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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
Miami Intl Airport
Additional Travel Information
The Avis Car Rental at Miami International Airport (MIA) is where discerning business travelers to stop first on their way into the Magic City for a little sun and a lot of success. The selection of airport car rentals here features great deals on compact cars for negotiating the tight lanes and streets of Little Havana, luxury convertibles to cruise in up and down South Beach and attention-grabbing SUVs to turn heads in front of American Airlines Area before a basketball game.
To get to the Avis MIA car rental from the baggage area, exit the concourse and take an elevator to the third-level moving walkway, which will take you to the MIA Mover: a tram ride that will drop you at the car rental center in just four minutes.
Once you pick up your vehicle, it’s a 15- to 20-minute drive in light traffic from the Miami airport car rentals center to Downtown Miami.
The best part about doing business in Miami is the abundance of after-work options. Cross the Miami River to the city’s trendy south side for chic bars, restaurants and bohemian shops. The Coral Way, a banyan tree-lined boulevard, provides a great vantage point from which to see some of the south side’s historic neighborhoods. The previously mentioned South Beach, of course, has some historic architecture of its own, especially the Art Deco hotels along Ocean Drive. And Little Havana boasts several restaurants and shops that are replicas of the establishments Miami’s Cuban immigrants left behind in the 1960s when they flocked here.
Parking in any one of these areas can be tough, but in an Avis rental car, at least you can drive around in outstanding comfort. Avis’ Miami International Airport rental cars are quick and easy to reserve, pick up and drop off—more so when you accelerate your travel experience with Avis Preferred, a complimentary membership that allows you to skip the line and go straight to your car.
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PREFERRED SERVICE
- Follow signs to the baggage claim area. Exit the concourse level and take an elevator to the third level moving walkway, which connects to the MIA Mover. (The walk time from the arrival area to the tram could be as long as 15 minutes.) The MIA Mover is about a 4 minute ride and will transport you to the Rental Car Center on level 4 where the counters are located.
- Upon arrival at the rental facility, check your email on your smartphone or the Preferred board for the space number of your preassigned vehicle. Reader boards are located on Level 4 and Level 2. If your name does not appear on board, proceed to Level 2 Preferred Booth for assistance.
You have the option to accept the preassigned car or exchange it for a similar car from the Select & Go Exchange Area or upgrade the car to a specialty vehicle from the Select & Go Upgrade Area. Cars in the Select & Go Upgrade Area have the additional daily cost posted on the hangtag.
Once you have selected your vehicle, drive the vehicle to the exit booth and present your driver’s license to the Avis representative who will quickly complete the transaction and get you on your way.
Preferred Return: Follow the airport signs to Level 2 Avis Car Return area. Record mileage and gas level and leave keys with car. Do not lock the car. Proceed upstairs to Level 4 to close the contract.
*GENERAL DIRECTIONS*
- AIRLINE PASSENGERS: Follow signs to the baggage claim area. Exit the concourse level and take an elevator to the third level moving walkway, which connects to the MIA Mover. (The walk time from the arrival area to the tram could be as long as 15 minutes.) The MIA Mover is about a 4 minute ride and will transport you to the Rental Car Center on level 4 where the counters are located. Once off the tram, the Avis counter is to the right.
CARS: Located on Level 2 of the Rental Car Center.
- Local renters go to Level 4 of the Rental Car Center.
WALK-UP RENTERS Follow airport signs for Rental Car Return on Level 2. Proceed to the rental counter located on Level 4.
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