers want them and where the charging numbers add up.

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