A Message For New and Aspiring Hosts
Don't Enter This Business Alone
I don't make posts like this often, but I am today for a couple of reasons.
First, I'm grateful for a major milestone at The Carshare Academy for Turo Hosts. And second, I want new and aspiring hosts to know that you don't have to jump into this business alone, learning through trial and error, depending on information from Facebook that may or may not be correct. The Terms of Service will show you the rules. But it won't show you how to build a successful Turo business. And there are a lot of social media influencers who will lead you right into bankruptcy.
Though the CarShare Academy began in the summer of 2021, and over 1,700 hosts have taken advantage of our paid resources in one way or another since that time, we created our Membership Plans on January 27, 2022 to give new and aspiring hosts everything they need, at a membership fee far below what other coaches in the space are charging.
200 Members in 379 Days
On February 9th of this year our 200th member joined. That comes out to about 1 new member joining every other day on average. Each dot you see on the map below is a CarShare Academy member. You can see the interactive map here and click on each dot to see first names and locations: https://carshareacademy.com/membership
Some Improvements This Year
As we enter the second year of our membership model, we're focused on improving a few things.
We'll be reshooting some of the training videos used in our 12-week live group sessions that meet every Wednesday, to make sure all information is current. Things change quickly with Turo!
We've added "Pro Host Spotlights" to our live Wednesday night group meetings so that members hear and learn from other experienced hosts beside me, some with far more experience than me.
Faster market intelligence production. Every member receives detailed market intelligence for their city, including data-backed vehicle recommendations for their specific market. Each one takes 4 to 8 hours and we have been too slow in producing these due to the number of reports needed. I'm adding people, and technology, to our data team to speed this up.
Better enrollment process. It has been a bit cumbersome for our members to access all of their online courses, downloads, etc. We're automating the whole thing to make it a one-click process.
More ways for membership to pay for itself. Our top tier membership is only $399, compared to other coaching programs that are well over $1,000 with far fewer benefits. This year we're adding incentives and exclusive industry discounts that more than pay back the membership fee, like the $250 savings members are receiving when they attend the International Rental Car Show in Las Vegas, and several others.
Expansion of our coaching team. My personal area of expertise and focus is on getting you from aspiring newbie with zero cars to profitable All-Star status with a fleet of 20 or 30 cars. I'm looking for, and adding people to our team, who have the knowledge and expertise to help you level up into large fleet management, and multi-market expansion.
Don't start your Turo business alone.
If you're considering jumping in, or already have your feet in the water and are thinking about wading out further, come join us. You'll get the coaching and resources you need and can trust, you'll meet a lot of other hosts who can help you, and perhaps even collaborate with. And once you're a member, you're always a member, without any recurring fees.