I Rented a Car Using Turo and Didn’t Have to Go to a Rental Counter. It Was Laughably Easy

You're fresh off a long-haul flight, have to stumble through a rental car depot that looks like it hasn't been updated since the '90s, stand in a queue behind 10 other dazed travelers, only to finally get upsold insurance you probably don't need and watch them swipe your card for a deposit more expensive than your car rental. Or, at least, that's how it usually goes for me.

But on my latest trip abroad, I tried something different. I visited San Francisco from the UK and decided to rent through Turo instead. Honestly? It made the usual rental car routine look like a relic of the past.

Turo is a ...