But far from just helping out our fellow Aussies to get back on the road when they are stuck, if you’re in a business that has vehicles out on the road, you too probably know all too well the pain and frustration that a broken-down vehicle can cause for your operations.   From delays in shipments to people resources not being where they should be, it can be just as stressful a situation on the business as it can be on the stuck driver.

That’s why we’ve been really proud of our Fleet Response partnership with Go With The Gecko, Australia’s premier vehicle hire company.  They have an extensive range of utes, vans and trucks that they hire out to people all around Australia; helping those hirers to move items around town and around the country.  These Go With The Gecko vehicles have moved it all, from large homes to small delicate items, as their one-way interstate or return hire vehicles have been getting these items around more safely and more efficiently than ever before.

Roadside Response has been the exclusive Fleet Response Roadside Assistance service provider for Go With The Gecko for over 7 years now, ensuring that their hired vehicles are immediately attended to if an emergency situation should occur.  This service guarantee has allowed for extra peace of mind for Go With The Gecko’s hirers, knowing that they’ll be taken care of should an unforeseen incident strike them down.  Locked out of their car? Been in an accident? Run out of gas?  We’ve been there to help these stranded drivers when they needed it most.

Our arrangement with Go With The Gecko provides their hirers with great flexibility in their service options.  While our standard coverage is applied to all vehicle hires handled through Go With The Gecko for free, they also have the ability to take on additional premium services to gain access to more complete service coverage, providing a wider range of options and better peace of mind that comes with the inherent risk of taking a hired vehicle out on the streets.

These risks are fairly common; we see them daily.  And for Go With The Gecko, there’s no better example than what happened to Derek Johnstone from Glen Waverley, Victoria when he hired a Van and accidentally left the interior light on in the cargo area overnight after loading up during a house move.  One panicked phone call to the Go With The Gecko Roadside Assistance helpline and we sent a technician out to the vehicle, boosted the battery and got John back on his way to moving house in under 50 minutes.  “Thanks to Roadside Response’s support of Go With The Gecko’s hirers, people have felt more confident and comfortable with hiring from us, and we’ve been able to keep them moving their items around the town with less downtime and inconvenience on their day,” said the Gecko’s Head of Operations, Keero Keldetis when we asked for a comment about how our Fleet Response program was delivering for them.

We’re proud of our support of this great Aussie business, helping to keep more of their hire vehicles on the road more often.  With back to back hires filling their reservation schedule, Go With The Gecko can’t afford to have vehicles not be available.  We’ve been proud of our association with them and honoured to wear that responsibility of keeping their vehicles on the go.

If you wanted to learn more about Roadside Response’s services, and how Roadside Response can help keep your business’s vehicles on the go when disaster strikes, drop us a line at service@roadsideresponse.com.au, we’d love to hear from you.

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Pay As You Go Roadside Assistance pioneered by Roadside Response should actually be called Pay as You Stop assistance because you only pay for the emergency roadside assistance service you need – if and when you need it.  Anyone with a credit card can call upon Roadside Response and its network of local service providers in their hour of need from a flat battery to a mechanical breakdown, Roadside Response can get you back on the road again fast and hassle-free with no membership or ongoing subscription fees.

Let’s take a look at how modern roadside assistance membership is purchased.  For most people, roadside assistance membership is included with their new vehicle purchase its often given by the manufacturer and is valid for 2 or 3 years.  After that, you have to purchase a subscription product from NRMA, RACV, AAMI, Alliance or one of the many Roadside Assistance products flooding the Australian insurance market. It is not unexpected to pay over $250 a year for the peace-of-mind that you are covered if you get a flat battery or other roadside breakdowns.  Industry data shows the average Australian will require Roadside Assistance just once every four years.  So let’s take our $250 annual payment and multiply that by 4 years…yes that’s right your one roadside assistance call out has actually cost you $1,000 dollars of your hard-earned money!

Its no wonder more and more people are turning away from paying this sort of money for Roadside Assistance and switching to pay-as-you-go services.  Roadside Response Pay As You Go Emergency Roadside Assistance utilises local service providers to ensure the fastest possible response to your Roadside Assistance emergency.  From as little as $99 per call-out, we can have a technician on the way to provide you with a jumpstart or to replace your dead battery or change over to your spare wheel due to a puncture.  From $199 you can get a 20KM tow to your nearest choice of repairer in any capital city area and still have over $700 left in your back pocket to spend on those essential items, you work so hard for.

The number 1 cause of roadside assistance in 2019 was batteries.  Failed or flat batteries can be frustrating and many people think a new battery is included in their membership product – unfortunately, that is not the case.  The delivery and fitment at the roadside is generally part of a membership entitlement but you still have to pay for the battery yourself.  This can be anywhere from $200 – $400 depending on the specific battery technology required for your vehicle.  Just another reason why traditional assistance membership is no longer suitable for many Aussie motorists.

Roadside Response offers nationwide replacement car batteries, truck batteries and bike batteries from all the top manufacturers fitted at the roadside from just $199 and all come with our industry-leading 3-year warranty. Why would you waste time considering other options?  Roadside Response continues to challenge the roadside assistance and battery replacement landscape to ensure Australians have a choice about how they wish to go about obtaining their roadside assistance.  Pay as You Go Emergency Roadside Assistance many not be the best solution for everyone, but if you tend to travel within the city limits and your car is under 10 years old – you could be saving money with Roadside Response.

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