Avis Now Delivers Your Rental Car Right to the Airport Terminal With New VIP Service

Avis Finances Group launched a brand-new luxurious service this week, permitting prospects to skip the time-consuming airport shuttle and rental automotive counter.

The brand new curbside service, referred to as Avis First, will carry rental vehicles on to prospects on the airport terminal, according to the company. At the moment, the brand new service is obtainable at main airports in Denver; Honolulu; and Palm Seashore, Florida.

“I bear in mind the times of hauling strollers, automotive seats, and baggage by way of an airport tram, and that may be powerful,” Avis CEO Brian Choi informed Journey + Leisure. “We expect this makes an enormous distinction.”

Choi mentioned he views the Avis First service as a brand-new class within the rental automotive market, providing premium, concierge-level customer support.

When vacationers enroll 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 activity of refilling the tank or prepaying for gasoline as Avis simply fees the market worth for no matter was used.

All the vehicles used for the Avis First program are 2025 fashions with low mileage. 

Past airports, the service is obtainable in choose places throughout 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—typically households or individuals touring for a road-trip—choosing up a rental automotive may be troublesome. However with Avis First, the corporate mentioned it goals to simplify that have and supply new choices for time-conscious vacationers looking for a personalised expertise.

Whereas the perks are vital, vacationers can anticipate 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 keeping with a search by T+L on the time of writing. Compared, renting a Jeep Grand Cherokee within the firm’s “Commonplace Elite SUV” class will solely value vacationers $435 for a similar time interval.

Vacationers hoping to save money on a car rental can verify their very own airline loyalty programs for reductions, search third-party low cost websites, maintain their eyes peeled for junk charges, set a chosen driver, and even maintain a watch out for out there coupons. Usually (although not at all times), renting on the airport can value so vacationers who hope to avoid wasting ought to as a substitute go for an off-airport location.