Skurt

@rrhoover I'm with you on the on-demand experience for car rental vs. an Avis. Despite having Avis Preferred and other top tier status with the other companies, I don't think the service experience will compare. Avis may have bought Zipcar, but I don't see them trying to replicate Skurt anytime soon.

@kunalslab @rrhoover I agree Kunal. We've had a lot of customers come over to us from Hertz Gold/Avis Preferred who felt as if they just weren't getting 'Gold' or 'Preferred' service, the feedback from them has been overwhelmingly positive!

@kunalslab @rrhoover As a loyalty customer of Avis, what attracts you most about what we're doing that they do not?

@rrhoover Looks great, maybe you should team with Flic?

@tribaling @rrhoover anything is possible ;)

@joshmangel awesome concept, guys. are your partners existing rental car companies? have you convinced them to engage in revenue sharing with you in order to maximize their earnings from unused inventory? if so, just wondering how you've convinced them that this wouldn't cause cannibalization. best of luck and great launch!

@paul_hq @joshmangel - Another great question! We currently partner with independent rental car companies to help maximize overall fleet utilization. Our partners consider it another distribution platform for them which allows them to earn on units sitting without potentially affecting their brand.

@harryhur5t Absolutely! I was in Austin a few months ago and was thinking about on demand car rentals as I was staying at a house nowhere near any major public transportation routes. I noticed these small Car2Go cars parked on some of the side streets as I walked around and thought that this seemed like a good idea. I decided to jump on their website on my phone, to see if I could jump into one of these cars right away. Turns out I couldn't. I would actually need to visit a Car2Go office and verify my Driver's license and perhaps sign something. Problem was it was the weekend and the office was closed. First off, hats off to you guys for making the on boarding as smooth as you did. Being able to scan in my license and bypass the bullshit really is fantastic. I noticed right now local pick up is understandably near LAX. I honestly think if you can get a car to me anywhere in cities like Austin or LA where public transport is still figuring things out, you'll have a lifetime customer in me. Simply having the car delivered really makes your service a much more enticing option to something like ZipCar. Finally good job on making the insurance pricing clear as day through the booking process. Often the most intimidating part of renting a car is trying to decide what coverage to get while the rental agent tries to up sell you. One question, if you elect to forgo coverage because you have car insurance that covers car rentals and get into an accident. Does Skurt charge any penalties while you are getting the car repaired? One other thought. Any plans on offering pickup trucks or small moving vans down the line? Would love to be able to grab a Tacoma to pick up some wood from the lumber yard for the day.

@rustydingo that sounds like an awful experience! We are, in fact delivering locally in LA by request and plan to roll it out to other major cities soon. SF is next. With regards to the insurance, there are no penalties, your insurance should cover everything - and if it doesn't we have some options for you at the lowest prices in the industry! We certainly plan to expand our categories as we grow, stay tuned!

@epicsaurus we can scale quickly due to the fact we don't own inventory. The last time we saw a revolt from archaic taxi monopolies it didn't work out too well for them! cc: Uber

@harryhur5t awesome, so how soon before this gets to SFO and SAN?? I need a car this weekend in San Diego. Gogogo!

@epicsaurus We'll be in SFO within the coming few months ;)

@jeshalom - SF is next but NYC is definitely on our roadmap!

@jeshalom hey Jack, we aren't exclusive to airports. We in fact have select delivery zones within LA that we're testing out. By request, you can have your car delivered (and picked-up from) your hotel, airbnb or even your home!

@sshah1983 We do the opposite of the big boys here. Use as much gas as you want, even return it empty if you'd like. After you return, we'll fill it up and charge you the exact market price of gas. E.g. currently around $3/gl in the LA area. No fees or mark-ups.

@apcommunicate @sshah1983 Cool. That's pretty badass. Any fees for canceling last minute? When I was working as a management consultant, one of the perks of booking through Hertz/Avis is that you could simply not show up and you wouldn't get charged for being a no-show. That was convenient when client meetings would bounce around.

@sshah1983 Because our service is based around a delivery experience, we just ask renters to cancel at least a couple hours before their reservation. If they don't, no biggie, we'll credit their account back for next time. No fees.

@apcommunicate @sshah1983 Super cool! Excited to try it out at some point. Hope your cost structure/unit economics makes this sustainable/scalable. My head is kind of exploding thinking of the logistics around this. Reminds me of what Zirx/Luxe is probably dealing with only I guess your demand is more evenly spread throughout the day.

@sshah1983 Our transaction size is also much higher than those services which enables us to go above and beyond for our customers while also growing a real business.

@bjorntastic thank you Bjorn!