Car Share - goget

What is it?
A car sharing program designed to be more convenient and cost effective than renting/buying a vehicle for the occasional car user.

Benefits?

• Have the benefits of occasional car use without having to worry about registration/road tax, vehicle maintenance, on-going parking, parking permits, etc. 
• Help the environment by having less cars on the road in heavily populated areas. 
• Save money by not having to purchase or lease a car. 
• Ability to rent for short intervals, e.g. as little as 1 hour rental.

The Aussie Experience?

We haven't got our first bill yet, so might be jumping the gun on the actual affordability of the program. But so far the experience has been really good. They have lots of locations in and around the city, with the nearest spot being 1 min walk from our apartment. They have a wide selection of vehicles such as the Yaris, Audi A1, pick up trucks and vans.

The added bonus of this program is that fuel cost is included in the cost of the rental.

We've rented twice so far this month. Once for a full day (beach and garba last weekend) and this weekend for an hour to do a super efficient grocery shopping run.

How it works?

1. Once you sign up for the program you get a smartcard in the mail. 
2. You log into the goget site and make a booking for a specific car, location and time slot.
3. Go to the car, use the smartcard to unlock the car.
4. The car keys are inside the car
5. Once inside the car, you log any damage to the vehicle in the log book
6. Take off and return the car by the appointed time in the exact same spot (parking is designated for car share vehicles so you don't have to worry about finding parking when returning the vehicle)