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Growing the business since 1958
In Summary: Day after day, Budget employees and operators at approximately 2,700 locations in more than 120 countries help support our vision, mission and values.
Quick History
Budget Rent A Car was founded by Morris Mirkin in 1958 with a $24,000 investment. The company name was chosen to appeal to the “budget-minded” or “value-conscious” renter. In 1959, in an effort to grow the business, Mirkin appealed to a distant relative, Jules Lederer, president of a Chicago-based manufacturer of writing instruments, for additional financing. Lederer formed a leasing company and leased new vehicles to Mirkin. In 1960, Lederer formed Budget Rent A Car Corporation in Chicago. The company then grew rapidly, both nationally and internationally.
In 1986, Gibbons, Green and van Amerongen Ltd. along with management and selected investors purchased Budget from Transamerica Corp. in a LBO transaction. Budget made an initial public offering of 3.2 million shares in 1987.
In 1992, Budget moved downtown Chicago headquarters to Lisle, Ill.
In April 1997, Budget was bought by Team Rental Group, Budget’s largest franchisee in the United States and changed its name to Budget Group, Inc. Budget Group began trading on the NYSE that year.
In 1997, Budget unveiled “Unlimited Budget” a travel agent loyalty program through which members receive a free Unlimited Budget debit MasterCard card and earn points (dollars) for completed bookings.
In 1998, Budget introduced “Fastbreak,” Budget’s express service with paperless transaction.
In 2002, Budget Group was delisted from the NYSE and sold Budget Rent A Car assets in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand to Cendant Corporation. Other worldwide assets were sold to Avis Europe, Plc. Later, Cendant moved Budget headquarters from Lisle, Ill. to Parsippany, N.J.
In 2006, Cendant Corporation separated into four independent companies: Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide, Travelport and Avis Budget Group, Inc. As a result, Budget Rent A Car System, Inc. is now a subsidiary of Avis Budget Group.
In 2011, Avis Budget Group, Inc. acquired Avis Europe plc. The transaction re-unites Avis Budget Group with its licensee for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
About this location:
Location
Westchester County Airport
Additional Travel Information
White Plains is the cultural and commercial center of Westchester County, New York City’s high-end bedroom community. It’s filled with many marvelous attractions and top-notch jubilees, performances and carnivals befitting of the Big Apple set, but with the space and fresh air of the country.
Getting around here is easiest by car, and frequent travelers count on Budget Car Rental for quality and reliability. The Budget counter is located right on-site at Westchester County Airport (HPN), so picking the perfect HPN car rental from Budget’s line of Westchester County Airport rental cars and getting your holiday started couldn’t be easier.
Spend an afternoon at the Katonah Museum of Art where the acclaimed Children’s Learning Center is free for families. Lyndhurst—Alexander Jackson Davis’s 1838 Gothic Revival country house—is home to an astonishing collection of antiques, gorgeous landscapes and vivid views of the Hudson River. Have a blast at Playland, America’s only Art Deco amusement park, riding rollercoasters or laying out on the beach by the pier on Long Island Sound. While you’re there you can also enjoy watching fireworks, playing miniature golf, indoor ice skating, swimming in the pool or boating on the lake. Whatever you have planned, one of Budget’s airport car rentals will help you do it in style.
No matter what you’re in town to do, one of Budget’s White Plains airport car rentals is sure to get you there comfortably. And don’t forget to sign up for the Fastbreak program.
Additional Location Information
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