Scooter rental rates... wth?

thehypercube · Post by **thehypercube** » Fri May 15, 2009 12:24 am

Say you're traveling and you dont want to rent a car at your destination.... naturally youd rather rent a scooter. Well I did some research and scooter rentals in Seattle are roughly 3x the price of car rentals, even with scooters being 1/6 the cost of a car. What am I missing here?

Kaos · Post by **Kaos** » Fri May 15, 2009 1:46 am

thehypercube wrote:Say you're traveling and you dont want to rent a car at your destination.... naturally youd rather rent a scooter. Well I did some research and scooter rentals in Seattle are roughly 3x the price of car rentals, even with scooters being 1/6 the cost of a car. What am I missing here?

The cost of insuring the riders. Scooters are more dangerous than cars.

I've tried to find somewhere that WILL rent scooters in Portland, at least you have somewhere

Becktastic · Post by **Becktastic** » Fri May 15, 2009 3:52 pm

Yeah, I really want to rent a scoot when I go to Hawaii this summer, but it's so expensive! I'll probably do just a day rental. I want to ride a scooter in every state dammit

(and getting my own Buddy on the plane would surely be even more hassle and expense)

Push You Down · Post by **Push You Down** » Fri May 15, 2009 10:14 pm

Yeah... they are pretty strict with carry-ons nowadays.

fs8gbe · Post by **fs8gbe** » Fri May 15, 2009 10:20 pm

yeah i think in aruba it was like 175 for 2 days for a cheap chinese 150cc.

almost got lost in the desert without any gas due to those crazy chinese gauges hehe.

peabody99 · Post by **peabody99** » Sat May 16, 2009 1:37 am

Becktastic wrote:Yeah, I really want to rent a scoot when I go to Hawaii this summer, but it's so expensive! I'll probably do just a day rental. I want to ride a scooter in every state dammit (and getting my own Buddy on the plane would surely be even more hassle and expense)

where are you wanting to rent? The Big Island and Kauai are way too expensive, but Oahu is pretty reasonable-the last couple times we went we paid about $35 a day each for a 50cc.
They were well used but sturdy. A bubu one year and a sym the next.

On the big island, they were renting honda's for $70 a day. RIP OFF! esp since there is no way I am ridin' 2 up- I need my own. They should rent them for cheaper to licenced MC riders. We probably won't wreck them

LuvMyScoot · Post by **LuvMyScoot** » Sat May 16, 2009 2:13 am

I'm planning on scooting up to the Cape this summer (Cod, for non Yanks) and want to go over to Nantucket. No way I'm going to rent a scoot since I'm using my scoot to get there. The cost to ferry my scooter to the island is just as much as the cost for a car, almost 200 bucks! What's up with that?

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sat May 16, 2009 5:36 am

LuvMyScoot wrote:I'm planning on scooting up to the Cape this summer (Cod, for non Yanks) and want to go over to Nantucket.

I once knew a man from Nantucket....

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Sat May 16, 2009 5:47 am

Who covered his head with a bucket...

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Sat May 16, 2009 5:48 am

He went for a scoot...

thehypercube · Post by **thehypercube** » Sat May 16, 2009 6:38 am

Kaos wrote:The cost of insuring the riders. Scooters are more dangerous than cars.

I've tried to find somewhere that WILL rent scooters in Portland, at least you have somewhere

Isn't insurance for most rented vehicles at the discretion of the rider? Its the major upsell at least at car rental agencies.

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Sat May 16, 2009 11:52 am

Dave wrote:I once knew a man from Nantucket....

Syd wrote:Who covered his head with a bucket...

Skootz Kabootz wrote:He went for a scoot...

With his hand in a boot...

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Sat May 16, 2009 12:12 pm

I rented a scoot 7-8 summers ago in Chintique, don't think it cost more than $35 for the day, I don't remember. It was a 50cc Moskito. My lady and I rode 2 up (about 325 lbs +/- combined) That is where I got 'bit by the scooter bug' WHAT a blast we had! I remember her telling me it looked as I'd "never un-smile" again!

After thet I learned about the Stella, bought my honda, now I have the Buddy, I'm STILL smiling! I LOVE scootering, and oh yeah, I love her too!

ishi · Post by **ishi** » Sat May 16, 2009 6:47 pm

Dave wrote:I once knew a man from Nantucket....

Syd wrote:Who covered his head with a bucket...

Skootz Kabootz wrote:He went for a scoot...

TVB wrote:With his hand in a boot...

'twas a hoot, till the scoot kicked the bucket.

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Sat May 16, 2009 7:37 pm

LuvMyScoot · Post by **LuvMyScoot** » Sat May 16, 2009 9:03 pm

ishi wrote:
Dave wrote:I once knew a man from Nantucket....
Syd wrote:Who covered his head with a bucket...
Skootz Kabootz wrote:He went for a scoot...

TVB wrote:With his hand in a boot...
'twas a hoot, till the scoot kicked the bucket.

Oh lord, what did I start here?

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Sat May 16, 2009 11:52 pm

LuvMyScoot wrote:
ishi wrote:
Dave wrote:I once knew a man from Nantucket....
Syd wrote:Who covered his head with a bucket...
Skootz Kabootz wrote:He went for a scoot...

TVB wrote:With his hand in a boot...
'twas a hoot, till the scoot kicked the bucket.
Oh lord, what did I start here?

Group think.Ya gotta love it!

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Scooter rental rates... wth?

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