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Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV)

Benefits & rewards of membership

  • RACV membership gives every one of our 2.1 million members access to a wide range of valuable benefits all year round.
  • RACV Show Your Card & Save program gives every one of our members everyday access to discounts and special offers at all sorts of stores and businesses throughout Australia and overseas. Just show your RACV card and save.
  • RACV Years of Membership Benefits program genuinely recognises and rewards our members for their loyalty with discounts off a wide range of RACV products and services like insurance, roadside assistance and finance*. The longer you’ve been a member, the more you save, from 5% right up to 20%.
  • RACV Resorts are available for every one of our members to enjoy with at least 25% off full accommodation rates all year round. Located in Victoria at Cape Schanck, Inverloch, Torquay, Goldfields and Cobram, In Queensland at Noosa and Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast and in Tasmania at Hobart, you can count on RACV for a great getaway.

There are a wide range of discounts and benefits all year round at tourist attractions and events in Victoria and throughout Australia when purchasing tickets through RACV

Special member-only prices at RACV Shops on all merchandise including motoring accessories, accommodation guides, books, maps and touring guides. Just show your RACV membership card and save.

RACV are just at the end of the phone giving members easy access to specialist help and advice on a range of matters from motoring to holidays, finance and home services.

RACV RoyalAuto magazine, Victoria’s largest circulating magazine, is full of interesting articles and information that gives members a full month of enjoyable reading. Members receive it free 11 times a year – or it is available to download via the app store for your iPad, Google play store for your Android device or online at www.royalauto.com.au.

RACV free2go is our motoring assistance program developed especially for young Victorians who are new to the road. As well as membership to RACV, it includes Roadside Assistance. It’s free for 18 year olds and year 12 students and half price if you’re 19 or 20. Peace of mind for them (and you).

Whenever the need arises, RACV Batteries can be delivered and fitted to your car by a qualified RACV patrolman at a special member discount of up to 15% off the recommended retail price. (Conditions apply)

If it’s a part you need to get you going, members get free delivery and installation of RACV Parts by a qualified RACV patrolman.
Members can relax with the peace of mind in knowing RACV can do comprehensive, pre-purchase and warranty vehicle inspections for them at discounted member rates.

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American Automobile Association (AAA)

The American Automobile Association is a federation of motor clubs throughout North America. AAA is a non-profit member service organization; with 55.6 million members in the United States and Canada.

AAA (the American Automobile Association, Inc.) is a federation of affiliated automobile clubs. Each AAA club is an independent, not-for-profit organization, chartered and incorporated in its own state and controlled by its own Board of Directors. In order to be affiliated with AAA, each club agrees to provide certain standard services to its own members, as well as members of other AAA clubs. The individual club owns the territory in which it resides, and membership is based on residence. Exact dues and services will vary slightly between clubs.

AAA/CAA is an association of regional clubs and your local AAA/CAA club is best equipped to provide you with the products or services you need.

AAA Benefits for International Members Traveling to the United States

EMERGENCY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE

If visiting for 90 days or less, you are entitled to BASIC Emergency Roadside Assistance. Follow this link for more details on BASIC Emergency Roadside Assistance. With AAA, the membership cardholder is covered for emergency road service, not the car. Recreation vehicles (RVs) and motorcycles are not covered by these BASIC road services.

CONTACT INFORMATION

The phone number for AAA’s Emergency Road Service is 1-800-AAA-HELP (1-800-222-4357) within the U.S. or Canada only. Your service call will be routed to the appropriate territory based on where the call is coming from where you are located. You must have your current home club membership card with you at all times in order to obtain services from AAA.

The phone numbers of AAA and CAA offices are published in U.S. phone books. Call the office listed for directions on the closest office to your location.

PUBLICATIONS

AAA paper maps, AAA TourBooks, and AAA Travel products, services and accessories are available for purchase in AAA Club offices for FIA or GMA member clubs.

TRAVEL INFORMATION & SERVICES

Contact your home club to inquire about access to AAA online travel tools, including TripTik® Travel Planner which includes digital maps, personalized itineraries and all the content of AAA’s TourBooks®, as well as car and hotel reservations.

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European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA)

ACEA represents Europe’s car, van, truck and bus manufacturers.

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) represents the 15 Europe-based car, van, truck and bus makers.

ACEA works with a variety of institutional, non-governmental, research and civil society partners – as well as with a number of industry associations with related interests.

ACEA has permanent cooperation with the European Council for Automotive R&D (EUCAR), which is the industry body for collaborative research and development.

ACEA has close relations with the 29 national automobile manufacturers’ associations in Europe, and maintains a dialogue on international issues with automobile associations around the world.

  • Avenue des Nerviens 85 | B-1040 Brussels | Belgium
  • T +32 2 732 55 50 | F +32 2 738 73 10 | info@acea.be
  • http://www.acea.be/