Avis Budget Group Inc said on Thursday it has launched in the Kansas City, Mo., area its first fleet of cars that are fully connected to the internet, other vehicles, and to the car rental company via wireless technology. The Parsippany, N.J.-based company’s so-called Mobility Lab will connect all 5,000 cars in its Kansas City […]
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Audi is taking on Enterprise and Hertz with a rental service that delivers luxury cars to your door — here’s what it’s like
Melia Robinson/Business Insider Audi wants to put you in its vehicles — without the commitment of buying a new luxury car. The luxury automaker launched a rent-a-car-service called Audi On Demand in San Francisco in 2015. The service lets you rent an Audi vehicle for a day (or for as long as a month) from your smartphone. […]
Credit Cards That Offer Primary Car Rental Coverage
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End of an era: Amazon to shutter its LoveFilm by Post video rental service in Europe on October 31
It’s the end of an era for DVD and Blu-ray fans in the U.K. and Germany, as Amazon has announced the end of its LoveFilm by Post service in the two European markets where it still operates. The internet giant sent an email to subscribers today, notifying them that it will now be putting all […]
U.S. auto sales fall in July, as Detroit dials back on inventory, rental sales
DETROIT — U.S. carmakers said on Tuesday they continued to slash low-margin sales to daily rental fleets in July as General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles struggled to curb a slide in retail sales. July is on track to be the fifth straight month in which the annual pace of car and light truck […]
London is getting another dockless bike rental service
Competition over putting bums on the seats of rental bikes is hotting up in London, with Mobike today announcing an expansion of its dockless service into the capital in September. The company will start by parking 750 bikes around the London Borough of Ealing, primarily in Acton, and will add more as demand grows. This […]
How to Avoid Excess Toll Road Charges for Rental Cars
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Property: THIS is the biggest cause of deductions to rental deposits, landlords reveal
A deposit is put down by renters to ensure the landlord can pay for damage that may happen to the property or anything else that could breach the tenancy agreement. This could also include not paying rent. In the case that the tenant breaches the terms of the tenancy, the landlord can take cash from […]
Redbox bets DVD rental kiosks are making a comeback
Redbox has spent years trying to reduce its dependence on disc rentals, and not without reason. You don’t have much as incentive to rent from a kiosk when online video (including from Redbox) is just a heartbeat away. That doesn’t mean the company is giving up on the idea, though — in fact, it just […]