Avis Car Rental
Lafayette, LA 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

Lafayette Municipal Airport

Additional Travel Information

Once you arrive at Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT), pick up your bags, proceed to the Avis Car Rental counter in the baggage claim area and choose from our fleet of Lafayette airport car rentals. Whether you’re looking for a compact car for downtown driving, a luxury vehicle or an SUV, friendly staff will happily assist you in choosing the right vehicle for your trip. If you’re a busy business traveler, 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.

You’ll find your LFT car rental parked just outside the baggage claim area. From there, it’s a short ten-minute drive from the airport car rentals lot to Downtown Lafayette.

On your way into town, stop by Vermilionville, where costumed interpreters bring Lafayette’s Cajun roots to life. Experience 18th-century Acadia the way the settlers did in carefully reproduced period homes and buildings in this living history museum.

Head to Prejean’s Restaurant for an authentic Cajun cuisine experience, featuring Cajun delicacies like freshly caught crawfish, gumbo, jambalaya and boudin, a spicy sausage dish. Randol’s Restaurant, another local Cajun hotspot, features a dance floor and live Cajun music every night.

Music and dance are important components of Cajun culture. Check to see what’s playing at the Acadiana Center for the Arts while you’re in town.

Lafayette Regional Airport rental cars from Avis are easy to reserve, pick up and drop off—perfect for the busy business traveler.

Additional Location Information

AFTER-HOURS RETURNS

• Park car in rental area marked Avis Rent a Car. Note the ending miles, date and time of return on the rental jacket. Drop off the keys and the return informatioin in the drop box at the counter inside of the airport. Due to the airport being closed between the hours of 1030pm and 4am customers are not allowed to drop vehicles off during this time.

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.