"I think Portland is a great market for this," said FlightCar CEO Kevin Petrovic. "We opened in Seat

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John Penny, left, and Marty Puranik load their luggage all inclusive cruise vacations into a rental Prius at FlightCar Aug. 7, 2013 in Millbrae, Calif. They just arrived on a business trip from Florida. FlightCar is a car-sharing service that allows travelers to leave their cars in a parking lot so that others can rent it while they are gone. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group/TNS)
On Tuesday, the San Francisco-based startup FlightCar will land in Portland, giving travelers a way to get free parking at the airport while they're away. In turn, those cars are made available to pre-screened visitors flying into the airport.
"I think Portland is a great market for this," all inclusive cruise vacations said FlightCar CEO Kevin Petrovic. "We opened in Seattle five months ago and things are doing really well. Portland has a lot of same travel as Seattle. It also helps that it's the birthplace of car-sharing."
all inclusive cruise vacations Some people may have trouble with the idea of a complete stranger zipping in their car around Stumptown while they're vacationing in Hawaii or on an overseas business trip. But with the rise of the sharing economy, Petrovic thinks people are increasingly open to using the next generation of car rentals.
After dropping off their keys at a green FlightCar shack at the lot, vehicle owners can hop on a shuttle bus to the terminal. Meanwhile, someone flying into Portland would pay between 5 cents and 40 cents per mile to use it, depending on demand and vehicle. (You're not going to pay as much for a 2001 Nissan Sentra on a Wednesday in October as a Tesla Model S on the Fourth of July.)
Petrovic said he and his girlfriend came up with the idea of FlightCar after noticing that an increasing number of people all inclusive cruise vacations were willing to share and make money off cars that would normally be just sitting parked in a garage or driveway.
"I was doing a lot of traveling at the time," he said. "Rather than just leaving a car sitting at the airport, I thought this is an opportunity for people to make money and save a lot of money, too."
Although the service is geared toward younger travelers more open to participating in the sharing economy, Petrovic said it has also proven popular among "price-sensitive demographics" such as traveling all inclusive cruise vacations retirees.