John Barrows, a spokesman for Avis, said his company will offer Prius hybrids in its California, Por

If you ve tried to rent a hybrid recently, you may not have had much luck. Enterprise has a few at some locations, and Fox Car Rental offers hybrids only in California fort lauderdale vacation rentals by owner and Phoenix. Toyota dealers will sometimes rent out a Prius through Toyota Rent-a-Car, but not always.
That could change with a couple of big rental-car names jumping into the game. Avis Budget Group will add 1000 Prius rentals to its fleets beginning this week, and Hertz plans to invest $68 million to buy 3400 of the hybrids over the next year.
John Barrows, a spokesman for Avis, said his company will offer Prius hybrids in its California, Portland, Ore., Seattle and Washington, D.C., markets but might expand the locations in the future based on consumer demand.
It looks like Hertz shows the most promise for getting fort lauderdale vacation rentals by owner hybrids into rental markets across the US. Still, not all carmakers are enthusiastic about providing their cars for rent. An Austin-area Honda dealer says it s against corporate policy to sell to rental fleets, citing desire to keep resale values high for consumers.
This is a very responsible thing to do, because fort lauderdale vacation rentals by owner people who rent a small car don t always know what kind of car they are getting. when they get the Prius, they can be happy knowing they are helping to save the planet.
This is great! I recall reading in the Wall Street Journal last year, that rental companies were jacking up the cost of a standard car, and reducing the price of SUVs, once-called an upgrade, since nobody wanted to rent an SUV.
This should be great for business. Millions of people are curious about hybrids and would cross the street to that other rental store that offers them. Anyone old enough to remember when motels advertised waterbeds available on their marquee for the many travelers who had never slept on one?