Fairly certain horse rentals were a thing. Might be a bit of a stretch but post houses would fit the bill [0]. So, this lets us go back to the 2nd century BC.

Fairly certain horse rentals were a thing. Might be a bit of a stretch but post houses would fit the bill [0]. So, this lets us go back to the 2nd century BC. Just need to find some data on renter behavior now. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_house_(historical_building) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_house_(historical_build...