When is it cheaper to rent a Sprinter Van by the week than by the day?

From day 7. 7 days at the $85 day rate would be $595, but the weekly rate caps it at $510.

When is it cheaper to rent a Sprinter Van on the 28-day rate?

From day 25. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,870 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

Break-even duration

Equipment rents on three rates — a day rate, a week rate and a 28-day rate — and the cheapest one changes as the job runs long. This finds the two days where it changes, on a real listing’s real published rates.

Sprinter Van

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Travis Cavazos · Moving Vehicles / Vans

Day: $85
Week: $510
28 days: $1,870

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $595. On the week rate it is $510.

Weekly stops winning on

day 25

25 days at the day rate would be $2,125. On the 28-day rate it is $1,870.

The working

Whole weeks bill at the week rate; the leftover days bill at the day rate but never add up to more than one extra week; and a whole 28-day cycle never costs more than the 28-day rate. That is the rule, applied one day at a time.

Rental price by duration for Sprinter Van, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$85	$85	—	day
2	$170	$170	—	day
3	$255	$255	—	day
4	$340	$340	—	day
5	$425	$425	—	day
6	$510	$510	—	day
7	$595	$510	you save $85	week
8	$680	$595	you save $85	week
9	$765	$680	you save $85	week
10	$850	$765	you save $85	week
11	$935	$850	you save $85	week
12	$1,020	$935	you save $85	week
13	$1,105	$1,020	you save $85	week
14	$1,190	$1,020	you save $170	week
15	$1,275	$1,105	you save $170	week
16	$1,360	$1,190	you save $170	week
17	$1,445	$1,275	you save $170	week
18	$1,530	$1,360	you save $170	week
19	$1,615	$1,445	you save $170	week
20	$1,700	$1,530	you save $170	week
21	$1,785	$1,530	you save $255	week
22	$1,870	$1,615	you save $255	week
23	$1,955	$1,700	you save $255	week
24	$2,040	$1,785	you save $255	week
25	$2,125	$1,870	you save $255	28-day
26	$2,210	$1,870	you save $340	28-day
27	$2,295	$1,870	you save $425	28-day
28	$2,380	$1,870	you save $510	28-day
29	$2,465	$1,955	you save $510	day
30	$2,550	$2,040	you save $510	day
31	$2,635	$2,125	you save $510	day
32	$2,720	$2,210	you save $510	day
33	$2,805	$2,295	you save $510	day
34	$2,890	$2,380	you save $510	day
35	$2,975	$2,380	you save $595	week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 25 days: $1,870
Rental protection (RPP): $280.50
Service fee: $187
Estimated total: $2,337.50

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Where these numbers come from

The rates are the operator’s own, read live from their listing. The arithmetic is the same best-price billing engine that produces 2Quip invoices — not a second copy written for this page — run on the industry-standard terms: a 28-day cycle, whole weeks at the week rate, leftover days at the day rate capped at one more week.

An operator can agree different terms on an individual rental, and a long rental bills per 28-day cycle rather than in one lump. So treat this as what the rate card says, and the operator’s quote as what you are agreeing to.