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New TO Based App to Change How You Park

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There’s a new Toronto based app that wants to change how you park your car. Taking a page from Airbnb, the app lets you rent a private parking spot.

BlogTO reports:

“A newly released Toronto app aims to change the way that people find parking spaces in this city. Some startups aim to solve problems that you don’t know you have, while others focus squarely on pain points that are widely understood and complained about — Rover would fall into the latter category.

The concept is simple: owners of private parking spaces can make them available via the Rover app, which then allows drivers to seek them out. As with most sharing-based solutions, pricing is cheaper than what you’ll find at a downtown lot or for on-street parking. The hourly rate is capped at $2 with Rover, which becomes a steal if you can secure a spot downtown.

As a startup, the app could currently use an influx of people looking to rent out spaces. The motivation for renters, of course, is that it’s possible to earn a few bucks off of an empty parking space with not a whole lot of effort (far less, obviously, than airBnB). It’s hard to evaluate the success of the app at this early stage, but it’s a damn good idea on paper (er, one’s phone).”

While this could be an exciting opportunity for people to make some extra cash off of their empty parking spaces, condo owners and tenants should proceed with caution. Most condominium corporations have rules against renting out your parking space to someone who is not occupying the suite.

It will be interesting to see how public response to this app plays out. Would you be willing to use an Airbnb type of app for finding and renting a parking space in downtown Toronto? Tell me your thoughts on Rover in the comments!

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