20 Bizarre Things You Can Rent
There are things that you should rent, there are things you should buy, and then there are really bizarre things available for rent that you’re not quite sure what to make of. Today we look at this illustrious third category!
Rent People
1) Rent a Star
If you have always wanted to hang out with your favorite celebrity and you have the funds, why not rent a star? For $150,000 an hour, you can hire David Blaine to entertain your guests with his magic tricks.
2) Rent a Wife
The RentaWife.com was launched long ago, but they offer only “domestic” services. The Belgium site RentaWife.br offers other “services.”
3) Rent a Fake Family
Getting married but can’t afford to fly out your family and friends? Don’t have anyone to invite in the first place? In Japan, there’s solution for that: family rentals! 4) Rent a Grandma
Love an old-fashioned knitted hat, but don’t have a loving grandma to knit it for you? Now you can lease a grandma who is just waiting for you to ask her to knit you a hat.
5) Rent a Pilgrim
If you’ve vowed to make a pilgrimage, but you don’t have the time, now you have an option: You can rent a pilgrim!
6) Rent a Nerd
You can rent a nerd and he’ll fix your computer, help you with stats home-work, or if you’re really adventurous, take you to dinner.
Rent Weird Objects
7) Rent a Robot
The Actroid DEr2 Fembot is an android that has Limbs, a torso and facial expressions that are controlled by pneumatic pressure.
8) Rent Weird Toys
To impress someone, costly toy collectibles are an eccentric way to go. You can find everything to fit your need for fun, from adult toys to an alien-inspired bike.
9) Rent a Bile via Mobile Phone
The OYBike System in the United Kingdom allows users to hire and return a bicycle via their mobile phone, which receives the code needed to unlock the bike for immediate use. The bikes can then be returned to any OYBike station.
10) Rent a Theater Screen
Cineplex Odeon, a theater company in Canada, is renting their big screens to games. Twelve players can rent the theater with its gigantic screen and thunderous sound system for $179 for two hours.
11) Rent Breathalyzers
UK-based Blow Me offers a unique and useful service to any party-mobile alcohol breath-testing. The outfit will attend any event where alcohol is served and administer unlimited breath tests in a non-confrontational environment.
12) Rent a Painting
The illusion of owning painting for at least a little while – even contemporary ones worth as much as $10,000 to $20,000 – is an alluring option purchase. In some isn’t there for an actual purchase. In some cases a “test drive” is allowed before buying.
Rent Weird Objects
13) Rent a Hotel Room Made of Cards
With the help of world record-holding “card stacker” Bryan Berg, Holiday Inn has built a 400-square foot room in New York out of old room keys. A total of 200,000 Holiday Inn room keys were used, and nothing was left out, from the lobby to the room toilet.
14) Rent a Shipping Container Hotel Room
Foldable container shelters are cheap, recyclable, and incredibly popular around the world. Guests sleep on recyclable paper pallet beds, they have internet access and get a continental breakfast with their stay.
15) Rent a Celebrity House
This summer you can actually live like the Hiltons by renting out one of theis lavish mansions. One of their homes, which located in Water Mill, New York, is available for a mere $400,000.
16) Rent an Island
Are you fed up with noisy neighborhoods? Then this website is for you. At PrivateislandOnline.com, you can find a selection hundreds of islands available for rent and sale worldwide.
Rent Animals and Plants
17) Freelance Goats
Do you have a lot of extra foliage on your property and don’t really have the time to take a weed whacker to it? Check out Rent-A-Ruminant.
18) Rent a Friend
If you want to cuddle a kitty or walk a dog but can’t own one, take a look at the Ja La La Café in Tokyo’s bustling Akihabara district. Clients can pay by the for pet companions.
19) Rent a Garden
Rent-a-Garden is Dutch company that will give you a quick fix of green to makeover your terrace or yard. You can rent sculptures, potted plants or a whole theme.
20) Rent a Cherry Tree
CherryAid is an awareness campaign urging everyone to save the British cherry tree. To help, you rent a local cherry tree, pick and eat all of its cherries for the season.
