Avis Car Rental
Jamaica, NY 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

John F Kennedy Intl Airport

Additional Travel Information

Avis Car Rental is the preferred choice for airport car rentals among business travelers arriving at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Whether you’re looking for a compact car for venturing into Manhattan’s urban jungle, or a luxury ride for comfortably exploring the city’s other four boroughs, you’ll find a full range of vehicles at Avis.

Once you’ve landed, finding the best New York City airport car rentals is easy—the Air Train takes you right to Avis at Terminal C/Federal Circle. Avis’s JFK car rental counter is conveniently located just 50 yards from the train’s exit.

With so much to see in the city that never sleeps, it can be difficult to choose activities with the limited downtime business travelers usually have. You can stick to the old standards like the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Times Square, the MOMA; or you can discover NYC’s newest incarnations by exploring the most recent restaurants, art galleries and neighborhoods currently making waves in town. New York City practically begs repeat visits, which works out well if you rent cars from Avis because 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.

Avis makes reserving, picking up and dropping off John F. Kennedy International Airport rental cars easy, and when you’re in town to close NYC-sized deals, the easier everything else is, the better.

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

• AIRLINE PASSENGERS
  There is NO counter located in the Arrival Terminals. ALL CUSTOMERS must take the Air Train to Terminal C. The Air Train will take you to the car rental facility.

• Upon arrival at the rental facility, check your email on your smartphone or the Preferred board for the space number of your preassigned vehicle.
  You have the option to accept the preassigned car or exchange it for a similar car from the Select & Go Exchange Area or upgrade the car to a specialty vehicle from the Select & Go Upgrade Area. Cars in the Select & Go Upgrade Area have the additional daily cost posted on the hangtag.
  Once you have selected your vehicle, drive the vehicle to the exit booth and present your driver’s license to the Avis representative who will quickly complete the transaction and get you on your way.

*GENERAL DIRECTIONS*

• AIRLINE PASSENGERS
  There is NO counter located in the Arrival Terminals. ALL CUSTOMERS must take the Air Train to Station C/Federal Circle. The Avis counter is approx 50 yds.
  CARS: Located at the Car Rental Facility.
  RETURNS: Follow signs that say “Car Rental Return”.
  AFTER-HOURS RETURNS: Open 24 hours.

• WALK-UP RENTERS Follow airport signs for Rental Car Return. They will lead to the Avis car rental lot.