A lot of US rural sits do offer the use of a car. It should be listed in the listed if the hosts are doing that. I don’t sit fulll time and so far I haven’t taken a sit where we would need the owner’s car. We’ve either driven to 3 -6 hours to a sit, or trained it or planed it to places where we wouldn’t need a car. On one sit we rented a car for the day to see an attraction not accessible by mass transit about 90 minutes away.
I am theorectically interested in sitting in LA which would mean renting a car. Part of the reason it is theorectical is the price of a car rental, but we’d love to see our nephew and explore the city, so we’ll probably do it one of these days.
We had two sits and an airbnb in three different neighborhoods in LA this Spring and we took mass transportation everywhere. Considering the City’s reputation for car culture, we were pleasantly surprised. There were a lot more buses than we expected and a lightrail system. We were there for three weeks and covered a lot of territory from San Fernando Valley to downtown Hollywood, Culver City, and Santa Monica. We enjoyed the area so much that we’re going back in September.
I never rent a car, the expense isn’t worth. I’m very resourceful with public transportation, ride share etc. Since I’m from San Francisco I’ve always utilized public transportation. I focus on sits both in the states and abroad that are conveniently located to public transportation.
This is good to know as my preference would be to skip the car rental, use mass transit, and treat myself to an occassional Uber. However, we had a bad experience thinking we could walk from our hotel to a restaurant in LA several years ago…
An alternative form of transit: I did a sit in London and then took time off to sightsee on my own.
Then I had to get from London to a sit Stratford-upon-Avon, but there was stuff I wanted to see, not just get from point A to B. So I took a guided tour and saw various points and sites in the Cotswolds and Stratford-upon-Avon.
I then left the tour and skipped the return trip to London. I’d brought my luggage and left it on the tour bus while sightseeing. There was plenty of room — a whole bus and only a handful of tourists. The tour guides even helped me on and off with my bags. Then I stayed at a hotel and happily relaxed. My hosts later picked me up there to head to my next sit.
If you search within FB for the place you are going ie ‘Phuket’ you can find all sorts of local expat and digital nomad groups you can join. Very useful for local advice and potentially rentals, also meet ups.
As I sit there quite a lot, I’m a member of several FB Phuket groups. When I had a 5 week sit I posted that I was looking for a long term car rental and received many replies with suggestions for local firms.
Obviously you then have to do your own due diligence about that company but I found a great company (I googled and spoke with them) which delivered cars to any location, had very reasonable rates with insurance with a low excess. Several people had recommended them for their service. I was very happy that I picked them.