Payless Car Rental
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded |  Spokane, Washington (1971) |
| Founder(s) | Les Netterstron |
| Headquarters | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Number of locations | ~80+ (as of 2008) |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Industry | Car rental |
| Website | PaylessCarRental.com |
Payless Car Rental, Inc. is a car rental company headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. While mainly a franchise system, the company owns and operates several corporate locations. Payless Car Rental, Payless Car Sales, Payless Parking and REZlink International are sister companies under the umbrella of Avalon Global Group.[1]
The Payless brand operates in North America, South America, the Caribbean and Europe. The company has over 80 locations worldwide.[2]
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[edit] History
In 1971, Les Netterstron opened the first Payless Car Rental location in Spokane, Washington. Under the direction of Netterstron, the company grew from a local car rental store to a franchise system with over 100 car rental offices throughout the United States. By 1987 the company acquired the U.S. portion of Canadian based Holiday Rent a Car, at which time the company built its first automated central reservation system.[3]
The first Payless image was created in 1989, which has endured to the present day with only minor changes. Payless opened its first two corporate stores in 2002, adding 4 more between 2004 - 2006. The company currently has corporate locations in Denver, Ft. Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Orlando, Phoenix and Tampa.[4] In March 2009 Payless Car Rental was added to the Expedia Preferred Vendors view. Payless also offers rates through travel portals such as Orbitz, Priceline, and Travelocity.
Today Payless provides car rental services in over 80 locations in 20 countries operating over 10,000 vehicles.[5]
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[edit] References
- ^ "Avalon Global Group Website". http://www.agg-inc.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ "Payless Car Rental Website". http://www.paylesscarrental.com/aboutus-company.asp. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ "Payless Car Rental Media Kit". http://www.paylesscarrental.com/interface/docs/MediaKit-2008-07Update.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
- ^ "Payless Car Rental Website". http://www.paylesscarrental.com/aboutus-company.asp. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
- ^ "Payless Car Rental Website". http://www.paylesscarrental.com/aboutus-company.asp. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
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