The person at the car needs you right now.
A dead battery, a flat tire or a lost key does not wait for a message. A number on the glovebox card gets a guest to your phone.
A number for your Turo cars
Get a phone number for Turo hosts that rings your real phone.
Put an ExpressNumber number on the card in the glovebox and in your handoff notes instead of your own. A guest at the car calls it, your phone rings, and you burn the number when the car leaves Turo.
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The card in the glovebox
The card in the car shows a number you can burn.
Glovebox card
Thanks for renting the grey hatchback
- Park it on the second floor of the garage when you return.
- Bring it back with the same fuel level.
Call if the car will not start(713) 555-0108
(713) 555-0108On the glovebox card, named Grey hatchback
Your own numberStays off the glovebox card
Burn the numberBurn it when this car leaves Turo.
This is how you get a number for the cars you host.
- Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
- Name it after the car, such as Grey hatchback.
- Put the number on the card in the glovebox and in your handoff notes for the cleaner.
- A guest at the car calls it and your phone rings. Burn it in one tap when the car leaves Turo.
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Your numbers
Grey hatchback
(713) 555-0108
Forwarding
Cleaner and valet
(305) 555-0137
Texts only
Sold sedan
(619) 555-0164
Blocked
Turo hosts put a separate number on each car for three reasons.
The people who help you need a number too.
A cleaner, a valet or a friend who does handoffs can call one number named after the car. Your own line stays off the sheet you hand them.
Cars leave the fleet.
When you sell a car or take it off Turo, burn its number. Cards left in old glove boxes stop reaching you.
How a call reaches you
The guest calls the number on the glovebox card. Your phone gets the call.
A guest at the carFinds the card in the glovebox and calls the number on it.
Calls and texts
Grey hatchbackYour number for this car.
Forwards
Your real phone ringsLike any other call
Texts land in your inboxUnder the name Grey hatchback
The caller only ever sees the number you gave them.
Burn the number when the car leaves Turo.
One number for one car, from the first trip to the day you sell it or take it off Turo.
- 1The card gets its numberThe Grey hatchback number goes in the glovebox
- 2Guests at the car callYour phone rings like any other call
- 3Helpers share one numberThe cleaner and the valet use the same line
- 4Burn the numberCalls and texts to it stop at once
This is what Turo says about talking to guests.
Read October 31, 2026, with a link to each page.
Turo says a guest can message a host only after booking a trip.
Its help page says a guest can message you only after they have booked a trip in one of your vehicles.
Turo Help Center: Messaging your guestTuro asks hosts and guests to keep their talk in Turo messaging.
Its help page says to keep all communication in Turo messaging so support agents have a record to settle any disputes.
Turo Help Center: Messaging your guestTuro tells guests they cannot contact a host before they book.
Its help page for guests says they are not able to contact a host before they book their trip, and that Turo messaging is for all communication with the host.
Turo Help Center: Messaging your hostTuro may share a mobile number so the two sides can reach each other.
Its privacy policy says Turo may provide your mobile phone number to facilitate communication, and that the other party may send you text messages, such as to confirm a pickup or delivery location.
Turo Privacy Policy
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People ask these questions about a number for Turo hosts.
More in the full FAQ.
Create a number in your dashboard and name it after the car, such as Grey hatchback. It is live in about a minute. Put it on the glovebox card and in your handoff notes. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and the caller only ever sees the number you gave them.
No. Turo asks hosts and guests to keep their communication in Turo messaging so support has a record. The number is for the guest standing at the car and for the people who help you with it.
Burn it in one tap. Calls and texts to it stop at once, and the card left in the old glovebox stops reaching you.
No. Your numbers are receive-only: they take calls and texts, and they never make them. You answer calls on your own phone, and you cannot reply to a text from the inbox.
Yes. Every number has three modes: Forward rings your phone and lets texts in, Texts only stops calls and keeps the texts coming, and Block stops both. You change the mode from your dashboard.
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More ways to use a number
Every rule on this page comes from a public page you can check.
Each one is linked where it is quoted, and all of them were read October 31, 2026.
Put a number on each car that you can burn.
Hand out a number you can burn. Keep the one your family calls.
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