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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
Middle Georgia Regional Airport
Additional Travel Information
The Avis Macon airport car rentals counter is conveniently located in the baggage claim area at Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN). And the fleet of vehicles is parked beside the building in the Avis MCN car rental lot.
Avis Car Rental features a wide selection of quality rental vehicles—from compact cars for easily navigating downtown traffic to luxury rides and SUVs. And with the ability to accelerate your travel experience with Avis Preferred, a complimentary membership that allows you to skip the line and go straight to your car, it makes for an easy first few minutes in Macon.
Various native peoples lived in the Macon area for 17,000 years before the first Europeans arrived. Today, their legacy is preserved at the Ocmulgee National Monument, 701 acres of undisturbed burial mounds, defensive trenches and a large temple, located just five minutes from the city center.
If you’re here on business, impress your clients with your knowledge of local cuisine with a visit to Nu-Way Weiners. They have been making some of America’s best hot dogs and chilidogs at their Cotton Avenue location since they first opened for business in 1916. Fincher’s BAR•B•Q, another local institution, has been serving up sizzling chopped pork sandwiches for 80 years. Astronaut Sonny Carter liked their pork sandwich so much that he once packed one for a shuttle mission.
Whatever you have planned for your visit to Macon, make Avis you first stop for Middle Georgia Regional Airport rental cars. Whether you take a compact car for cruising around town, something from our luxury line of airport car rentals for making a statement or a comfortable SUV for lazy drives through Georgia, Avis’s professional staff will make sure you get on your way quickly.
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: Located in the Baggage Claim area of the Terminal.
VEHICLES: Located outside of the Terminal.
RETURNS: Same as pick-up.
AFTER-HOURS RETURNS: Not available. Rental vehicle must be returned during office hours.
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