U.S. Rent A Car are proud to work with the largest car hire companies in the USA
and none come much larger than Budget Car Hire.
Budget Rent a Car System, Inc. is an American car rental company
that was founded in 1958 in Los Angeles, California by Morris Mirkin. Budget car hire USA operations
are headquartered in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, New Jersey.
With its original fleet of 10 cars the company lived up to the 'Budget' name by
undercutting the daily and per mile rental rates of the established airport based
car rental companies. Mirkin was joined in 1959 by Julius Lederer (husband of Ann
Landers). In 1960 the headquarters was moved to Chicago, Illinois and the rental
fleet expanded with franchised and wholly owned rental outlets.
The company was eventually acquired by Transamerica Corporation, and then sold in
1986 in a leveraged buyout by Gibbons, Green and van Amerongen Ltd., along with
management (led by CEO Clifton E. Haley) and selected investors. It was taken public
in 1987.
The public company was purchased by Team Rental Group in 1997, which took the name
Budget Group. In 2002 the company's assets were sold to Cendant
Corporation, which also owned Avis. In September 2006 Cendant Corporation separated
into four independent companies by spinning off its real estate division, now called
Realogy, Inc., and its hospitality services division, now Wyndham Worldwide, and
by selling its travel distribution services division, called Travelport, Inc., to
an affiliate of The Blackstone Group. In 2006, following the Travelport sale, Cendant,
now composed solely of its vehicle rental services businesses, renamed itself Avis
Budget Group.
Included in our Budget Car Hire
- Collision Damage Waiver (CDW)
- Theft Protection
- Supplimentry Liability Insurance (SLI)
- Unisured Motorist Protection (UMP)
- Basic Roadside Assistance
- All Taxes and Airport Fees. (except the new 2.5% California Tourism Tax which is
payable locally for all Californian pick up's and the CFC charge levied at Orlando
International Airport)
- Budget Gold covers all additional drivers.
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