Whether it's offering a range of cars to suit your needs, negotiated rates or delivery and collection, at Avis every aspect of business travellers' needs is taken care of. We support large businesses running multiple car fleets as well as small and medium-sized companies that rent two or three cars a month. We truly believe there is a car package available to suit every business traveller.
Avis Business
We are fully committed to ensuring the value for money ethic is achieved. This is why we have created Avis Business to give small companies the opportunity to save money: crucial in the current economic environment. We are currently offering business users a discount off our standard rates every time a booking is made.
By joining Avis Business small firms can benefit from:
- Up to 15% discount on UK car rentals
- Extensive rental network
- Expansive range of modern clean cars
- Flexible programme with no complicated contracts
- Cost savings every time you rent
Business solutions
Another service for the mid-tier market is Avis Business Solutions. This is designed to save time and money. We have developed a range of pricing options depending on volume of cars, where you need to pick up your car and the type of cars you would like to drive. One of our Business
you to find the best solutions for your business and setup the programme. You will also have access to one of our consultants to whom you can speak to directly about your account.
We also realise that businesses' can require cars for longer than a few days and with this in mind, we can offer SMEs our 28-days+ long-term car rental service. This enables businesses to retain a car for four weeks or six months - depending on the business need. Also, the longer you keep the car, the lower the price - essential in keeping business overheads as low as possible.
We understand that running a successful business means every second in your day is valuable
How to book
Avis cars can be booked instantly online by visiting the Avis Business website listed at the bottom of this article. We pride ourselves on making booking business cars simple. Online you will find our three easy steps to car hire covering: booking, collecting and returning your vehicle.
At the heart of a successful business is the need to respond quickly. That is why we have simplified the Avis Rental Agreement Form. We have cut out the tiresome paperwork and jargon and have displayed prices clearly, included ‘vehicle condition' and ‘fuel gauge' details. We only require your signature once and have made the form available in eight languages. Avis has over 100 locations across the UK and is located in all UK airports.
Avis Rapid Return
We understand that running a successful business means every second in your day is valuable. That's why Avis has launched Rapid Return, our new hand-held device that uses wireless technology to radically improve the speed of car return. This is essential when you need to get back to the office or attend a meeting in a hurry.
The Rapid Return device reads a barcode on the vehicle and uploads your rental information. A final receipt is then issued detailing mileage used and fuel level. Rapid Return is currently in operation in over 125 Avis locations across Europe and in 21 of our locations in the UK, including all major airports. Rapid Return can process car return in as little as 60 seconds from start to finish, saving your business time and money.
As well as Rapid Return, we offer Avis Preferred, a speed of service product where we promise to give you your car keys in under three minutes. Signing up is simple. All you need to do is present your driving licence, collect your keys and you're off to your business meeting or destination. If this takes longer than three minutes Avis promise to give you £20.
Avis cars and GPS
A key to business success is arriving on time and safely for your meeting. With this in mind, we have listened to what cars our business customers want and have responded. Our Select Series offers a range of models including the BMW 1 and 3 Series and the Volkswagen Golf.
In addition, our Avis Prestige Car Rental offers a wide range of luxury cars to hire to impress business clients. These include: Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Ferrari, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Land Rover Range Rover, Maserati, Mercedes and Porsche, all chosen for their reputation and status.
The car is nothing without direction. This is why we equip our cars with Avis GPS - powered by TomTom. Avis GPS is offered at hundreds of Avis rental stations worldwide and comes in a range of satellite navigation models.
We are committed to ensuring our cars and travel advice is as environmentally friendly as possible. We are proud to offer:
- Business customers the option to offset their carbon emissions prior to their journey
- Avis customers benefit from an extensive eco-offering. Each car on the Avis fleet is typically only six months old, to ensure maximum fuel efficiency, whilst the average CO2 emissions for cars purchased in 2009 was just 144.6g CO2/Km
- All Avis customers also have access to environmental driving tips to helplower their emissions and can choose a vehicle from a wide-ranging green fleet, including hundreds of vehicles which run on fuels other than petrol or diesel.
