Avis

Pros: Fair prices and good customer service
Cons: Not consistently great customer service

As part of my preparation for this review, I reached far into the depths of my file cabinet and rifled through a seemingly endless stream of rental documents in an effort to establish exactly how many cars I’ve rented from Avis. Due in large part to my...

Pros: Good prices
Cons: Some cars reeked of cigarettes

I have rented quite a few cars from Avis, both for business and for leisure.

Below are some tips on how to get the best service from them. Some time ago I checked prices around, comparing AIVS' with Rentacar, Hertz and the likes. They all...

Pros: In Orlando, super airport access.
Cons: None, that I can think of.

Avis Rent-a-car? The next time I have the need to rent a vehicle, Avis will be on the top of my list. In my life, the occasion to rent a car is usually one car on business and one for pleasure. In this impressive case, Avis took a bad situation, which...

Pros: Super Fast Airport Service
Cons: Frequent Flyer awards are limited

Imagine if all service companies were as excellent as Avis! Imagine if Avis diversified. Avis Airlines would run on schedule; Avis Dry Cleaners would pick up your clothes when you pull in the driveway; Avis Long Distance would have humans answering their...

Pros: clean car, great rate, convenient location, one way drop-off site available
Cons: nothing found

We had been given the rare opportunity to spend a week in Cancun with relatives. What a treat! My sister-in-law offered the use of her time-sharing unit to us for one week FREE! All we had to do was pay for air fare, food any extras we desired to buy...

Pros: Pleasant agents, resolved the problems adequately and timely with prodding
Cons: Tried to pull a bait&switch @ DIA: not for this NJ gal!

My husband received a discount package from his company that included a discount on Avis rentals. Since my company's discounts were not as affordable, we decided to give Avis a try this past month. We rented a Dodge Grand Caravan minivan from the ...

Pros: Handles all booking throughout the world--normal, one-way, off-airport.
Cons: Minor glitches with details of confirmation and car location.

Avis met all my needs and expectations on a recent one-way rental in Italy. I rarely need to rent a car, especially when I travel outside the USA, but due to special circumstances, I needed to pick up a car at the main train station in Rome, Italy and ...

Pros: Generally a short line in Orlando and they aren't obnoxious about pushing insurance.
Cons: Never found a major con yet.

When I quote out car rentals, Avis tend to be on the high end of the scale. But my husband and I travel to Orlando at least once or twice a month, so we tend to use Priceline a lot. When you let Bill Shatner do the work, Avis often comes up at a ...

Pros: Better than Hertz or Alamo
Cons: Extra charges, no preferred programme if you prepay, after-rental Customer Service

Virtually all the car rental I've done has been in UK, arriving at London Heathrow or Gatwick, so my experience has been almost exclusively with the rental companies there. Typically I rent once or twice a month.

I rented with Hertz for a...

Pros: Very cheap, decent service, albeit slow.
Cons: Slow service

I recently rented a car from Avis down in the Fort Myers, Florida area, and my experience was fairly good with Avis. I had booked the reservation on-line, which was a very good experience. I was optimistic everything would be as arranged once I got ...

Pros: They TRY harder; Quick Service; No Pressure Sales
Cons: Some smaller locations hours vary widely

As a business traveler, one of the only things I don't like about my trips is the car rental agency. No matter how good the flight, how nice the hotel, it always seems that the car rental agency is the one place where all the good things about a trip...

Pros: Preferred Status is the Bomb!!!!!
Cons: They prefer you call ahead but it's not a requirement

Go with Avis!!!!

Avis has a preferred member card that you can get. With this card, you get supreme customer service and no-hassel car rentals. I just recently joined this and have thoroughly gotten benefits from it.

With the Avis...

Pros: Pleasant, professional service, providing comfortable, easy driving cars.
Cons: I can't think of any offhand.

When I received my American Airlines ticket booklet for a recent trip to Chicago, I was surprised that it included a certificate for a rental car - one free weekend day from either Alamo, Avis or National. I asked my daughter, a travel agent, to check...

Pros: As an “Avis First” member, ease of rental.
Cons: Vehicle Classifications

Background I have been a regular renter of vehicles for around fifteen years now, both in the U.S., and in Europe. Generally speaking, most of my rentals are business rentals, but some are for personal use. With the business rentals, most ...

Pros: #1 in child safety
Cons: As a mom, there ARE no cons

This review is about AVIS, not their competitors, but let me start by telling you about how our experience with a competitor led us to Avis.

Several weeks ago we flew into Omaha, NE, to see family. Since we were traveling with my son, but...