Understanding Your Trip Price: Fees Explained
Afto shows the complete booking quote before you confirm, with each price component kept on its own line.
Prelaunch: Live guest bookings are not open yet. The figures below reflect the current launch configuration and may change before booking opens. The quote and terms presented for a trip will govern it.
Lines that can appear at booking
- Adjusted trip price: the host's daily pricing for the selected dates after any duration discount and the Flexible, Standard, or Saver cancellation-price adjustment.
- Extras: optional items and quantities you select.
- Delivery: the selected pickup or delivery location's disclosed fee.
- Trip fee: calculated for the vehicle and trip. The current design is typically 8–12%, capped at the lower of 20% of the applicable trip base or $400, and locked with the quote.
- Guest protection: the trip-specific price for the Basic, Plus, or Max selection, or $0 if the available flow allows you to affirmatively decline the optional damage plan.
- Taxes: calculated and displayed as a separate line.
- Credits or adjustments: an eligible Afto credit can reduce what you pay without changing the host's underlying price.
Changing the vehicle, dates, delivery, drivers, extras, protection choice, or cancellation choice requires a refreshed quote.
When payment happens
- Instant Book: the approved checkout amount can be captured when the reservation is confirmed.
- Request to Book: Afto creates a payment authorization while the host has up to 24 hours to respond. Approval captures the authorized amount; a decline or expiration releases it rather than charging and refunding a completed payment.
Your bank may show a released authorization for a short time according to its own processing rules.
What can appear after the trip
Post-trip amounts are not hidden pickup fees. They require a separate trip record and can include:
- Approved trip changes or extensions
- Documented tolls, eligible tickets, or fuel
- Additional distance calculated from the trip's frozen per-mile rate and handoff odometers
- Claim-related charges, refunds, or adjustments after a decision
These items appear on the detailed receipt when they are posted. See Toll and Ticket Reimbursement.
No security deposit
Afto does not currently require a guest security deposit or a separate deposit authorization hold. A payment authorization for a Request to Book is not a security deposit.
Liability disclosure
The quote does not currently include a separate guest charge for carrier-backed third-party liability coverage. Review the insurance disclosure shown with the trip. Afto's current disclosure states that a signed carrier agreement is not yet in place and carrier-backed third-party liability coverage is not active.
If the trip is canceled
The refund screen applies the cancellation choice attached to the trip and shows the exact amount returned or kept. See Canceling a Trip (Guest) and Refunds and Receipts.