Posted by Vicki Wilson on August 24th, 2010
At Avis we have teamed up with KLM to give you the chance to WIN a dream holiday to South Africa. We are giving away a pair of flights, one weeks car hire and other exciting goodies!
The prize includes everything you need to make that trip to South Africa extra special:
- 1 pair of KLM tickets to Cape Town from any UK KLM departure airport.
- Free car rental, 7 days in Cape Town or Johannesburg – Group F (Audi A4 or similar)
- GPS Satellite Navigation
- Digital camera
- 2000 South African Rand spending money
Find out more.
So make sure you enter before midnight on 31st August 2010 to be in with a chance of winning.
Posted by Tracey Parker on August 17th, 2010
Following our successful roll out of the Avis Home Delivery Service to West London, I am pleased to announce that we have extended the service across North and South London, enabling us to offer Home Delivery throughout the area of London.
We can now deliver hire cars to areas including; Chelsea, Kensington, Chiswick, Ealing, Finchley, Golders Green, Acton, Chingford, Barnet, Marylebone, Islington, Abbeywood, Bethnal Green, Greenwich, Woolwich, Crystal Palace, Stretham, Wimbledon and Penge, to name a few.
Reservations can now be taken for Delivery across London and these can be made via our website www.avis.co.uk/homedelivery, through our central reservations team on 0844 581 8181 or direct at our local Avis branch.
It would be good to hear your views on our Home Delivery Service and the roll-out of the service across London.
Posted by Rodger Van Zyl on August 6th, 2010
At Avis we like to keep car hire easy and simple. So we are excited to introduce our NEW iPhone application which will enable you to book your Avis car rental on the move.
We have based the Avis iPhone application development around speed, simplicity and ease.
Your booking can be made in just 2 minutes and all you need to do is:
- Select your location, dates and vehicle group.
- Enter personal details.
- Accept terms and conditions.
- Then confirm.
This fast and simple booking process has a few time saving functions:
- 3 way location search
- Easy to use date selector
- Google maps function for accurate directions
- Full selection of Avis fleet quick and easy to select
- Pre-saved details (personal details only needed for the first booking)
- Reservation details saved on your phone for easy access
- Dedicated Avis contact detail if you require any support
- Location details including opening times
The application has been made to help improve user experience by making the booking process simpler and faster. So download it today and try it for yourself.
Download the Avis iPhone application
View a step by step booking process
Once you have downloaded the Avis iPhone application we would love to get your feedback.
Posted by Vicki Wilson on July 8th, 2010
At Avis we are excited to announce that we are adding the NEW Jaguar XJ to our Avis Prestige fleet.
The original Jaguar XJ was a car that epitomised luxury and comfort and those credentials remain unchanged with the new 2010 model. This is Jaguar’s flagship saloon, and the first launch under new owners Tata Motors.
The previous model couldn’t help but start to look dated and the new XJ has undergone a radical change from the original body style, which was little changed for 40 years.
Whilst the new XJ resembles the XF, it’s fabulous to look at and at the forefront of technology with many functions controlled by a touch-screen allowing easy programming of the sat-nav system.
The interior exudes quality with the leather and wood finish and the impressive Bowers & Wilkins premium sound system which pipes your desired tunes through an array of speakers, including three in each door, two on the dashboard, four surround speakers on the parcel shelf, and two subwoofers!
This car is part of the Avis Prestige executive saloon range available for delivery from London, Heathrow and Manchester.
If you have rented this car or plan to we would love to get your feedback.
Posted by Tracey Parker on June 28th, 2010
We’ve been listening to your feedback about offering our Avis Home Delivery service in London and I am really excited to announce we will be rolling out the service to the West London area! We will be open for reservations from 1st July and some of the areas we will be delivering to include West Brompton, Chiswick, Fulham, Hammersmith, Kensington and Notting Hill to name a few.
For full information on Home Delivery or to book this service go to www.avis.co.uk/homedelivery (where you can use the postcode search to confirm we deliver to your area) or call our reservations team on 0844 581 8181.
It would be great to hear what you think about our expansion of this service into London.
Posted by Sara Bergamo on June 24th, 2010
We are very excited to introduce the new Avis Rent a Car website. If you have visited the Avis website before, the first thing you’ll notice when you land on the car rental homepage, is the new, fresher look with a cleaner top menu to help you navigate your way around the sections of the website. But this is just the start!
The main improvement is without a doubt, the leaner and faster booking process. We’ve reduced the number of steps needed to rent a car to four and refreshed each of the four pages to give you more information, easier navigation and ultimately make your selection easier.
Now all you’ll have to do is:
1) Select your dates/rental station
2) Choose your car group
3) Select your preferred payment option and add any extras you may need (GPS, child seat etc)
4) Enter your details
And in less than 5 minutes your booking is done!
And you’ll now find your personal account sign-in and account summary on every page so you can sign in anytime you like without going back to the homepage .
We would love to hear what you think of the new website, and of course if you have any suggestion on how we can still improve it please let us know.
Posted by Vicki Wilson on June 15th, 2010
We have had a lot of questions about the new Audi A5 Cabriolet that we have on our Avis Prestige fleet, so we thought we would provide you with some information about it here on the blog.
The all-new Audi A5 3.0 TDi Cabriolet S-Line combines a four seat saloon car practicalities with the sporty feeling of a convertible for those sunny days. This is Audi’s replacement for the A4 Cabriolet and is starting to prove a huge success.
In my eyes Audi really does pay attention to detail and the A5 Cabriolet is no exception, employing an Acoustic Fabric Hood that can fold and unfold in 15 seconds, which is also said to make the cabin almost as quiet as its coupe counterpart.
The versions we have on our fleet all have alloy wheels, CD player, built in GPS/Sat Nav, power steering, Isofix Seat connections, driver and passenger airbags, climate control/air conditioning, leather interior and more.
We are pleased to have this great looking A5 as part of the Avis Prestige range available at www.avisprestige.com. And if you have hired or driven this car we would love to hear your feedback.
Posted by Barry Nicoll on June 11th, 2010
As football fever sweeps the globe, with the anticipation of the World Cup kick off this Friday 11th June 2010, Avis Rent a Car is offering you the chance to win free car hire! The teams landed in South Africa last week, and the flags have begun to fly across the world in support. The polls are already predicting which side will be 2010’s World Cup champions.
Avis UK is inviting sports and quiz fans alike to get involved online with the launch of a new interactive game. ‘Road to Glory’ offers you the chance to take part in an ‘online tournament’ to win a week’s car hire in Europe. Footie-mad players will be asked to pick the national team they want to play for and their tournament will begin. Their knowledge of the opposing nation will be tested in a series of short quiz rounds with winning players progressing until they reach the final.
In celebration of being the largest car hire company in South Africa Avis are also giving away a free weekend car rental anywhere in the UK every week of the 2010 World Cup. All you have to do to enter the draw is log on to Twitter and tweet #Cars4Goals when a team scores. Make sure you include the name of the country that has just scored – for example if Brazil scores:
What a goal! Brazil #Cars4Goals
Entrants only need to tweet once during each game to qualify and everyone that tweets will instantly be entered into a prize draw to win a free car for a weekend. The winners will be selected at random and announced on twitter. Re-tweets will also be entered into the competition. Full terms and conditions can be found here.
What’s more if you’re one of the lucky ones jetting off to South Africa to see the games, Avis will be able to meet your car hire needs. To ensure that you don’t miss a goal you can pick up your car rental from one of the many Avis locations in South Africa. You can always keep up to date with the latest news and offers by following Avis on Twitter @AvisUK.
So get playing now!!
For terms and conditions click here
Posted by Darren Peacock on May 19th, 2010
I am pleased to announce that Avis UK has launched its “Home Delivery” service across the UK. Designed to make the car rental experience more convenient, Avis customers can now request for their rental car to be delivered directly to their home and for it to be collected again at the end of the car hire period.
Avis Home Delivery is ideal for customers that don’t really have the time to pick a hire car up, particularly when they don’t live near a station. It offers them a convenient service and at just £10 each way, it’s great value for money. This time-saving product is available to UK households across the country* between 08:00 and 18:00, six days a week.
For more details or to make a reservation visit www.avis.co.uk/homedelivery or call 0844 581 8181.
* Available across the country, with the exception of London
Posted by Darren Peacock on April 27th, 2010
During the disruption caused by the Volcano ash last week, Avis implemented a number of initiatives to help stranded customers across Europe, we kept our rates flat during the period and made sure that our one-way fees were charged at the standard rate. We temporarily removed the cancelations charges for customer and implemented a number of tactical offers to help customers including the UK one-way special for £76.
Now the situation has passed and travel in Europe is back to normal, we have re-implemented our cancellation and non-cancellation charges, for more details on these charges read our previous blog post. As a result of the large number of one-way rentals across Europe, you can now find some good deals, for example France are currently offering a €1 euro rental for one-way, one day rentals from the North of France to the South, these are available to book on www.avis.co.uk and are only available till 30th April.
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