Heck yes.
When I was a broke single mom with a semi-reliable car, it was necessary like oxygen, and came in handy several times. Worth every dime. Now the whole fam has it.

No but I've been considering it due to their DMV services.

Anonymous wrote:Debating. If I rent a cat, am I covered for roadside?

Ha, I knew what you meant! Yes, you are covered in any vehicle you're driving--rental car, friend's car, whatever. I've called them when I was the passenger with a friend on a road trip. They're coming to help me, the member, not the specific vehicle.

Anonymous wrote:No.

Your car insurance should offer roadside assistance and rental if needed. Travel info is online. I mean you could get a little bit of a discount at hotels and some restaurants, but it really isn't worth it. One less bill to pay. You can find deals online these days for hotels/restaurants.

For bigger trips where you need to arrange .flights, car rental on the other end, hotel(s), maybe hotels en route--that can be a HUGE time suck if I click all over the Internet doing each piece myself. We booked a family vacation to another state and the AAA travel service took care of it all and also did Trip Tiks (their customized service creating maps specifically for your driving trip) for our time at the destination.

Travel info is online, sure, but do you want to spend a ton of time hunting every deal on everything yourself, for a large trip?

When a real, live travel agent can do all of it, and you don't pay an extra cent for those services beyond your AAA membership fee?

I don't use travel services for very short trips or just to book hotels (though I always get the AAA discount most hotels offer), but for trips with a lot of moving parts involved? I'd use AAA again in a heartbeat. Saves so much time. Having tons of choices online is fine but tons of choices also mean you spend much, much more time researching and going down rabbit holes.

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Anonymous wrote:We are in Pennsylvania and have used their DMV services. Our college-aged son bought his grandmother’s car in Colorado, but we wanted to register it in Pennsylvania (his home state.) The problem was he and the car weren’t going to be back in PA for several months. AAA walked us through the process of how to make this happen.

So they don't actually do any work, jsut provide information then? I was hoping I cuold hand them some paperwork and they'd process it for me, but I guess that's asking a lot!

Yes, they handle the paperwork for registering and titling your car. I've used them in several states. They are awesome.

I'm the PP who has had AAA for 30 years and had no idea they had services like this! Wow. Even more impressed now.

Yep, I use it.

Yes big fan every kid in our family and extended family gets a membership when they get their license.

I have no idea why people pay their insurance company for the same service and AAA is usually who shows up anyway because the insurance companies contract through them. Plus, I can use it to help out friends who don't have it. Like when the neighbor knocks on my door asking for cables to start their car as they are leaving for vacation and the jump won't work. I call AAA and they come replace their battery quickly and less than taking it to a shop.

I've used it for a flat tire, a jump start, and a tow. They come quickly and there's some reassurance that the person they send is reliable. I've also used them to get an international drivers license. Plus, the Amtrak and other discounts are nice.

With two kids in college with old cars. Yes we use it.

Yes. I have several cars. They have helped numerous times. Life savers.

No.

Your car insurance should offer roadside assistance and rental if needed. Travel info is online. I mean you could get a little bit of a discount at hotels and some restaurants, but it really isn't worth it. One less bill to pay. You can find deals online these days for hotels/restaurants.

Marriott Hotel discount

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Anonymous wrote:The lobbyist that AAA uses in the DC area has some really weird, outdated opinions. I don't my money to support someone like that and we use our insurance company now.

I'm curious, can you please share?

Basically they’re big highway lobbyists. Anti bike. It’s the reason we dropped them.

Have roadside assistance for like $13 a year through our car insurance. Accesible in the app.

AAA is fast and reliable. We’ve had it for 20 years and needed assistance nearly a dozen times over the years. Totally worth it.

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Anonymous wrote:We are in Pennsylvania and have used their DMV services. Our college-aged son bought his grandmother’s car in Colorado, but we wanted to register it in Pennsylvania (his home state.) The problem was he and the car weren’t going to be back in PA for several months. AAA walked us through the process of how to make this happen.

So they don't actually do any work, jsut provide information then? I was hoping I cuold hand them some paperwork and they'd process it for me, but I guess that's asking a lot!

Yes, they handle the paperwork for registering and titling your car. I've used them in several states. They are awesome.