Pandemic Directed Women to Rent a Car

Worldwide car rental services, car rental, Turkey's first and only domestic digital platform vivi.com.t announces its car rental data. According to Vivi data; In the first 9 months of this year, women's car rental rates rose to 30 percent. While 95 percent of female drivers preferred automatic transmission vehicles, the most preferred brand was Mini Cooper.

Serving with the motto as you want to rent a car, Vivi announced nine months of car rental data. According to Vivi data; While 2019 percent of those who rent cars in 12 were women, in the first 2020 months of 9, this rate increased to 30 percent. While 95 percent of female drivers preferred automatic vehicles, their priority regarding the brand was Mini Cooper. The most requested models in hatchback (HB) vehicles were Renault Clio and Volkswagen Polo. Evaluating car rental data, Vivi Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. General Manager Selçuk Nazik said, “The pandemic witnessed a necessary transformation in the sector. City offices became even more important, and hourly rental became popular. While the most rents were in Istanbul, one of every three renters was women ”.

"Next year car rental income will increase to 8 billion TL!"

Underlining that the sector experienced 2020 percent loss due to the pandemic effect in 50, Nazik said, “Although there was a 61 percent decrease in flight numbers due to the pandemic, the number of domestic passengers was 13.5 percent in September compared to the previous month, according to the data of the General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMI). increased. However, in general, the number of passengers decreased by 2020 percent in domestic flights and 9 percent in international flights in the first 51 months of 62 compared to the previous year. With this data, the car rental sector is progressing in direct proportion, and in line with these contraction rates, the car rental sector has also contracted by 50 percent. Turkey in 2019 was approximately 50 million car rental days and approximately 7 billion TL was obtained rental income. In the first 2020 months of 9, approximately 17.5 million vehicles were rented. Car rental companies generated an income of approximately 2.7 billion TL. 2020 is expected to close with 3.6 billion TL car rental revenue. In 2021, we expect rental revenues to be around 8 billion TL, once the negative effects of the pandemic are over.

Nazik said, “There are nearly 212 thousand vehicles registered in the system by the supplier car rental companies on the Vivi platform. We are able to deliver vehicles at 60 locations in 91 countries around the world with active 2 supplier car rental companies. We aim to increase our customer portfolio by 700 percent by the end of 2020, and our main growth will be in 15. We are planning to increase the number of registered customers to 2021 thousand by the end of 2021 ”.