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Old Aug 22nd 2019, 7:55 am
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Default Rego/car insurance/license while in temp accommodation

Hi everyone,

I found a few posts on this type of question but most were 5 years old or more, so thought I’d test the waters and see if anyone had done this more recently.

We are coming over early Oct to Brisbane permanently on a 186, and while we look for a place to rent or buy we’ve got a few weeks booked in Airbnb’s (2 of them). We would rather buy a car quite quickly, but with no fixed address, not sure if we can quote our Airbnb address for insurance and rego.

A few years back it seemed like people were doing just that. Is it still generally done or has anything changed to make it a no-no?

Thanks
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Originally Posted by davey6693
Hi everyone,

I found a few posts on this type of question but most were 5 years old or more, so thought I’d test the waters and see if anyone had done this more recently.

We are coming over early Oct to Brisbane permanently on a 186, and while we look for a place to rent or buy we’ve got a few weeks booked in Airbnb’s (2 of them). We would rather buy a car quite quickly, but with no fixed address, not sure if we can quote our Airbnb address for insurance and rego.

A few years back it seemed like people were doing just that. Is it still generally done or has anything changed to make it a no-no?

Thanks
Yes, you can do that. Once you get a permanent address you just change your address with the insurance company and the Transport Department.
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Old Aug 22nd 2019, 3:02 pm
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Thanks Dorothy, that helps a lot.
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