{"id":81280,"date":"2026-09-01T15:21:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81280"},"modified":"2026-09-01T15:21:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:21:59","slug":"getgo-launches-cross-border-car-rentals-to-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81280","title":{"rendered":"GetGo launches cross-border car rentals to Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary article-summary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013<!-- --> Users of car-sharing platform GetGo will be able to rent vehicles to drive to Malaysia with a new feature on its mobile app, the company said on Sept 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">This marks GetGo\u2019s first foray into cross-border travel, allowing users to take its vehicles from Singapore into mainland Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Traditional car-rental services typically require users to pay a deposit and collect and return their vehicles at designated rental locations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">GetGo said its service does away with these requirements, with users able to book vehicles through the app and pick them up from their nearest carpark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">No mileage charges will be incurred regardless of how far users drive in Peninsular Malaysia too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThe cross-border surcharge is capped based on vehicle category and travel day, giving users&#8230; visibility of what they will pay before confirming their booking in the GetGo app,\u201d GetGo said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Users also have an additional layer of financial protection for cross-border drives with the collision damage waiver (CDW) and <!-- -->enhanced CDW<!-- --> coverage options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">They can also add a pre-registered co-driver to their booking for the drive to be shared between two insured drivers under the same insurance coverage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">This programme comes ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/se-asia\/rts-link-in-final-testing-fare-and-launch-date-to-be-announced-soon-transport-minister-loke?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\">Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System Link<\/span><\/a>, which is expected to launch in January 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">GetGo has a fleet of over 3,000 vehicles across more than 1,700 locations in Singapore. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/companies-markets\/getgo-launches-cross-border-car-rentals-malaysia?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\">THE BUSINESS TIMES<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/business\/getgo-launches-cross-border-car-rentals-to-malaysia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 Users of car-sharing platform GetGo will be able to rent vehicles to drive to Malaysia with a new feature on its mobile app,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}