There is a fascination in our society with things you can rent rather than purchase. Why? Maybe because we are just getting more bored, more quickly. Gone are the days when movies and motel rooms were the only things people 'borrowed' for a price. Now, we're seeing everything from celebrity chateaus and fine art to wives and grandmothers! Find out all of the bizarre and unique things you can rent in this cluster.
Implications - Ever since the recent economic recession, many individuals are discovering that they must adapt their lifestyle in terms of spending if they are to ever financially recover. Businesses that offer affordable options for everyday items and activities will likely appeal to a very large audience.
61 Things You Can Rent
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Renting Riches
Borrow Designer Bags Online
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One Size Fits All Wedding Dress
Twobirds Gown Can Be Worn 10 Different Ways
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Love Hotels
Japanese Culture Features Themed Lovemaking Rental Rooms (UPDATE)
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Rent-A-Star
Celebs For Hire
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Rent a Robot
Actroid DER2 Fembot $3,500 for 5 Days
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Rent a Wife
Finally There's Hope
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Freelance Goats
Rent-a-Ruminant Has Goats Eating Invasive Plants
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Stackable, Public Rental EV- MIT City Cars Go Last Mile
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Buy or Rent an Island
Privateislandsonline.com
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Rent a Hydrogen Car
Iceland Hydrogen Society Now Closer
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Luxury Car Service for Women
Pudracar Rents Girly BMW 3s
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Celebrity Home Rental Spoofs
Will Ferrell's Landlord Tops 2007 Charts (2 VIDEOS)
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The Rise of Rented Luxury
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Celebrity Home Rentals
Live like a Hilton for the Summer In A Star's Mansion
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Rent a Garden
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Baby Toy Rentals
Dim Dom Offers Short-Term Leases for Kids' Playthings
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Coffee Shop Kitten Rentals
Tokyo's Cat Cafe Calico
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Baby Clothes Rentals
Luette Leiehen
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Rockin' Instrument Rentals
Guitar Affair Lets You Try it Out for Just One Night
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P2P Renting
Make Money By Renting Out Your Own Movies and Games at iLetYou.com
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The Rise of the Rent-A-Cycle
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Commuter Bike Renting
Barcelona's 'Bicing' Registers 30,000 Users in 2 Months
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$1 a Day Car Rentals
CityFlitz in Toronto
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iPhone Rental
Erento Let You Try Before You Buy
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Ikea Rental Bikes
Brand Colors and Trailer Included
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Spanish Baroque Rentals
The El Palauet is a Beautiful, Modern Hotel
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Self-Service Rental Microcars
The CityAnt
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Grandmas for Rent
Goldenhook.fr Grandmas Knit Personalized Hats Just for You
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Renting People
Flesh Out Your Wedding With Fake Family Members or Friends
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Clothing Rentals For Weight Loss
TransitionalSizes.com
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Facebook House Swaps
Use the Facebook Shared Porch to List and Rent Vacation Homes
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Japanese Rent-a-Friend
Temporary Cats, Dogs or Husbands to Cheer You Up
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$2 An Hour Rental Cars
DriveMint.com On Demand Rentals For Credit Crunched Drivers
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Renting Celebrity Chateaus
Hampton House Available for Rent Once Occupied by Jack Nicholson
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McDVD Rentals
Would you like a DVD with your Big Mac?
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Rent A Supermodel Yogi
Cameron Alborizan As Your Guru
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Green Rentals
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Launches Hydrid Car Fleet
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Mobile Phone Bike Rentals
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Hip Retreats for the Affluent
St Barts Villa Rentals
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Mobile Phone Rentals
Like A Netflix Model For Smart Phones and Mobile Devices
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Rent Anything Online
Zilok Marketplace
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Rent a Pilgrim
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Renting Out Eyelids As Ad Space
Feelunique.com Literally Pays Per Wink
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Flexible Pet Rentals
Doggy Timeshares at FlexPetz
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Paying for Fake Friends
Japan Rent-A-Friend Companionship Comes at a Cost
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Feature-Free Rental DVDs
Fox Axes Extras From Rental Films to Aid DVD/Blu-ray Sales
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Gamers Renting Movie Theatres (UPDATE)
Private XBox Parties at Cineplex
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Friendship For Rent
Relationship Ambassadors From Sahara Care House
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Civilian Rental Bling
Adorn Brides Offers Expensive Jewelry Loaners for Small Fee
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Rental Breathalyzers
Blow Me for Parties
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Renting Fine Art
Credit Crunch Produces Test Drive Paintings
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Rental Culture for Kids
Baby Plays
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Rent-a-Bike Bus Hubs
Gabriel Wartofsky's Bikeshare Network Puts Foldable E-Bikes at Bus Stops
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Rental Car Rallies
A National Gumball Rally for Auto Fans and Those Who Crave Adventure
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Computerless Video Rental
Apple TV Gets an Updated Interface
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$40 Yearly Eco-Transit
SmartBike DC Rental
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99 Cent Video Rentals
Blockbuster to Lower Rates in January
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Creative House Swaps
Caravan Offers Unique Home Rentals for People in the Arts
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Fast Food Lodging
Credit Crunched Taco Bell Gets A Roommate to Help With Rent
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Cherry Tree Rentals
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Lavish Hi-Tech Hotels
Touch Screen Phones and TV Mirrors at the Chicago Elysian Hotel
Hotels Made of Cards
Holiday Inn Showcases Promo Hotel Made Out of Old Room Keys
Soft Drink Social Marketing
Coke Zero Facial Profiler Application Finds Your Facebook Twin
Water Powered Cars
Genepax Generates Electricity with Water & Air
Bento Box Bling
Carolyn Tille Creates Sushi Jewelry for Japanese Food Addicts
Black & White Boutique Hotels
Habita Monterrey Delivers Affordable Luxury
Friends as Models
Chrissie Miller Uses Her Girlfriends to Model Her ‘Sophomore' Line
Goldfish Hotels
D-reizen Goudvissen Hotel at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport
Simple Wooden Toys
Japanese Toy Maker Chigo Offers Hours of Handmade Fun
Bling-Encrusted Faces
Fritz Helder and the Phantoms Extreme Rhinestone Face Coverings
Celebrity Home Rentals
Live like a Hilton for the Summer In A Star's Mansion
Boutique Hotel Fashion
W Hotels Launches Apparel and Accessories Line
Art Gallery Hotels
The LALALA Arthotel Features Rooms by 7 Different Artists
Mod Hotels
Palacio del Retiro Has A Classical Shell Harboring Modern Romanticism
Social Media Schooling
The Mum 2.0 Digital Makeover Teaches Moms Social Networking Etiquette
$10,000 Blinged Mobiles
Vera Wang Designs Swarovski-Encrusted BlackBerry
Urban Knitting Gangs
Knittas Rage Against Stashes
Aussie Solar Car Race
Dutch Enter Panasonic World Solar Challenge
Coffee Shop Kitten Rentals
Tokyo's Cat Cafe Calico
Baby Clothes Rentals
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Fake Dead Seniors
Old Person's Home At The Saatchi Gallery
Timber Framed E-Cycles
The Mosquito Bike Lets You Navigate the Urban Jungle
Geeks Exchange Expertise For Dates
Rent-A-Nerd
Frog Prince Bling
Delfina Delettrez's Glittering Amphibian and Sparkling Spider Rings
Farming on Facebook
Virtual Farms Find a Foothold With 'Farm Town'
$1 a Day Car Rentals
CityFlitz in Toronto
Legally Downloading Movies Before They're On DVD
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Chupacabra Stuffed Toys
Plush Animal Makes Scary Cryptid Cuddly
iPhone Rental
Erento Let You Try Before You Buy
Vanity URL Mania
Facebook's Custom Usernames Prompt a Bevy of Silly Suggestions
Revolving Hotels
Hotel Marmara Antalya Rotates, Flotates and... Awesometates
Illuminated Sequined Goatskin Shoes
Chanel Light Bulb Heels
Ikea Rental Bikes
Brand Colors and Trailer Included
$3,000 Bikinis
Pistol Panties ‘Anita' Bling-Kini is Covered in Swarovski Crystals
Postmortem Messaging
Twitter & Facebook Launch 'Webwill' for Dead Online Lovers
Miniature Knitting
The Art of Amigurumi
Lost Treasure Luxury
New York Artist Blue Bayer Creates Antique Bling
Self-Service Rental Microcars
The CityAnt
Clothing Rentals For Weight Loss
TransitionalSizes.com
Knit Nintendo Toys
Michelle Rheaume Sells Classic Toy Patterns for Geeky DIY Projects
Toys With Feelings
Kimochi Emotion Stuffed Toys are a Cute Form of Expression for Kids
Japanese Rent-a-Friend
Temporary Cats, Dogs or Husbands to Cheer You Up
$2 An Hour Rental Cars
DriveMint.com On Demand Rentals For Credit Crunched Drivers
Clumsy Jewelry
Chris Brown's "Oops" Bling is Perfect for Affluent Klutzes
Goatskin and Python Earphones
Hoon Uncovers Musical Luxury With the 'Perfect Unison Headphones'
Green Rentals
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Launches Hydrid Car Fleet
Free Tacos To All US Citizens
Taco Bell Offer If Base Stolen in World Series
Alien Anime Dolls
Medicom Toys Teams with Takashi Murakami for Figurines
Creative Campervan Toys
Portable Playthings for Imaginative Infants
Racebike Training Wheels
Wooden Balance Bikes Makes Learning to Ride Look Cool
Mobile Phone Rentals
Like A Netflix Model For Smart Phones and Mobile Devices
Credit Crunch Home Exchanges
The Property Swap Shop
Toy Invitations
Michael Lau Forgoes Stationary in Place of Toys
Eco-Warrior Toys
Andrew Duffy & Craig Tyler Turn Something Old into Something New for the Kids
Hiring Fake Crowds
Queues for Hire at McDonald's in Japan
Self-Knitting Lampshade
Sleeping Beauty by Nadine Sterk
Brit Pop Baby Bikes
Kiddimoto Bikes are Stylish Rides for Children
Denim-Branded Hotels
Ace Hotel and Levi's Team for Suite 501
Freezing at Taco Bell
Improv Everywhere as Advertisers At Store Opening
Zipcar Drive In
Drive In to Arctic Tale, Don't Drive Out
Celebrity Foreclosures
Evander Holyfield, Ed McMahon Lose Homes
Eco-Friendly Car Races
Epoch Design
Bribing Online ‘Friends'
Mitsubishi Digital Donates For Each New Twitter Follower
Rental Culture for Kids
Baby Plays
Interactive Sport Sales
EA Games Launches Grand Slam Tennis Application On Facebook
Movie Theater Gaming (FOLLOW UP)
Cartoony Bling
Simmons Jewelery Co. Creates Sponge Bob Jewelery Line
Social Media Wars
Google's Orkut and Facebook in a Battle Royale
Viral Social Media Songs
'Facebook Hook-up' Song by Adam Ray is Not What You Think
Knitting for Geeky Gamers
Mario Scarf
Future Hi Def DVD Will Be Blu-Ray
Warner Brother's Defining Decision
Rent-a-Bike Bus Hubs
Gabriel Wartofsky's Bikeshare Network Puts Foldable E-Bikes at Bus Stops
Self-Destructing DVDs
DVD-D Germany Ltd.
Google's Instant Messaging for Mobiles
Google Talk on the iPhone
Rental Car Rallies
A National Gumball Rally for Auto Fans and Those Who Crave Adventure
Bizarre Travel Rituals
Airline Sacrifices Goats
Outsourcing Home Helpers
Rent-A-Son
Ad-Based Entertainment
Dynamo Capital Launches Ultra Cheap DVDs That Are Actually Legal
Cherry Tree Rentals
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