Blog

Straight from the road.

Articles for rental-car owners. Return duty, timesheets, Konzession, Uber, Bolt — in plain language.

Finance · 7 min
380 € loss per month: the vehicle nobody sees

The Uber revenue looks good. After all costs, one car has been running at a loss for months. How to find the problem car — before it eats a year of your margin.

Compliance · 7 min
Spotting Rückkehrpflicht violations before BOKraft does

§ 49 (4) PBefG is the most common reason for losing your Konzession on Uber and Bolt. Why it happens, what BOKraft actually checks — and how to make violations visible.

Recruiting · 6 min
Driver active in 6 days — instead of 3 weeks

Every day without a driver is 300 € of Uber revenue gone. How rental car bosses cut the time from application to first trip — with structure instead of ad-hoc.

Sales · 6 min
2,300 € more direct revenue per month — no Uber cut

Two hotels as chauffeur customers. Fixed prices, fixed rides, no Uber commission. How rental car bosses build direct customers — with no sales team.

Practice · 7 min
Automatic timesheets: how rental car bosses save five hours per week

Five hours of Excel every Friday. Mistakes. Questions from the tax office. Why manual timesheets no longer work in a rental car business — and what runs instead.

Fundamentals · 6 min
Why Excel Is No Longer Enough for Fleet Management

Excel was the standard tool for fleet bosses for 20 years. Why it now creates more problems than it solves — and what works instead.