What You Should Know About Thrifty Car Rental

What should you know about Thrifty Car Rental before you use them to get your next rental? I always like to know a little about a company before I use them. When it comes to car rentals, I have always enjoyed Thrifty Car Rental as far as a provider. However, before you use them for your next rental; it might be nice if you knew a little bit about the company and what they do. Knowing more about them might make you just that much more comfortable with using them for your car rental needs.

Thrifty Car Rental bills itself as a value-oriented car rental company that is available both in airports and in local car rental markets. The big difference between Thrifty Car Rental and their major competitors is that Thriftys competitors focus almost exclusively on the airport market. In the U.S., roughly 66% of Thrifty Car Rentals business is in the airport market, 34% is in the local market.

As part of their airport market service, Thrifty Car Rental operates "in terminal" in every major airport in both Canada and Australia, and in 85 major airport locations in the United States, with the rest of its airport rental centers off of but near the airport grounds. Thrifty Car Rental is also located in-terminal in almost every major city in the Caribbean, and Central and South America where Thrifty has a solid presence. Thrifty Car Rental also has locations throughout the Middle East. Thrifty Truck Rental is an ancillary business and has a large number of locations as well.

Historically, Thrifty Car Rental and other departments have used a strategy to become a major global brand; In 2002, though, the company elected to shift to operating some of their major U.S. markets through the corporation. Now, more than 80% of the retail locations in North America are franchised (and over 90% around the world are), owned by independent businesses that are licensed to use Thriftys name, systems and technologies. Each such location must maintain certain strict standards in facilities and their service. From their corporate headquarters, Thrifty centralizes travel agent commission payments and operates from its headquarters travel agent and consumer inquiry departments, each with toll free numbers.

As you can see, Thrifty Car Rental is a well put together and historically reliable company. If you are anything like me, you probably feel more comfortable with a company once you know a little more about them overall. Thrifty Car Rental has always been a good company for getting you a car at a good price. You can find them in town or at the airport and that makes them convenient as well. So for your next vacation or business trip, go ahead and give Thrifty Car Rental a shot. You will be glad you did.

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Written By: Christopher Luck


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