how much are they willing to pay?

For me to do this it would have to be at least 300+ for it to be worth my time and risk of damage to the games. Texas Pinball Festival is my charity case, my games don't get moved for someone else to have a show piece lol...

Here is a rental page from a local company:
http://www.oldiesbutgoodiespinball.com/Pinballs.htm

This also comes up sometimes with car collectors. With companies wanting certain cars.
It would depend on security around your item? Responsibility of damage? Access to the general public? How will it be moved from the venue? If it is going to be a back ground item or the actual stage in a video of some kind? There are many questions you should ask.
The pinsider that rented his C.C. Mustang pin to the Ford Motor Company, did not know were it was after the car show. I have not read a follow up to this story.
Could you make $100, $200? Will you need to be onsite while they are using it? Will you be loosing a days pay?

I would charge roughly 1/4 the cost of the machine for a rental day or two with a deposit for at least half of the game value. So for an EM game somewhere around 200-250 for the rental and around $500 as a refundable deposit. I would also make sure to have some kind of rental agreement stating that they are responsible for cosmetic damage, I wouldnt hold them liable for mechanical breakdown as they fail all the damn time.

Make sure to take "before" photos in case there was damage that you later need to prove.

Be very vigilant about any clauses that they have in the contract. Given the nature of pinball machines breaking down - if the game went down during the party you may not get paid...

You also better make sure you have some sort of liability insurance. If your machine would happen to injure someone it could get ugly fast.

I do both home and event rental and also have a small amusement vending route. Here is the pinball inventory page for home / event rental. The big variable is usual delivery and I take it on a case-by-case / client-by-client basis. I have regulars in the event business that handle their own and do frequent business so they get favorable pricing.

http://forthrightvending.com/fv_equipment/

I'd love to rent Mata Hari for $50 bucks for a month...wish I was closer

Yeah, those were some attractive prices!!!

Hm. there you go. Maybe I need to rent out one of my games to a friend for a few months. 50-100/month ain't that bad...

For movie sets, I've rented games for $300 per game, per day.

Very nice

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"You get a $25 discount per unit if multiple equipment of any kind are leased or rented."

So, at $250/mo, lease at least 10 pinball machines and they are all free. Rent 11 and they pay you!