gatorblue92

I rented thru Outroorsy earlier this year and had a great experience. I chatted with the owner of the camper I rented and she said it was a great experience for her family as a owner but it also didn’t allow them to use the camper as much as normal since it was always booked.

kbroderick

Off-topic, but does Plaid actually store the credentials, or does it use them to generate a service-specific token that is then stored and used for further authentication? We were looking at using them (with Stripe) for an app we're developing, but if they're actually storing third-party login credentials and posing as the user, that's a significant red flag.

5pointyote

What about covid is preventing you from using your RV? Having your own trailer at a camp site is like the ultimate social distancing trip.

Static2606

I had thought about. Impromptu trips would be difficult if you are getting a lot of customers. I've had mine posted for about 2 days now and no hits yet. kind of late in the year tho.

Static2606

With all due respect that's a bit narrow. March to the end of May was locked down for one, at least in Ohio. And there still are travel restrictions in places around the country. Also what if someone was laid off and lost income, or had to quarantine for a while using up their vacation/pto? These are unprecedented times and there are a lot of ways this pandemic could affect someones ability to use a luxury item like an RV. :s

5pointyote

That was why I asked the question. I'll assume since you answered it with a bunch of broad 3rd person what if scenarios that you don't want to answer why you specifically won't/can't use it because of covid, which is fine, you don't owe any of us that. I assumed the concern was more about exposure risk than it was about availability of funds or vacation time.

Flamingtaco

I don't think you can do that unless a banking website has been designed for third party authentication. What bothers me most is whomever gets access to that data has full access to the account features of your banking institution's website.

Static2606

And every single account that login can see. For me that is joint accounts with multiple family members, savings and auto loans. The devil will be having a snowball fight in July before I turn over my account credentials to a third party. lol

kbroderick

Right, the bank being connected to would need to have an API for third-party interaction. I thought perhaps that was becoming more of a normal thing, as on a couple of recent account connections (from one bank to another), I was redirected to login to the other bank (not asked to provide third-party credentials, but actually sent to log in at the other bank) and then prompted to allow connecting the accounts (a la "login with Google" or "login with Facebook" on sites that support it via OAuth).

Static2606

Have my first reservation for this holiday weekend. Easiest $400 I will have ever made if all goes smooth.

I convinced them to just pay me the $100 to deliver it the 50 miles since they would have needed to install a trailer brake controller. That and they have a Chevy Avalanche.