Self-service trailer rentals

[Hashmush]

I’ve seen these trailer rentals pop up in a lot of places. Now I’m trying to figure out how to tag them.

There are a few related tags, e.g. shop=trailer, rental=yes, self_service=only. From what I can see no combination of the above really describes the situation accurately:

• rental
• only trailers
• outdoors/not in a shop
• completely self-service

Any suggestions?

[Map_HeRo (Mikke)]

For a business exclusively renting out cars the tag is amenity=car_rental. It can be used without shop=*. Following this tagging your selv_service trailer rental would tag as

amenity=trailer_rental (undocumented but used some 25 times)
outdoor=yes
self_service=only

followed by tags for payment methods, brand, operator etc. etc.

[Fizzie41]

Not commenting on the idea but curious?

How are they secured, then “unlocked” so you can take one away?

[Hashmush]

@Map_HeRo

For a business exclusively renting out cars the tag is amenity=car_rental. It can be used without shop=*. Following this tagging your selv_service trailer rental would tag as

amenity=trailer_rental (undocumented but used some 25 times)
outdoor=yes
self_service=only

followed by tags for payment methods, brand, operator etc. etc.

Thanks, that seems reasonable!

@Fizzie41

Not commenting on the idea but curious?

How are they secured, then “unlocked” so you can take one away?

I haven’t tried it myself, but my guess is that it has an internet connection and it’s unlocked remotely. The website says “The [booking] link is your digital key!”

[trigpoint]

It sounds a very niche business as it relies on having a towbar, with associated electrics fitted to the vehicle. Something only a very small number of vehicles have. Only those who already own a trailer or caravan are likely to have had a towbar fitted.