Avis Car Rental
Albany, GA 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

Southwest Georgia Regional Apo

Additional Travel Information

There’s an Old South feeling to Albany, Georgia; a city surrounded by pecan groves, pine trees and plantations lying in a belt of rich farmland along the banks of the Flint River. Get around conveniently and in style in one of Avis Car Rental’s Southwest Georgia Regional Airport rental cars. Superior customer service, an extensive selection of great deals on quality airport car rentals and consummate professionalism make Avis the preferred choice of business travelers everywhere.

Conveniently located in the baggage claim area at Southwest Georgia Regional Airport, Avis boasts a fleet of premier Albany airport car rentals ranging from hybrids and SUVS to compact cars and luxury vehicles. What’s more, 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.

Drive the tree-lined streets with the top down in an Avis convertible and take advantage of a day in the sun at one of Albany’s 77 parks. Be sure to stop by the Albany Welcome Center first. Built in 1858 by Horace King—one of the Deep South’s most respected 19th-century architects—the center is now a great way to find out all about Albany, and to pick up a few souvenirs. Town native Paula Deen’s cookbooks are on sale here.

Park the car and take a stroll along the Flint River, and be sure to pay the Ray Charles Plaza in Riverfront Park a visit. The square’s centerpiece is an illuminated revolving statue of Albany’s most famous son sitting at a baby grand piano as water flows down the sides and his music plays from the park’s sound system.

For a stylish ABY car rental you can trust, choose Avis.

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** Located in the Baggage Claim area of the Terminal.
  **Local Customers** Take a left on Slappey Blvd to Newton Rd. The airport terminal is on the right side. Proceed inside the Baggage Claim Area to the counter.
  VEHICLES: Located outside of the Terminal.
  RETURNS: Same as pick-up.
  AFTER-HOURS RETURNS: Available. Park & lock the car. Place the completed contract & the keys in the Drop Box located at the Rental Counter inside the Terminal. NOTE – TERMINAL IS LOCKED at approximately 10PM every night after the last flight comes in. The Terminal REOPENS at approximately 4AM daily. RETURNS ARE NOT AVAILABLE during the time of the TERMINAL closure. If possible please make prior arrangements with the counter for returns needed when the Terminal is closed. Please DO NOT LOCK THE KEYS IN THE CAR. Any vehicle left during the TERMINAL closure without prior authorization, CUSTOMER is responsible for vehicle & all charges incurred, until the vehicle & contract can be physically closed out on the next business day. Please remember to take your personal belongings with you.