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Q: How can my rental company prevent identity and credit card fraud? — Aria Irani, operations analyst at Airport Van Rental A: As we all know, fraud poses a triple threat to rental businesses: loss of income from the rental itself, loss or damage to their vehicles, and the potential loss or damage to third..
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The Los Angeles City Council approved the acquisition of 37 parcels of land as part of its traffic improvement project at Los Angeles International Airport, according to a report by the Daily Breeze. The land will be used as part of airport’s new consolidated Hire car center, says the report. The project will consolidate more..
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Zipcar plans to add more street parking locations throughout the city of San Francisco. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) recently approved a permanent on-street parking permit program. SFMTA’s board of directors will be giving up to 1,000 parking spaces to carsharing vehicles and will be asking the public where those spaces should be..
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J.D. Power will begin offering its monthly Used Vehicle Price Index that tracks current and estimated future movement of wholesale used vehicle prices at the industry and segment level, the consultant and data provider announced.  The index will include insight into used vehicle price performance, historical index data from 1995 for models up to eight years old, and forecast ..
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GM’s Maven Gig service now provides vehicles for freelance drivers in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco. Maven Gig drivers are provided access to vehicles they can use for independent gigs, such as package delivery, food or grocery delivery, and ride hailing. By fall 2017, Maven Gig will launch in Boston, Phoenix, Washington, D.C.,..
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Florida-based Speed Luxury Car Rental is now offering Speed Luxury Car Club memberships to its customers. As a luxury club member, customers receive priority car reservations and delivery to their door. Another benefit is that club members only pay the insurance for the days that they have the vehicles, according to the company. Speed Car..
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Los Angeles-based Legends Car Rental has added van rentals to its fleet. New Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans are now available for customers. Legends Car Rentals has added a new division to its company: Legends Van Rentals. This division consists of new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans. Legends Car Rentals will offer a nine-passenger option that comes with executive captain..
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When faced with the prospect of losing access to a vehicle for an extended time, millennial drivers in particular say they would rather go without social media for a week (50%), lose an extra hour of sleep each day (41%), and skip one meal a day (39%), according to a survey by Enterprise Rent-A-Car. “Many..
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A car washer at a Globe Car Rental location in Montreal found a surprise under the hood of a rental car: a snake. “When he opened the hood to refill the windshield wiper fluid, he was shocked to find a snake,” said George, a rental agent at the location, who declined to use his last..
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car2go N.A. has seen an increase in its carsharing service during the first six months of 2017. Usage of car2go increased by 40% year-over-year in the first half of 2017 compared to the first half of 2016 across all 11 of the service’s North American locations — with more than 4.5 million trips taken so..
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