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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
Yeager Airport
Additional Travel Information
Picturesque Charleston, West Virginia’s capital city, is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers. Aside from the official business that takes place here, it’s a fairly important American center of manufacturing. It attracts more than its fair share of business travelers to Yeager Airport (CRW), and the discerning ones get their vehicles from Avis Car Rental.
The Avis counter is located right inside the baggage claim area, and the airport car rentals range from compacts for easy downtown parking to luxury vehicles and SUVs for winter road conditions to luxury cars for making a statement when you arrive. Whichever way you go, 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. This, along with the highest level of professionalism in the industry, make Avis the business traveler’s choice for Charleston airport car rentals.
Once you get your keys, just step outside the terminal to pick up your new CRW car rental. From the airport, it’s a short ten-minute drive into downtown Charleston and some of the best cuisine in West Virginia. Downtown is home to an increasingly diverse selection of dining options—from Vietnamese pho to Italian fare and classic American steak joints—all excellent choices for a client dinner.
After a long day, do a little sightseeing. Start at the nearly 300-foot West Virginia Capitol Building, capped by the largest state capitol dome in America. Then check out the nearby Kanawha State Forest for hiking, cycling and even horseback riding!
Whatever you wind up doing in Charleston, make Avis your first stop for quality Yeager Airport rental cars, unbeatable professional service and the best deals for business visitors.
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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*
- COUNTER: Proceed to the counter located in the Baggage Claim area of the Terminal.
VEHICLES: Located outside the Terminal area.
RETURNS: Same as pick-up.
AFTER-HOURS RETURNS: Available. Park & lock the car. Place the completed contract & the keys in the Drop Box located on the counter. Please remember to take your personal belongings with you.
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