Nghe An: Car rental services are quiet during Tet holiday

If in previous years, Tet was the "business season" for establishmentscar rental, this year, the image of rental cars lying on the streets and in garages is not uncommon due to the lack of renters.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hanh - owner of a self-drive car rental facility in Vinh City sighed: "This whole year due to the epidemic, the number of customers has decreased more sharply than previous years. I thought that this Tet holiday would help somewhat, but it's close to Tet and the number of customers asking to rent cars is still very low. If there are no customers, my family will probably close the shop to celebrate Tet early...".

Even though it's near Tet, the self-driving car market is still quiet. Photo: QA

Sharing the same situation as Ms. Hanh, Mr. Hung, the owner of a car rental shop in Hung Dung ward, said: "Foreseeing that business would be difficult, last November I refurbished and upgraded all the cars in the hope of attracting customers. My family has 20 cars of all kinds, but by the 28th of Tet, I could only rent out 6-7 of them, the rest were still sitting in the yard. Never before has the self-driving car business been as difficult as this year...".

According to a survey by PV, most car rental locations are deserted and quiet compared to previous years even though Tet is near. For those who rent, they only rent for 1-2 days, the number of customers who rent for the whole Tet (from 5-7 days) is very small. Although the car rental price is now cheaper than previous years, the number of customers is still not optimistic.

It is known that there are two main reasons why car rental services are gloomy. First, due to the impact of the epidemic.Covid - 19, people's travel needs, especially long-distance travel, have decreased, so the number of car rental customers has decreased. Second, people's incomes are currently affected by the epidemic, so instead of spending millions to rent a car during the epidemic, they choose less expensive means of transport such as motorbikes, buses... to save money.

Car rental prices have now decreased compared to previous years, but there are still few customers. Photo: QA

Faced with the sluggish situation, car rental locations have simultaneously implemented many solutions to attract customers. In addition to increasing promotion on social networking sites, renovating and upgrading vehicles, many establishments have also applied rental price reductions. Currently, car rental prices have decreased by 200,000 - 300,000 VND/day depending on the car model. Self-drive car rental establishments have also proactively equipped themselves with disinfectants and sanitizers to give customers peace of mind when renting cars during the epidemic./.