FAIR CAR HIRE
Renting a car? Seal its condition before you drive.
A free tool that photographs your hire car at pickup and return, fingerprints every shot, and locks the record so nobody can rewrite what the car looked like. Yours to keep. Works at any rental desk, anywhere.
Free. Two minutes at the car. No booking needed.
Every record makes renting fairer
Nobody records what happens to rental deposits. Charges appear after you fly home, and it is your word against the desk. Every sealed record and every answer about what a rental actually cost helps build an honest, evidence-backed picture of how deposits behave. We are building it in the open, and it starts with your next rental.
Next: car hire where the desk never holds your deposit
We are building a marketplace of independent operators where the deposit sits with Selo, sealed check-ins are signed by both sides, and a clean return releases your money within the hour. It opens corridor by corridor.
No spam. One email when your destination opens.
Excess released
Your €1,500 is back.
47 minutes after drop-off
Check-in
Sealed ✓ 14 photos · signed by both sides
Your rental
Faro Airport · Compact all-in €231
Operator
Vetted independent
How it works
Three steps. Zero small print.
01
Book at one all-in price
One number, nothing added at the desk. Ever.
02
Seal the check-in together
A 2-minute photo walkaround, signed by you and the operator. Neither side can change it afterwards.
03
Get your deposit back, fast
Clean return, sealed record: your excess is released within the hour. Not weeks.
Why it’s different
Car hire is broken because nobody neutral holds the money. So we do.
We hold your deposit, not the rental desk
Your excess is a card hold with us, never a charge to a company you’ve just met.
Evidence, not arguments
Damage claims are decided on the sealed check-in record both sides signed. No surprise invoices weeks later.
Vetted independents only
Every operator is met and checked in person before they list. The roster stays short. Placement can’t be bought.
No hidden fees, anywhere
No ambush insurance upsell, no fuel tricks, no “admin fees”. The price is the price.
Questions, answered plainly
Are you a rental company?
No. Local independent operators own the cars. We vet them, take your booking, hold your deposit, and referee if anything is disputed, with skin in the game to be fair to both sides.
What happens to my deposit?
Your excess is held by Selo as a card pre-authorisation, never charged. After a clean return it’s released within an hour. If damage is claimed, it’s decided on the sealed check-in evidence, not the operator’s say-so.
Where will Selo launch?
First destinations are in southern Portugal and Spain, built for travellers from Ireland and the UK. Waitlist members get first access.
What does the check-in involve?
A guided photo walkaround in the app at pickup, about 2 minutes. You and the operator both sign it, then it’s digitally sealed. At drop-off, the same walkaround proves the car came back clean.