PARSIPPANY, N.J.
-- Travelers no longer have to be at
least 25 years old to rent a Budget or Avis car in most
states.
The companies,
owned by Cendant Corp., lowered the minimum age to 21, but renters
younger than 25 will have to pay a $25 per day fee.
Its been a funny
thing, a Cendant spokeswoman told TravelWeekly.com. At 21, you can
vote, you can drink, you can have an apartment and job & but
you cant rent a car.
Cendant said that
by lowering the age limit, it hopes to attract more drivers to rent
cars.
So far, competing
car rental companies have not followed Budget and Avis.
In other news,
Budget and Avis also raised their rental rates by $5 a day or $20 a
week.
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