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

From day 6. 6 days at the $88 day rate would be $528, but the weekly rate caps it at $440.

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

From day 19. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,320 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.

Cargo Van

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Simon Equipment Rentals · Cargo Van

Day: $88
Week: $440
28 days: $1,320

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $528. On the week rate it is $440.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $1,672. On the 28-day rate it is $1,320.

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 Cargo Van, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$88	$88	—	day
2	$176	$176	—	day
3	$264	$264	—	day
4	$352	$352	—	day
5	$440	$440	—	day
6	$528	$440	you save $88	week
7	$616	$440	you save $176	week
8	$704	$528	you save $176	week
9	$792	$616	you save $176	week
10	$880	$704	you save $176	week
11	$968	$792	you save $176	week
12	$1,056	$880	you save $176	week
13	$1,144	$880	you save $264	week
14	$1,232	$880	you save $352	week
15	$1,320	$968	you save $352	week
16	$1,408	$1,056	you save $352	week
17	$1,496	$1,144	you save $352	week
18	$1,584	$1,232	you save $352	week
19	$1,672	$1,320	you save $352	28-day
20	$1,760	$1,320	you save $440	28-day
21	$1,848	$1,320	you save $528	28-day
22	$1,936	$1,320	you save $616	28-day
23	$2,024	$1,320	you save $704	28-day
24	$2,112	$1,320	you save $792	28-day
25	$2,200	$1,320	you save $880	28-day
26	$2,288	$1,320	you save $968	28-day
27	$2,376	$1,320	you save $1,056	28-day
28	$2,464	$1,320	you save $1,144	28-day
29	$2,552	$1,408	you save $1,144	day
30	$2,640	$1,496	you save $1,144	day
31	$2,728	$1,584	you save $1,144	day
32	$2,816	$1,672	you save $1,144	day
33	$2,904	$1,760	you save $1,144	day
34	$2,992	$1,760	you save $1,232	week
35	$3,080	$1,760	you save $1,320	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 · 19 days: $1,320
Rental protection (RPP): $198
Service fee: $132
Estimated total: $1,650

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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.