We are so used to our brand names here in the UK, that we are probably unaware that there is a Royal Automobile Club down under in Australia also. It is also called the RAC and offers pretty much what we do over here, but with some strange additions.

For example have you ever heard of a breakdown cover organisation offering flights ? It seemed strange at first until you remember that even the UK, has a recommended hotel section, which came from the motorists wanting to go on driving holidays. So the holiday theme works, but the point of flying rather than driving doesn’t so much.

They call their emergency services in Australia as roadside assistance, which is what we do for the cheapest service out, and every thing else seems pretty much the same, except there are some pretty remote areas in the outback, so we would have to assume the RAC Australia would have to use a lot of garage agents on in the wilds, to ensure a fast call out time.

According to the site they have been around as long as the UK RAC, so there certainly is some history and we have mentioned their Free To Go service for young drivers in an earlier blog, without realising it was the RAC that delivered it.

The cover is presented as Ultimate, Classic and Standard, 3 different levels of breakdown cover just like here in the UK.