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Drivemate Thailand car rental and car sharing.

Thailand car-rental and car-sharing marketplace with private-owner cars, local rental companies, global brands, airport coverage, and self-drive or with-driver options. Use for marketplace discovery and service-type context, not open bulk inventory ingestion.

Restricted Public app listing and consumer marketplace/app surfaces; no documented open bulk API was verified Free public discovery; live inventory access requires the platform or partnership Daily or weekly for public marketplace context; live search only via authorized platform access Open source
Runtime role

Catalog only

Access class

Restricted

Access type

Public app listing and consumer marketplace/app surfaces; no documented open bulk API was verified

Free status

Free public discovery; live inventory access requires the platform or partnership

Cadence

Daily or weekly for public marketplace context; live search only via authorized platform access

Last verified

2026-05-11

Access class note

Exists and matters, but direct operational access is limited to authorized users or agencies.

Used in layers

page reference only

Useful fields

supplier, legal entity, branch/depot, airport terminal/floor/gate, depot type, lat/lon, vehicle class, ACRISS code, rate, taxes/fees, deposit, excess, insurance, IDP/license rule, pickup/dropoff rules, booking channel, source ID

Reliability rating

Medium-high for discovery and context; operational reliability depends on endpoint stability.

Runtime truth

Runtime role

Catalog only

Production ready

Not yet

Entity scope

No runtime entity scope yet.

Observation scope

No live observation ingestion yet.

Decision scope

Not wired into active decisions yet.

Runtime note

Profiled in the atlas and public pages, but not yet connected to live graph computation.

How this helps travel recommendations

Turns Thailand vehicle rental into source-backed decisions: whether the company legally exists, where pickup actually happens, whether the offer is self-drive or with-driver, what insurance/deposit terms apply, whether a motorcycle needs separate license logic, and which layer can actually prove live availability.

Endpoint and API notes

Thailand car-rental and car-sharing marketplace with private-owner cars, local rental companies, global brands, airport coverage, and self-drive or with-driver options. Use for marketplace discovery and service-type context, not open bulk inventory ingestion.

Open the source endpoint or documentation. Return to the Thailand data atlas.

Developer reference

Best endpoint

Use Open DBD for legal rental-company identity, DLT for vehicle/license macro context, OCPB for controlled-contract rules, BOT for long-term leasing boundaries, AOT for airport counters, Booking/Expedia/Sabre/Amadeus/CarTrawler/Skyscanner for live offers where authorized, and OSM/Google/Longdo/NOSTRA for branch or shop enrichment.

Recommended refresh

Refresh daily, or more often only when the source publishes explicit current-status fields.

Travel scoring role

Turns Thailand vehicle rental into source-backed decisions: whether the company legally exists, where pickup actually happens, whether the offer is self-drive or with-driver, what insurance/deposit terms apply, whether a motorcycle needs separate license logic, and which layer can actually prove live availability.

Comparable / backup source

Open DBD, DLT, OCPB, BOT, AOT, Drivehub, Drivemate, OSM/Overpass, Google Places, Longdo, NOSTRA, OIC, MOT road-accident datasets, ThaiRSC, and supplier/airport pages.

Example request

# Verify the documented rental endpoint before production use.
curl -L "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thaivp.drivemate.dm_app_mobile_v2" -H "Accept: application/json"

Failure modes

  • There is no single all-rental Thailand API.
  • A legal company record does not prove every branch, airport desk, or vehicle in stock.
  • Airport counter pages show presence, not live availability or confirmed booking inventory.
  • Motorcycle rental, self-drive car rental, with-driver services, peer rental, and long-term leasing need separate service models.
  • Commercial booking APIs are the only reliable source for live rates, deposit, excess, and one-way fee fields.
  • A vehicle class or ACRISS code often means 'or similar', not a guaranteed exact model.
  • Compulsory insurance does not equal full rental protection, and contract fairness does not prove broad coverage.

Last checked and source confidence

Last checked: 2026-05-11.

Source confidence: Treat this profile as strongest for the exact role named above. It is weaker when the source is stretched into live availability, legal proof, or traveler-fit decisions it does not directly prove.