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.

Camper Trailer

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Joshua.Vallender · Travel Trailer

Day
$79
Week
$395
28 days
$1,580

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $474. On the week rate it is $395.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $2,054. On the 28-day rate it is $1,580.

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 Camper Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$79$79—day
2$158$158—day
3$237$237—day
4$316$316—day
5$395$395—day
6$474$395you save $79week
7$553$395you save $158week
8$632$474you save $158week
9$711$553you save $158week
10$790$632you save $158week
11$869$711you save $158week
12$948$790you save $158week
13$1,027$790you save $237week
14$1,106$790you save $316week
15$1,185$869you save $316week
16$1,264$948you save $316week
17$1,343$1,027you save $316week
18$1,422$1,106you save $316week
19$1,501$1,185you save $316week
20$1,580$1,185you save $395week
21$1,659$1,185you save $474week
22$1,738$1,264you save $474week
23$1,817$1,343you save $474week
24$1,896$1,422you save $474week
25$1,975$1,501you save $474week
26$2,054$1,580you save $47428-day
27$2,133$1,580you save $55328-day
28$2,212$1,580you save $63228-day
29$2,291$1,659you save $632day
30$2,370$1,738you save $632day
31$2,449$1,817you save $632day
32$2,528$1,896you save $632day
33$2,607$1,975you save $632day
34$2,686$1,975you save $711week
35$2,765$1,975you save $790week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 26 days
$1,580
Rental protection (RPP)
$237
Service fee
$158
Estimated total
$1,975

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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.