Avis Car Rental
Grand Forks, ND 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

Grand Forks Intl Airport

Additional Travel Information

Welcome to Grand Forks, a remarkably friendly city that boasts a great number of outdoor activities, but also a lot of interesting indoor ones as well. The first order of business in the vast expanse that is North Dakota is selecting a quality rental car that will get you where you need to go in comfort and in style. Avis Car Rental is conveniently located adjacent to the baggage claim at Grand Forks International Airport (GFK). Avis’s fleet of Grand Forks airport car rentals offers an assortment of luxury, hybrid, compact and utility vehicles to suit any occasion. 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.

Once you’ve selected your GFK car rental from Avis’s Grand Forks International Airport rental cars lot, you can be on your way to exploring this lovely little town. Enjoy a bit of culture with a visit to the North Dakota Museum of Art or catch a performance at the Chester Fritz Auditorium. If you’re here in winter, the Town Square ice rink is a favorite meeting spot, or you can blow off some steam cross-country skiing on the Greenway. Spring and summer months are ideal for a stroll through the Japanese Gardens, or an afternoon of hiking and canoeing at the Red River State Recreation Area just across the river that borders Minnesota.

No matter what your itinerary holds in Grand Forks, you can count on Avis to get you through it all in style. For business or pleasure, Avis is the discerning traveler’s choice for airport car rentals.

Additional Location Information

AFTER-HOURS RETURNS

• Park & lock the car. Place the completed contract & the keys in the key drop box. Remember to take your personal belongings with you.

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*

• AIRLINE PASSENGERS
  Proceed to the Avis counter in the baggage claim area. Rental cars are parked outside the baggage claim area.
  WALK-UP RENTERS
  Follow airport signs for “Arrivals” or “Baggage Claim”. They will lead to the baggage claim area entrance. Proceed inside to locate the Avis counter. Rental cars are parked outside the baggage claim area.