Expedia.com Makes Sweeping Changes to Increase Flexibility and Value for Travelers
Expedia.com will now eliminate change fees and cancel fees on all car rental reservations.
Expedia.com will now eliminate change fees and cancel fees on all car rental reservations.
County officials in Montgomery County in Maryland said the car-sharing program that was implemented in January has only been used 16 times as of April 24 and has cost more than $1,300 an hour to use the vehicles.
With 789 Chrysler dealerships closing down, dealers are looking to sell vehicles by June 9 or face losing the cars to auctions.
Says Avis Budget Group executive vice president and CFO David B. Wyshner, “With this financing, we are not only obtaining additional liquidity at competitive rates; we are also executing against a funding strategy that anticipates a rebound in car rental demand in 2010.”
Study shows worldwide volumes won't return to pre-crisis levels until 2012.
The joint venture between ACE Rent A Car Reservations Inc. and Bluebird Auto Rental Systems Inc. is XML-based and will deliver reservations to ACE's affiliates in real time.
Rental car companies would not have to post a bond to release a car that was impounded from drivers without a valid license.
The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority of California is deciding whether or not to create a transit center which would include car rental, bus and train service to a single point to link with air service at the Bob Hope Airport.
GELCO and GE Fleet Services allege Denny Hecker defaulted on $7.2 million in car leases.
At Dollar Thrifty's annual meeting, Thomas Capo, Maryann Keller, Edward Lumley, Richard Neu, John Pope and Scott Thompson were elected as directors.
Effective Jan. 1, Virgin Holidays customers will be able to be able to retrieve their rental agreements through Alamo's self-service kiosks, eliminating the need to stop at the car rental counter.
According to AAA's Leisure Travel Index, car rental rates will drop lower with consumers paying an average of $43 per day compared to $45 a year ago, a decrease of 3 percent from last year for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
One would have expected lower wholesale supply and improving retail demand to have resulted in stronger wholesale prices in April. Yet many dealers are limiting their days-supply of used vehicles by keeping fewer units in inventory and turning them quicker.
According to Avis, Penske Service customers will now have access to Avis vehicles at affordable prices, including the convenience of onsite professional service, automatic reservations and roadside assistance.
Analyst says Ryder's commercial rental division “is not yet seeing any signs of life.” First-quarter earnings plunged 88 percent as its fleet-management business experiences slowing commercial rental and used vehicle sales.
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