Avis Car Rental
Latrobe, PA 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

Arnold Palmer Regional Airport

Additional Travel Information

With a huge fleet of airport car rentals, quality upgrades like GPS navigation systems that make being on time easier, and great deals on both short- and long-term leases, Avis Car Rental is the premier option for business travelers arriving at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (LBE) in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

Choose from a wide variety of vehicles, including compact cars for downtown driving in nearby Pittsburgh, luxury vehicles for doing business in the area and SUVs for long drives in the country.

For your convenience, the Avis LBE car rental counter is located inside the baggage claim area and our cars are parked just outside.

From the Westmoreland County airport car rentals lot at LBE, it’s an 11-minute drive to Latrobe, the nearest city; a 20-minute drive to Greensburg, the county’s business center; and a 1-hour, 45-mile drive to Pittsburgh.

While you’re in Westmoreland County, try your hand at a round of golf at Latrobe Country Club, where hometown legend Arnold Palmer (for whom the airport was named) learned to play the game. Then, duck into nearby Mill Run to visit Fallingwater, a home built by famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright that has been called one of the most famous private residences ever built in America.

Arnold Palmer Regional Airport rental cars from Avis are easy to reserve, pick up and drop off. Also, 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.

Additional Location Information

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: *AIRLINE PASSENGERS*: counter is located on the downstairs/lower level of Westmoreland County Airport (aka Arnold Palmer Airport).
  *LOCAL RENTERS*
  FROM GREENSBURG: take Route 30 East to the intersection of Route 981. Make a right on Route 981 South. Bear right at first stop sign (still on Rte 981). Make 1st right onto Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. Counter is in the main terminal building, lower lever.
  FROM PA TURNPIKE: Exit on 30 East. Take Route 30 East to the intersection of Route 981. Make a right on Route 981 South. Bear right at first stop sign (still on Rte 981). Make 1st right onto Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. Counter is in the main terminal building, lower lever.
  VEHICLES: In lot outside of terminal, approx 300 feet from the counter.
  RETURNS: In upper parking lot – signs are available.
  AFTER-HOURS RETURNS: Available. Park & lock the vehicle. Place keys & completed contract in the drop box, located on the side door of office.