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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
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airprt
Additional Travel Information
Avis Car Rental is the premier provider of airport car rentals at Washington, DC’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and rental car option of choice for business travelers to the nation’s capital, whether you’re here doing business or making policy.
To get to Avis’s DCA car rental services from the terminal, follow Ground Transportation signs to the airport shuttle bus, which will take you to Parking Garage A. From there, follow the signs to the Avis counter located on the third floor. If you’re a frequent visitor to the Capital Region, you may prefer to accelerate your travel experience with Avis Preferred, a complimentary membership that allows you to skip the line and go straight to your car.
Avis has a wide selection of rental cars to choose from and great deals on all of them, so you can make the most of your trip to Washington DC. If the majority of your business here will be in and around the Mall, you may consider a luxury or compact car to fit in nicely with the locals, whereas an SUV might be more comfortable for longer trips to office complexes in neighboring Maryland and Virginia. Once you’ve chosen your rental car, it’s a convenient short and scenic drive from our Washington airport car rentals lot to downtown or to the freeway out of town.
Many of Washington’s leading after-work attractions are conveniently located within walking distance of downtown. Top sights include the White House and Capitol Buildings, the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument at the National Mall, the Smithsonian and the National Archives where America’s founding documents are on permanent public display.
If your business here includes a weekend, take a scenic drive south along the Potomac River 17 miles to George Washington’s ancestral estate at Mount Vernon, a National Historic Landmark that’s been open to the public for over 200 years.
Avis’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport rental cars are the best way to make your stay wonderful in this historic city, and that’s something people from either side of the aisle can agree is true.
Additional Location Information
PREFERRED SERVICE
- Follow Ground Transportation signs to airport shuttle bus. Take the airport shuttle bus to Parking Garage A. Upon arrival, Preferred Renter’s will follow the signs to the Avis Preferred Booth located on the 3rd level of Parking Garage A.
- 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*
- COUNTER: – AIRLINE PASSENGERS:
Follow Ground Transportation signs to airport shuttle bus. Take the airport shuttle bus to Parking Garage A, follow signs to the Avis counter located on the 3rd floor.
COUNTER: – WALK-UP RENTERS/LOCAL RENTERS:
From George Washington Memorial Pkwy: Follow the signs for the Airport. Then, once in the airport follow the signs for the Rental Car Returns & Parking Garage A. Avis counter is located on the 3rd floor.
VEHICLES: Located on the 3rd floor of Parking Garage A.
RETURNS: Follow signs marked “Car Rental Returns”.
AFTER-HOURS RETURNS: Available. Leave the keys & completed contract in the vehicle. Leave the vehicle UNLOCKED (Note: The car returns area is a secure area).
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