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.

travel trailer

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John Butterfield · Travel Trailer

Day
$56
Week
$298
28 days
$935

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $336. On the week rate it is $298.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,232. On the 28-day rate it is $935.

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 travel trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$56$56—day
2$112$112—day
3$168$168—day
4$224$224—day
5$280$280—day
6$336$298you save $38week
7$392$298you save $94week
8$448$354you save $94week
9$504$410you save $94week
10$560$466you save $94week
11$616$522you save $94week
12$672$578you save $94week
13$728$596you save $132week
14$784$596you save $188week
15$840$652you save $188week
16$896$708you save $188week
17$952$764you save $188week
18$1,008$820you save $188week
19$1,064$876you save $188week
20$1,120$894you save $226week
21$1,176$894you save $282week
22$1,232$935you save $29728-day
23$1,288$935you save $35328-day
24$1,344$935you save $40928-day
25$1,400$935you save $46528-day
26$1,456$935you save $52128-day
27$1,512$935you save $57728-day
28$1,568$935you save $63328-day
29$1,624$991you save $633day
30$1,680$1,047you save $633day
31$1,736$1,103you save $633day
32$1,792$1,159you save $633day
33$1,848$1,215you save $633day
34$1,904$1,233you save $671week
35$1,960$1,233you save $727week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$935
Rental protection (RPP)
$140.25
Service fee
$93.50
Estimated total
$1,168.75

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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.