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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
Columbus Metro Airport
Additional Travel Information
Quality airport car rentals, outstanding deals and professional customer service are what make Avis Car Rental the preferred choice of business travelers to Georgia’s Columbus Metropolitan Airport (CSG).
Whether you require a compact car for easy city parking, a luxury vehicle to make crosstown traffic more comfortable or an SUV with a GPS navigation system optional upgrade, you’ll find an Avis CSG car rental that suits you best. And you have 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’s easy to locate the Avis at CSG. Just look for the counter inside the airport’s baggage claim area. Once you’ve picked up your keys, you’ll find the Columbus airport car rentals parking lot just outside the building’s doors. From there, it’s about a 15-minute, 6-mile drive to downtown.
Downtown’s historical district, in and around where many of the area’s deals are done, has retained its 19th-century brick streets and Colonial Revival-style mansions. It’s one of seven separate historical districts in this distinctly Southern metropolis, and definitely the one most worth exploring.
After a long day, park by the Chattahoochee RiverWalk, and take a stroll along the 22-mile-long pedestrian and cycling path. Look for signage directing you to the very site of the American Civil War’s decisive battle. And once you’ve worked up an appetite, indulge in the Southern hospitality Muscogee County’s known for at one of Columbus’s fine Southern barbeque restaurants. It won’t be hard to find one.
And it won’t be hard to find the very best Columbus Metropolitan Airport rental cars if you start your search at Avis. Professional service, great deals and quality rental cars make Avis the preferred choice for discerning travelers.
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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: Available. Park & lock the car. Place the completed contract & the keys in the Drop Box located on the right side of the Rental Counter inside the Terminal. NOTE – TERMINAL IS LOCKED between 9PM & 10PM every night after the last flight comes in. The Terminal REOPENS approx 5AM daily. RETURNS ARE NOT AVAILABLE during the time of the TERMINAL closure. Please remember to take your personal belongings with you.
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