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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
Philadelphia Intl Airport
Additional Travel Information
Philadelphia is a major corporate center on the American east coast, up there with New York, Boston and Washington. As a business traveler, you want professional service, quality airport car rentals and an easy path from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to the city. That’s what you’ll get from Avis, your ticket to unlocking the best that the City of Brotherly Love has to offer.
From compact cars for easy downtown parking, to luxury vehicles and SUVs for comfortable commuting on the city’s interior highway system, Avis’s great variety of Philadelphia International Airport rental cars puts the power to choose the perfect vehicle for your business trip in your hands.
To get to Avis’s PHL car rental facility from the baggage claim area, follow the signs leading you outside to Zone 2, and the Avis courtesy bus stop. An Avis shuttle will take you to the car lot. Once you’ve picked up your keys, it’s a 17- to 22-minute drive from the airport to Downtown Philadelphia.
On your downtime, enjoy a walk in Fairmount Park, one of the world’s largest urban parks, then run up the famous steps in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and take your picture next to the Rocky Balboa statue. And speaking of Philly sports icons, the city is known for its rabid fans. If your client offers you tickets to a game—any game—you’d be wise to accept as there’s nothing like it, as long as you’re not cheering for the visitors.
Philadelphia airport car rentals from Avis are easy to reserve, pick up and drop off. And don’t forget that 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—perfect for the busy business traveler.
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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
- Follow signs to the baggage claim area. Proceed outside to the Avis courtesy bus, identify yourself as a Preferred Renter, and the bus driver will take you to your pre-assigned car.
- Upon arrival at the rental facility, check your email on your smartphone or the Preferred board for the space number of your preassigned vehicle.
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.
*GENERAL DIRECTIONS*
- AIRLINE PASSENGERS: Follow signs to the baggage claim area. Proceed outside to Zone 2, the Avis courtesy bus stop. The courtesy bus will take you to the Avis car lot.
- WALK-UP RENTERS Follow airport signs for Rental Car Return. They will lead to the Avis car rental lot.
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