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The online marketplace has been growing as the ideal means for individuals as well as companies to buy and sell for years.  More recently, it has also become a great way to rent, particularly through services such as Trulia and Zillow, and Airbnb.  While these companies prove how fruitful online rental can be, they service the particular need for home and apartment rentals, but car rental has been a trickier thing to manage.  Now, however, a startup called Getaround has emerged to help make online vehicle rental easy, practical, and convenient.  While people have been able to use apps like Uber and Lyft for some time now in order to make money from their cars or, conversely, easily and quickly get a ride when they need one, only the typical rental agency options have been available for vehicles until now.

Getaround is a smartphone app with tech support features for both iOS and Android operating systems, so its function is relatively similar to that of Uber or Lyft.  The difference for drivers is that they are not the ones driving people around but are making money by renting their car to someone for a prescribed period.  For renters, it combines aspects of what is already available through rental agencies with less hassle, more freedom, and lower fees.  Users looking to rent a car can choose from what is available much as they can when searching any rental company with hourly or daily rental costs and no additional fees besides those.  Car owners can then make money when they know they will not be using their vehicle; they simply make it available on the app for a specified period and remove it from availability when they need to use it.

Because Getaround is a strictly mobile app, users will want quick system recovery service for their mobile device if it suffers damage.  Otherwise, it is extremely quick, simple, and more convenient than other options, and it is also safe.  Users cannot become drivers without a screening and approval of a safe driving record and all cars have full insurance coverage.  Additionally, the app instantly verifies the driver’s license and credit card of every renter before approving a rental.  There is no cost to join, nor are there any monthly or yearly fees to use the service.  You simply find a car you like, say when you want to use it, pay for your service, and go while people who are not using their car get extra money, making Getaround an obvious win-win for everybody.

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