- Avis Funds Group not too long ago introduced a brand new luxurious service: Avis First.
- Prospects can prepare for a curbside pickup and drop-off proper on the airport.
- The service has launched at airports in Denver, Honolulu, and Palm Seashore.
Avis Funds Group launched a brand-new luxurious service this week, permitting prospects to skip the time-consuming airport shuttle and rental automobile counter.
The brand new curbside service, referred to as Avis First, will carry rental vehicles on to prospects on the airport terminal, in accordance with the corporate. At present, the brand new service is offered at main airports in Denver; Honolulu; and Palm Seashore, Florida.
“I bear in mind the times of hauling strollers, automobile seats, and baggage by an airport tram, and that may be powerful,” Avis CEO Brian Choi advised Journey + Leisure. “We predict this makes an enormous distinction.”
Choi mentioned he views the Avis First service as a brand-new class within the rental automobile market, providing premium, concierge-level customer support.
When vacationers join on the airport, they’re assigned a private concierge and their chosen car is introduced proper to the terminal. Prospects additionally don’t must cope with the pesky process of refilling the tank or prepaying for fuel as Avis simply costs the market worth for no matter was used.
The entire vehicles used for the Avis First program are 2025 fashions with low mileage.
Past airports, the service is obtainable in choose places inside the New York Metropolis-area, together with in Manhattan, Hoboken, and Jersey Metropolis; in addition to in Chicago, San Francisco, Miami, Orlando, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.
For neighborhood renters—usually households or individuals touring for a road-trip—selecting up a rental automobile might be tough. However with Avis First, the corporate mentioned it goals to simplify that have and supply new choices for time-conscious vacationers searching for a customized expertise.
Whereas the perks are vital, vacationers can count on to pay a better worth for the expertise.
An Avis First rental from Sept. 8 to Sept. 12 at Denver Worldwide Airport (DEN), for instance, will set vacationers again $547 for a Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 SUV, in accordance with a search by T+L on the time of writing. As compared, renting a Jeep Grand Cherokee within the firm’s “Normal Elite SUV” class will solely price vacationers $435 for a similar time interval.
Vacationers hoping to get monetary savings on a automobile rental can verify their very own airline loyalty packages for reductions, search third-party low cost websites, hold their eyes peeled for junk charges, set a chosen driver, and even hold a watch out for obtainable coupons. Usually (although not at all times), renting on the airport can price so vacationers who hope to save lots of ought to as a substitute go for an off-airport location.