Since Oct. 8, 2026, Turo takes your earnings plan cut from delivery fees and Extras. Here's the math on when delivery, prepaid refuel and car seats pay.
Delivery and Extras are worth offering only when the fee covers what they cost you after Turo's cut. That cut got bigger for a lot of hosts this month. Turo says that starting October 8, 2026, delivery fees and Extras use the same take rate as your earnings plan. On the More earnings plan nothing changes. On Balanced and More peace of mind, you now keep 80% or 70% of those fees instead of the old rate.
So a delivery fee or Extra price you set last summer may not cover its cost anymore. The fix is simple: work out what each one costs you, divide by your plan's share, and price at least that high. The rest of this post shows how.
What changed on October 8?
Turo's "What's new for hosts" page says delivery fees and Extras "like car seats and prepaid refuel" now use the same take rate as your earnings plan. The change applies to new trips booked on or after October 8. Trips already booked, and extensions to them, aren't affected.
Turo's help center page on earnings and host share now says the same thing for US and Canada hosts: host share applies to the trip price, delivery fees and Extras. If you host in one of the nine variable host share cities, Turo says the rate depends on how far ahead the trip was booked. We explained that system in Turo variable host share.
What didn't change: approved reimbursements, and approved cleaning and smoking fees, are still paid at 100%. That difference matters for prepaid refuel, below.
How does Turo delivery work for hosts?
From Turo's help center page on how vehicle delivery works:
- You can offer delivery for free or for a fee, up to the maximum allowed at that location. One fee covers both drop-off and pickup.
- You can offer free delivery only for trips over a minimum length you pick, from two days to one week, or two weeks and longer.
- You can add up to 10 point-of-interest locations, like hotels and train stations, or set a custom delivery radius. The radius is a straight line, so the real drive can be longer.
- You can't deliver to airports with delivery restrictions, and you can't set home or custom delivery spots on airport property.
The rules that hit your costs:
- You can't charge the guest for fuel used to deliver the car.
- You can't charge for parking you pay to pick the car up after the trip.
- You can't ask the guest for a ride home.
So every delivery means getting yourself back from the drop-off and out to the pickup.
Does delivery make money? An example
These are made-up round numbers to show the math, not averages or data. Say the guest is 15 miles away, you charge $50 for delivery, and you get home and back by rideshare.
| Example delivery | Amount |
|---|---|
| Delivery fee | $50.00 |
| Your 80% share | $40.00 |
| Fuel for 30 miles in the car (25 mpg, $3.50 a gallon) | -$4.20 |
| Wear on the car (30 miles × $0.08) | -$2.40 |
| Two rideshare legs at $18 each | -$36.00 |
| Left per delivery | -$2.60 |
The fuel math: 30 miles ÷ 25 mpg = 1.2 gallons × $3.50 = $4.20. You lose money on this delivery, plus about an hour or two of your time.
Change one thing: someone follows you in a second car instead of a rideshare. If that car's 30 miles cost you $0.20 a mile, that's $6 instead of $36, and you keep $27.40 per delivery. Same fee, very different result.
To find the lowest fee that breaks even, add up your costs and divide by your share:
Break-even fee = your delivery costs ÷ your host share
With the rideshare costs above, that's $42.60 ÷ 0.80 = $53.25. On the 70% plan it's $42.60 ÷ 0.70 = $60.86. On the 90% plan, $47.33.
Then there's the reason most hosts deliver in the first place: guests who wouldn't book a car they have to come get. If delivery adds bookings you wouldn't get otherwise, that's real money. But only you can see that in your own trip history, so check it before you assume it.
Is free delivery ever worth it?
It can be, on long trips. Free delivery is just a cost you spread over the trip.
Using the rideshare example, one free delivery costs you $42.60. On a 7-day trip at a $60 daily rate on the 80% plan, you keep $60 × 0.80 × 7 = $336. The delivery takes $42.60 of that, about 13%. On a 2-day trip you keep $96, and the same delivery eats 44% of it.
That's why Turo lets you set a minimum trip length. If you offer free delivery, set the minimum high enough that the trip absorbs it.
Prepaid refuel: check your price now
Turo's help center says new listings are automatically opted in to the prepaid refuel Extra. When a guest buys it, you can't send a refuel reimbursement after the trip. Turo also says guests don't get money back for fuel they didn't use.
Here's the catch after October 8. A refuel reimbursement is paid at 100%. Prepaid refuel is an Extra, so it's paid at your plan's share.
Example numbers: a 12-gallon tank at $3.50 a gallon costs $42 to fill from empty.
| Prepaid refuel price | You keep at 80% | You keep at 70% |
|---|---|---|
| $42 | $33.60 | $29.40 |
| $53 | $42.40 | $37.10 |
| $60 | $48.00 | $42.00 |
If you priced prepaid refuel at the cost of a tank, a guest who returns it empty now costs you $8.40 on the 80% plan. To cover a full tank, price it at tank cost ÷ your share: $42 ÷ 0.80 = $52.50, or $42 ÷ 0.70 = $60 on the 70% plan.
Unlimited mileage and other conveniences
Turo lists unlimited mileage, prepaid EV charging and a pet fee as convenience Extras. The same rule applies: if a guest buys prepaid EV charging or unlimited mileage, you can't ask for a post-trip reimbursement for it.
Unlimited mileage is the risky one. Example numbers: you charge $20 a day on a 4-day trip, so $80, and keep $64 on the 80% plan. If each extra mile costs you $0.15 in wear and lost resale value, that $64 covers 64 ÷ 0.15 = 427 extra miles. A guest on a long road trip can go past that. Price it per day for what a heavy driver would cost you, not a light one.
Car seats and gear: do they pay back?
Gear Extras include child seats, bikes, kayaks, camping gear and coolers. Turo's help center says you set the price per day or per trip, between $0 and $999.
Example numbers: a car seat costs you $150 and you rent it at $10 a day. On a 4-day trip that's $40, and you keep $32 on the 80% plan. It pays for itself after $150 ÷ $32 = about 5 trips.
Things to plan for:
- Guests can add or remove Extras any time before the trip starts, without your approval. Expect some no-shows on gear.
- If you don't hand over a gear item a guest paid for, Turo refunds them.
- You have to replace car seats that are damaged, recalled or expired, and tell guests they're responsible for installing and using them.
- Turo says it can't help with lost or damaged Extras. You'd have to go after that yourself, within Turo's terms.
Gear only pays if it gets used often and lasts.
The bottom line
- Since October 8, 2026, delivery fees and Extras use your earnings plan's take rate. Balanced and More peace of mind hosts keep less of them than before.
- You can't charge guests for delivery fuel or pickup parking, and you can't ask for a ride home. Count those costs.
- Price delivery and Extras at your cost ÷ your host share, at minimum.
- Recheck prepaid refuel. Reimbursements are paid at 100%; prepaid refuel isn't.
- Free delivery only makes sense on trips long enough to absorb it.
If you want to see what delivery and Extras actually leave per car, FleetEarnings reads your Turo earnings CSV and puts that income next to the fuel, rideshare receipts and gear costs you log, with net and ROI per car. To check a price before you change it, use the Turo profit calculator, or see how the plans compare in Turo earnings plans explained.
Sources: Turo's what's new for hosts page; Turo help center pages on how vehicle delivery works, offering Extras, adding Extras to a trip and earnings and host share. Terms checked October 17, 2026. FleetEarnings is not affiliated with Turo, Inc.