The Most Popular Scooter Rental Services in 2024

Since 2017, people around the world have taken more than 250 million Lime rides (on e-scooters and e-bikes).

New York alone, where Lime scooters cost $1 to unlock and $0.42 per-minute rate, accounts for more than 2 million of those trips.

But Lime’s rental services also cover 230+ cities in more than 30 countries.

You can find a scooter on Lime’s app or through Uber’s scooter service—the companies have an ongoing partnership. But you can also activate rides via text without using a smartphone.

Bird operates in 10+ counties. Within the US, many cities (Charleston, WV, Medford, OR, Canton, OH, and more) have partnered with the rental company to provide clean transportation.

Even though Bird pulled out its scooters from several cities worldwide in 2022, it started expanding in the Greater Toronto Area in 2023.

This makes Bird a top choice for urban commuters in the US and Canada.

In the US, Bird scooters cost $1 to $2 to unlock and anywhere from $0.10 to $0.33 per minute.

In Canada, the initial fee is around $1.15, and then the rate is $0.4 per minute.

Spin is a subsidiary of Bird Rides Inc. Together, they operate in around 87% of the 50 most populous US cities. Spin covers 25 campuses, too.

But rather than use the same BirdThree scooter, Spin offers the Spin 6 model with its improved hydraulic suspension.

Spin isn’t far off from Bird’s price range. Rates change based on location, but you can expect a $1 unlock fee and around $0.3 per minute.

Veo’s micro-mobility rentals are available in 20 states , including California, Florida, Indiana, and New York.

In Sarasota, Florida, the unlock fee is $1, and the per-minute rate is around $0.37.

Mobilboard operates via multiple tourism and entertainment agencies across Europe. Most locations are in France, but you’ll also find segway options in Belgium and Spain.

In the Pessac Leognan region, Mobilboard offers guided scooter tours with short training starting at €39.

In Annecy, you could ask the instructors for route and sightseeing recommendations, but you’ll be on your own during the ride. The fees are cheaper, though. You could rent an electric scooter for the full day for €45.

There are all-terrain scooters starting at €25 in the Aillon agency, too.

Beam is one of the leading micro-mobility rental companies in the Asia-Pacific region.

Although Beam operates in more than 60 cities, a few locations are particularly tourist-focused, including Cairns and Noosa.

The company partnered with 15+ tourism operators in Cairns in 2022.

Around 150 purple e-scooters are available in tourist hotspots with the riding area loaded to the app. The unlock fee is $1, with a relatively high $0.65 per-minute rate.

Rates are slightly lower in Noosa’s tourist operators, with a rate of $0.55 per minute.

Uber is a suitable pick solely based on its popularity.

Since it’s one of the highest-performing apps in the travel category, we can reasonably assume that most tourists already have Uber downloaded on their phones.

Odds are, they’ll check the Uber-lime scooters availability before looking at local options.

Spin offers a 30-day rental for $59 . Along with the e-scooter, the rental covers a GPS lock/tracker and a charging cable, all shipped to you without a delivery charge.

The Spin+ subscription also comes with unlimited maintenance, support, and scooter swaps.

Unagi doesn’t do short-term rentals. Instead, they offer two All-Access Passes.

The Model One Voyager starts at $69 per month.

But if this is over your budget, you could go with the Model One Classic. It has a narrower range (12 vs. 25 miles), takes longer to charge, and doesn’t come with the eLock on the mobile app.

Unagi covers both models with insurance and service, though. If you ever need maintenance, they’ll send a replacement while they work on the repairs.

Wheels offers scooter rental services in select cities in the US, including Tampa and New York.

Their long-term rental scooter is a Segway Max, which starts at $129.99 per month. If you don’t want to pay for shipping, there’s an in-store pickup option.

Voi is suitable for long-term scooter rental in Europe.

The company operates in 100+ European towns and cities, with a fleet of three Voiager scooter models and two Explorer bike models.

Voi’s frequent-rider package covers 300 minutes of renting for around £35 per month . There’s also a £7–10 day pass with only 100–120 riding minutes.

Superpedestrian designs their scooters in-house to boost their lifespan. On average, their vehicles last 5+ years (~2.500 rides). When the vehicles finally break down, they strip them to spare parts or responsibly recycle them.

What makes the rental company particularly sustainable is its long-range scooters. The extended battery life pushes the range to 61 miles.

Lime’s model S doesn’t boast an extremely long range like Superpedestarian’s vehicles—it only covers 37 miles. However, the company’s in-house design can last for 5+ years.

Lime also partnered with the One Tree Planted initiative for the Lime Prime subscription.

Bird designed the BirdThree dockless scooter with a circular economy in mind.

To keep the scooter long-lasting and eco-friendly, they used swappable batteries (good for ~14,000 miles in total), durable self-sealing pneumatic tires, and real-time diagnostic sensors.