Avis Rent a Car Company Profile, History and customer numberPosted by Dwayne Allen on December 7th, 2019 Avis is an American car rental company headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, United States. Avis, Budget Rent a Car, Budget Truck Rental and Zipcar are all units of Avis Budget Group. Avis Budget Group operates the Avis brand in North America, South America, India, Australia, and New Zealand. In 2011, Avis announced it was acquiring Avis Europe plc, which had been a separate corporation licensing the Avis brand. Since the late 1970s, Avis has featured mainly General Motors (GM) vehicles such as Chevrolet and Cadillac, but today also rents popular non-GM brands including Ford and Toyota.
Avis Rent A Car, Inc. is the largest Avis system franchisee in the world, with more than 600 rental locations in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand. Avis Rent A Car caters to business travelers. Avis, Inc.--the design firm to Avis Rent A Car--was bought by hotel and property franchiser HFS Inc. in 1996. The subsequent year, HFS created Avis Rent A Car, Inc. and marketed roughly 75 percent of their new organization to the general public. HFS retained also the Wizard reservation system along with the Avis brand name, therefore Avis Rent permits using their Avis title and utilizes the Wizard System. Special Service Offerings The organization's customer loyalty program, avis Preferred, empowers the lines to bypass and move to their car in various places. Members will also be eligible to make Avis Preferred Points - one point for each dollar that they spend on automobile rentals and 2 points for each dollar they spend on items like child safety seats, satellite radio and GPS. Points can be redeemed for updates Avis rental times and optional products. Avis Preferred Select & Go, the Company's vehicle selection/upgrade service, is available in the United States and Canada. Avis Access is the rental car industry's first comprehensive accessibility program for travelers with disabilities. Sales Programs Avis for Business is a program designed to help small and mid-size businesses by offering low corporate rates, complimentary rental days, and free enrollment in Avis Preferred service. Avis Meeting & Group Services is designed to help group, association and family gatherings with their ground transportation needs and offers special pricing and other assistance for meetings using five or more cars. Avis Corporate Sales offers large and mid-sized business managers negotiated rates, frequency benefits and optional coverages. Avis Car Sales is designed for those looking to purchase quality, well-maintained off-rental vehicles. Offered in collaboration with Innovative Funding Services, the program features a wide selection of late-model cars, great prices, a no-haggle, no-hassle car buying process and the ultimate test drive to get the full experience of driving the vehicle. Like it? Share it! |