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the perfect complement to melbourne life. join goget, melbourne’s biggest carshare network .
for goget to work well for everyone, we have a few rules that members need to follow. they’re about protecting you, and to make goget a great experience for everyone .
australia' s largest car sharing service. why own a car when you can goget !
it’s so easy to use goget car share, we can explain the basics in four easy steps .
you can apply online today. once you’ve been approved, you’ll pick up a goget smart card or we’ll mail you one. once your smart card is activated you can start booking cars on goget’s iphone or android app .
running a fleet is so 2003! track your usage and save on taxi fares by getting a goget business account .
goget is australia’s first and largest professional car sharing service and operates in sydney, melbourne, brisbane, canberra and adelaide .
we' ve got huge news! amazon alexa and goget are now working together. just ask alexa to book you a goget. she' ll tell you which cars are close and book the one you want for as long as you need !
bold step: goget has launched its car - sharing service in brisbane, syncing its system up with existing public transport infrastructure .
goget plans range from $ 49 a year to $ 30 a month, and cars start at $ 6. 35 an hour or $ 74 a day. goget covers the cost of fuel, rego, insurance, and maintenance. we include 150km free for day bookings .
lend a helping hand while getting rewarded with cash. earn up to rm3, 000 / month by picking up jobs on goget mobile app
why own a car when you can goget! find pods, book cars and easily extend your booking with the official goget app. learn more about goget and join online at urltoken join goget to start driving brand new cars parked near you, with petrol, insurance, rego and all the hassles of car ownership all taken care of. take a hatchback for short trips around the city, a high - end brand for fancy jaunts or one of our big vans for furniture hauls. the goget fleet includes the right car for your trip, no matter what you' re up to. using goget is easy! find cars parked near you, on streets and in car parks book a car for the hours or days you need tap on with your smart card get in - the keys are in the car extend your booking if you need to return the car, tap off and walk away you’ll get a bill for your usage the following month if you have any questions about using goget, read more and chat to us at urltoken
your new life, free from the costs and hassles of car ownership, is just an application form away! join goget and give us a try .
find cars near you with the goget app or on our website. book just the hours you need or for a full day, and start driving straight away !
goget share cars are parked all over australia. with almost 3, 000 cars in 5 cities, there’s probably one near you! maybe in your building or on your street !
we see a real opportunity for business to cut down on transport costs and large fleets with goget. we offer a great deal for business, with low rates and no membership fees .
keep your smart card on you – goget cars lock themselves after being inactive for a little while. if you ever lock yourself out of a car, you can always call us for help .
if you’re going to be late, you can extend your booking online, or by using the goget app. refer to your booking confirmation email if you can’t park in the car’s dedicated pod .
goget also pays for fuel, insurance and rego, and maintenance. so, you pay for a car when you actually use one. that saves you money and gives you even more options than owning a car .
chris vanneste, head of locations and partnerships for share car vendor, goget said that his organisation’s model is based on membership with origins in the consumer space but it is increasingly becoming a viable corporate solution worth considering .
petrol is on us, so use the fuel card to fill up if you’re running low. the card can be found with the car key, and the pin is in your booking confirmation email or the goget app .
find your nearest goget vehicle by searching below. just enter a location to see cars near you! you can use advanced search to find a particular type of vehicle, like a van, convertible, or people mover .
we also have mercedes a180s, audi a1s and a3s, hyundai i30s, and toyota rav4s. our fleet of hybrid vehicles is also growing every year. any goget member can book one of out toyota prius cs, or our mitsubishi plug - in hybrid outlander .
goget car share is more convenient than car rental, cheaper than owning a car, and gives you access to a huge variety of cars. membership gives you self - service access to thousands of cars across australia, all available to book and access 24 / 7 .
while the goget model relies on a traditional location - based car - share, membership model, chris noone, campaigns manager for leading australian peer - to - peer car share company drivemycar, said that his organisation basically facilitates people renting out their cars to other people .
“while car sharing services such as goget have the potential to be cost - effective, the greatest advantages are in transparency over vehicle use, ” vanneste said. “the real value for organisations in using pool cars is when they are integrated into the fleet as an alternative to taxis and rental .
probably! there are almost 3, 000 goget cars in five australian cities – adelaide, brisbane, canberra, melbourne, and sydney. you’ll find cars parked on the street, in car parks, and at shopping centres and airports. head to our find cars page to see cars near you .
business grew quickly, and soon went interstate. melbourne was launched under the new brand ‘goget’ on november 18, 2004. bruce recalls by the fourth or fifth year, the growth became really significant, with the number of cars growing rapidly from 20, to 80, to 200, to 550 and now over 2000 .
if you pick up a smart card, you can join goget and be in a car on the same day! sign up online, and elect to pick up a smart card from a pickup location near you. once you’ve got your smart card, give us a call to activate it, and you’ll be good to go !
even with a new level of rigor at the board level, the goget entrepreneurial spirit still drives the business today, from constant expansion to selling the solutions they have developed to solve their own problems, like their unique fleet management system. with over 18 million privately owned cars in australia, nic and bruce know they have just scratched the surface .
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car - sharing schemes are poised for a rapid growth in popularity in australia, a us expert has predicted .
car - sharing, in which several people in one area pay to use a shared vehicle for private trips, is popular in the us and australia would follow the trend, said visiting transport expert dr susan shaheen .
traffic congestion, the scarcity of premium parking spaces, and the cost and environmental impact of running a private vehicle would convince some australians to become members of car - sharing schemes, she predicted .
dr shaheen, the keynote speaker today at the reinventing the private car conference in sydney, said the number of shared vehicles in the us grew from 10, 000 to 40, 000 between 1998 and 2003 .
if it' s happening in the us it could definitely happen in australia ,
she said .
australia' s first car - sharing scheme, newtown carshare, began 18 months ago in the inner - sydney suburb .
newtown carshare co - founder nic lowe said his company would launch a car - sharing service in melbourne next week and was preparing to expand into other parts of sydney, including bondi .
mr lowe said members paid a monthly fee of $ 15 - $ 30 to join the scheme and then paid $ 4 an hour, plus 35 cents a kilometre, to use one of nine available vehicles which had guaranteed parking spaces .
he hoped to have 500 to 1, 000 share cars on the road within five years .
the service suited people who lived close to good public transport corridors but needed a car for occasional trips, mr lowe said .
dr shaheen, from the university of california, said car - sharing schemes in some instances could rival the flexibility, convenience and reliability of a private vehicle, particularly in congested areas where driving and parking was a hassle .
she acknowledged it would take a significant shift in attitudes to alter australians' love affair with cars but said businesses could develop different models of car - sharing to suit different areas .
is everything like newtown in sydney? no ,
dr shaheen said .
governments were interested in the idea and us authorities already were providing subsidies to car - share operators, she said .
eighty per cent of car - sharing schemes in the us received some sort of subsidy, whether through direct capital grants or by providing parking spaces or other non - monetary subsidies .
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choose the right vehicle for you, and book it in for a few hours or a few days .
go to the car you' ve booked and tap on with your smartcard. the keys are in the car !
go somewhere fun, get to a meeting or move heavy things with your wheels. when you' re finished, return the car to its home and tap off .
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there’s a plan for every driver. find one that suits you and join. once you’re approved we’ll mail you a smart card, or you can pick one up .
find your car, hold the smart card to the reader on the windscreen, and the doors will unlock. the ignition key is near the steering wheel .
just return the car to its pod with at least a quarter tank of fuel after your trip. we pay for petrol – there’s a fuel card in the car to pay for it .
instead of owning an expensive and time consuming car, car share gives you access to thousands of cars when you need one. book a hatchback, suv, van, or other car share vehicle for as little as an hour .
car share members have access to a huge variety of cars. instead of the same car every week, use the car best suited for your trip (or best suited for your mood !) .
we also want to make needing a car an optional cost for students and seniors. mobility doesn’t need to cost an arm and a leg with our discounted plans !
before starting your booking, do a quick check for damage. if you find any, check if it’s been reported on the the vehicle damage check form. call us to report anything not listed .
tidy up at the end of your trip. take rubbish with you, brush off any dirt or mess, and take all your things. if the car needs a proper clean, let us know. all our cars are smoke - free .
before getting out of the car, make sure the key is out of the ignition, all the lights are off, and the doors and windows are closed. then lock the car by swiping your smart card .
it doesn’t matter whether you use car share to replace your main car, to help get by with just one, or just to use for work .
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psa: car share is good for your back pocket, and for the environment .
car share sounds like a new idea - but it' s not really. even john lennon played a part in the history of car sharing .
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we have the widest variety of vehicles available out of any car sharing provider in australia .
the current models in our fleet are listed below and are all automatic transmission .
perth born and bred, nic lowe and bruce jeffreys arrived in newtown in 2002. both wondered how they were going to navigate this new city, and neither wanted to own a car, nor could either justify the cost. a need soon turned into a business idea .
after extensive global research and touting the idea of ‘newtown carshare’ at their local festival one sunday that november, nic and bruce turned strong public interest into an operation on the smell of an oily rag. starting with twelve founding members and an eclectic collection of three cars – an old corolla, a hiace ute and a loaned vw polo – newtown carshare was launched on friday june 6, 2003 .
12 members soon became 50, and maintaining close customer relationships meant nic and bruce started to hear that customers were putting their hard earned cash back in their pockets for other things – a uni degree, a family holiday, a four day working week. plus it was good for the environment .
strong customer relationships were key to organic growth – constant service feedback and improvement meant customers started telling their friends. the word got around, and creating value in members’ lives meant it was becoming harder for a competitor to replicate the business .
join now for less with our reduced annual membership fee. find out more here .
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flexicar is an australia wide carsharing service that provides a cheap and green alternative to car ownership for individuals and businesses .
together, we reduce car usage, traffic and parking pressures, save our members money and unite communities to reduce our environmental footprint. carsharing is ‘all - inclusive’ car rental by the hour or the day. our rates include fuel, insurance and all on - road costs. registered flexicar members have access to our fleet of car share vehicles in sydney, melbourne, brisbane and perth .
use the promo code julyxmas2018 for bookings on all pods, in every city, on trips starting from friday 20th july until midnight tuesday 31st july .
new pods and cars on fleet. read on to find out if one is near you !
it’s official! hertz 24 / 7 in perth will be re - branded as flexicar in november. this means that if you’re travelling to perth as a flexicar member you’ll be able to book a flexicar and have the same easy and convenient booking experience that you do in melbourne, sydney, brisbane and canberra. read on for more !
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it might be the queen' s birthday but we want to give you the present for the long weekend! it' s 30% off on bookings on all pods, in every city, on trips starting from thursday 7th june until midnight monday 11th june. use promo code qbday2018 when making a booking. click here for more details urltoken happy driving !
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have you seen the flexicar and brunswick music festival car around melbourne? did you know that you can drive it? we want everyone to know that flexicar is a proud supporter of brunswick music festival and want you to drive it around town. so book chipper the bmf flexicar (located at albert street x sydney road - brunswick) between now until 18 march, and you' ll get 15% off your booking! use promo code: bmfmarch18 when making your booking. so get about town in this eye - catcher and don' t forget to take a snap of your adventure. happy driving! # flexicar # brunswickmusicfestival # bmf18 # melbourne # brunswick # carshare
the rapid emergence of car - pooling as a viable alternative to car ownership or leasing is set to have a massive impact on the current models of fleet management when you look at the diversity of options now available .
one of the main plenary sessions at the recent 2016 australasia fleet conference and exhibition in melbourne brought together a range of experts in the car - pooling industry .
interestingly, the car sharing session was preceded by a keynote address from jim mckinley, general manager of connected intelligence company telogis who duly noted that we are now in the era of “the internet of everything” where over 50 billion devices are now connected .
he believes that irrespective of the attitude of current fleet managers and drivers, it has to be remembered that the “selfie generation” is rapidly joining the workforce and they have totally different attitudes to what they are used to .
“we are quickly heading towards a world when we are no longer fleet managers but instead we are mobility managers, ” mckinley said. “the attitude and the way of thinking of the next generations is totally different to what our generation knows .
“they are connected all of the time and they have heightened expectations about everything and they want it now. with the advent of services like uber, many of them will never own a licence. as these new attitudes enter the workforce, they don’t need a car but they do still need their mobility managed .
“that’s the challenge for organisations going forward. so, all organisations need a connected intelligence strategy as business increasingly becomes all about doing more with less. ”
this keynote led nicely into the discussion that followed about car - pooling and various new models that have emerged and that are now getting significant traction .
“technology now offers secure authentication, automated booking and access so there are no keys to retrieve and there is no paperwork to manage. ”
“at the core, we are about monetising idle assets and under - utilised assets, ” noone said. “every fleet management organisation has to meet this challenge as it is a massive drain on their profit and loss .
“peer - to - peer car sharing on a market - based online platform is a pathway to generating revenue by turning an idle asset that is owned by one company or individual into an asset that can be used by another company or individual who needs that asset .
“this is not a fad. it is a large and growing trend not just in vehicle management but right across the collaborative and share economy. so far it has been very popular for consumers but it is now well and truly moving into the corporate space. ”
chris stavrou, fleet co - ordinator at melbourne university, who was also on the panel at the afma conference then went on to discuss his organisation’s implementation of a pool car system to improve vehicle utilisation and to automate a lot of manual processes .
prior to implementing new technology, melbourne university used three full time staff to manage a fleet of over 300 vehicles at city and rural locations. their car pooling service involved a lot of paperwork and someone had to manually hand out keys and then someone else had to manually bill out the service to the responsible cost centre .
“our appointed fleet management organisation, smartfleet had already developed online booking software, so we decided to undergo a trial, ” stavrou said. “our goals were initially to eliminate manual booking and access management processes and, in the longer term, to improve vehicle utilisation and to reduce the fleet size all of which would help us save money on the way our fleet was managed. ”
there is now an online booking service and a pin controlled key locker operating in their largest central car park that manages the shared use of a component of the fleet vehicles. there are now over 1000 staff using 10 pool cars .
“the journey was not without its speed bumps but we go there in the end. it means our fleet vehicle users no longer have to rely on another person to book, pick - up and return a car, ” stavrou said. “as a result, we managed to reduce our fleet size by 33 per cent and reduced the number of staff in fleet management operations from three to one .
”we have achieved a car sharing solution that involves practically no paperwork, a fully automated online booking system and secure key pick up that operates 24 / 7 and there is no longer a need for paper log books in vehicles .
“there is no doubt that this sytem has saved us significant time, resources and money in the management of our fleet. ”
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goget carshare is a car sharing service operating in sydney , melbourne , canberra , brisbane and adelaide , and the first such program in australia . goget was launched as newtown carshare on 6 june 2003 with three vehicles and twelve founding members . following interest from the city of darebin , the service was extended to melbourne under the name " goget " in november 2004 . with the growth of the service to other areas in sydney , newtown carshare was renamed goget in may 2005 . goget members choose a rate plan and pay an annual fee . fees cover fuel , insurance , maintenance , and cleaning . the vehicles are mostly late-model hatchbacks , but also include vans , utes and premium vehicles . each vehicle has a home location , referred to as a " pod " , either in a car park or on a street , typically in a highly populated urban neighborhood . members reserve a car by web or telephone and use a key card to access the vehicle . goget is an invented word which reflects the utility you get from using , rather than owning , a car . as in ' go get the shopping , go get the kids . ' in june 2014 , goget had over 1300 vehicles australia-wide . in october 2015 , goget had over 65,000 members , which is estimated to take 100,000 cars off the road . 
goget carshare is a car sharing service operating in sydney, melbourne, canberra, brisbane and adelaide, and the first such program in australia. goget was launched as newtown carshare on 6 june 2003 with three vehicles and twelve founding members. following interest from the city of darebin, the service was extended to melbourne under the name " goget " in november 2004. with the growth of the service to other areas in sydney, newtown carshare was renamed goget in may 2005. goget members choose a rate plan and pay an annual fee. fees cover fuel, insurance, maintenance, and cleaning. the vehicles are mostly late-model hatchbacks, but also include vans, utes and premium vehicles. each vehicle has a home location, referred to as a " pod ", either in a car park or on a street, typically in a highly populated urban neighborhood. members reserve a car by web or telephone and use a key card to access the vehicle. goget is an invented word which reflects the utility you get from using, rather than owning, a car. as in' go get the shopping, go get the kids.' in june 2014, goget had over 1300 vehicles australia-wide. in october 2015, goget had over 65,000 members, which is estimated to take 100,000 cars off the road.
goget carshare is a car sharing service operating in sydney, melbourne, canberra, brisbane and adelaide, and the first such program in australia. goget was launched as newtown carshare on 6 june 2003 with three vehicles and twelve founding members. following interest from the city of darebin, the service was extended to melbourne under the name " goget " in november 2004. with the growth of the service to other areas in sydney, newtown carshare was renamed goget in may 2005. goget members choose a rate plan and pay an annual fee. fees cover fuel, insurance, maintenance, and cleaning. the vehicles are mostly late-model hatchbacks, but also include vans, utes and premium vehicles. each vehicle has a home location, referred to as a " pod ", either in a car park or on a street, typically in a highly populated urban neighborhood. members reserve a car by web or telephone and use a key card to access the vehicle. goget is an invented word which reflects the utility you get from using, rather than owning, a car. as in' go get the shopping, go get the kids.' in june 2014, goget had over 1300 vehicles australia-wide. in october 2015, goget had over 65,000 members, which is estimated to take 100,000 cars off the road.