🚗 Car Rental Application

A full stack car rental platform that allows users to browse, book, and manage car rentals, while owners can list and manage their vehicles and bookings.

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✨ Features

👤 User Features

• 🔍 Browse available cars with detailed information
• 🖼️ View car details and images
• 📅 Book cars for specific dates
• 📂 Manage personal bookings

👨‍💼 Owner Features

• 📊 Owner dashboard for managing cars and bookings
• ➕ Add, ✏️ edit, or ❌ remove car listings
• 📖 View and manage bookings for owned cars

🌐 General

• 📱 Responsive and modern UI
• 🔐 Authentication and authorization for users and owners

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🛠️ Tech Stack

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🗂️ Project Structure

Car-Rental/
  client/      # Frontend React app
  server/      # Backend Node.js/Express API

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🚀 Getting Started

✅ Prerequisites

• 📦 Node.js (v16+ recommended)
• 📁 npm or yarn
• 🗄️ MongoDB instance (local or cloud)

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⚙️ Setup

1️⃣ Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Sneh0510/Car-Rental.git
cd Car-Rental

2️⃣ Install dependencies

• For the backend:

  cd server
  npm install

• For the frontend:

  cd ../client
  npm install

3️⃣ Configure Environment Variables

• Create a .env file in the server directory with your MongoDB URI, JWT secret, and ImageKit credentials.

4️⃣ Run the application

• Start the backend server:

  cd server
  npm start

• Start the frontend app:

  cd ../client
  npm run dev

• The frontend will be available at http://localhost:5173 (default Vite port).

📄 Licence

This project is licensed under the MIT Licence.