Avis Car Rental
Bakersfield, CA Hours and Location

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Company Overview

Avis Car Rental and its subsidiaries operate one of the world’s best-known car rental brands with approximately 5,500 locations in more than 165 countries. Avis has a long history of innovation in the car rental industry and is one of the world’s top brands for customer loyalty. Avis is owned by Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR), which operates and licenses the brand throughout the world.  

Quick History

Founded in 1946 by Warren Avis (who sold his interest in 1954), Avis was the first company to rent cars from airport locations. The company grew rapidly during the 1950’s through franchised and corporate-owned expansion. In 1963, Avis introduced the award-winning “We try harder®” campaign and the tagline remains the company’s rallying cry even today. Ten years later, Avis launched its innovative Wizard system, the company’s proprietary reservation technology. Avis changed ownership multiple times in the 70’s and 80’s, becoming employee-owned in 1987. That same year, Avis introduced the Roving Rapid Return, a handheld computer terminal allowing customers to bypass the Avis counter. Two years later, the company launched Avis Cares® a program aimed at promoting renter and employee safety. In 1996, HFS Incorporated acquired Avis, which was then spun off as a separate public company, all but the franchising rights, Wizard system, and reservation operations. In 2000, the company introduced Avis Interactive, the first Internet-based reporting system for commercial accounts in the car rental industry, which was significantly enhanced and re-launched in 2006. In March 2001, Cendant Corporation purchased all of the outstanding shares of Avis Group Holdings and later that year moved its world headquarters to Parsippany, NJ. In 2006, Cendant Corp. separated into four independent companies: Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide, Travelport and Avis Budget Group, Inc., which is now the parent company of Avis Car Rental. In 2011, Avis Budget Group acquires Avis Europe plc. The transaction re-unites Avis Budget Group with its licensee for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

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Location

Meadows Field

Additional Travel Information

Bakersfield is a veritable hub for Californian industries like natural gas, agriculture and aerospace. Whether you’re doing business with the city’s bigwigs like State Farm Insurance or Chevron, or something on a smaller scale, one of Avis’s airport car rentals will get you there in comfort and in style. Entertaining clients? The undisturbed scenery at one of Bakersfield’s seven golf courses is sure to impress. And with 300+ days of sunshine a year, you shouldn’t have any problems getting in a solid round.

After work, spend an evening discovering Bakersfield’s own subgenre of music—the Bakersfield Sound. You can hear this combination of classic and steel guitars, drums and fiddle at several local live music venues downtown. Delve even deeper into the Bakersfield Sound at Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace, which explores the country music star’s contribution to the genre. You can also learn about the city’s unique history at the Kern County Museum.

Whether you want to feel the wind in your hair behind the wheel of a convertible or you prefer something more pragmatic, Avis Car Rental’s selection of Meadows Field Airport rental cars has a great deal on a vehicle for you. In a hurry to get from Meadows Field Airport into town? At Avis you can accelerate your travel experience with Avis Preferred, a complimentary membership that allows you to skip the line and go straight to your car.

For quality Bakersfield airport car rentals, Avis’s BFL car rental selection delivers every visit.

Additional Location Information

AFTER-HOURS RETURNS

• Park & lock the car. Place the completed contract & the keys in the key drop box. Remember to take your personal belongings with you.

PREFERRED SERVICE

• Proceed to the Avis counter in the baggage claim area. Show your driver’s license to receive your preprinted rental document and keys. Rental cars are parked outside the baggage claim area.

*GENERAL DIRECTIONS*

• AIRLINE PASSENGERS: Proceed to the Avis counter in the baggage claim area. Rental cars are parked outside the baggage claim area.
  WALK-UP RENTERS: FROM HWY 99, exit at 7th Standard Rd and turn east. Continue about 1.5 miles and turn right into the airport. Follow airport signs for “Arrivals” or “Baggage Claim”. They will lead to the baggage claim area entrance.
  WALKING DISTANCE from baggage claim area to car lot: 200 feet