How condition photos protect both sides

Every trip is bracketed by photos, and each side takes their own set.

What gets recorded

At pickup and again at return, both the guest and the host run a guided 14-shot sweep: front, rear, both sides, four corners, four wheels, the dash, and the odometer. Alongside it goes the mileage and the fuel or charge level. Each set is timestamped and stored with the trip.

Why that matters

Damage is judged by comparing the return set against the earlier set of the same car, panel by panel. Only what changed is flagged, and that works in both directions:

• For the guest. A curb rash or a door ding that is clearly in your pickup shots is pre-existing. It cannot become your bill later.
• For the host. Damage that is genuinely new is visible next to the panel as it was, rather than being one person's word against another's.

Getting a set that actually protects you

• Shoot in the light you have, but not into the sun.
• Get close on anything already damaged. A wide shot rarely proves a scratch.
• Include the wheels. They pick up the most damage and cause the most argument.
• Add extra photos to your condition report if a panel needs more than the standard angle.
• Do the return sweep where the car ends up, before you walk away.

If yours is the first sweep a car has ever had, it becomes the reference every later trip is checked against.