About this app

Your Avis car hire adventure starts here!
The Avis app makes booking short and long-term car hire and van hire easier than ever. Rent a car or van in just a few simple steps and it’ll be waiting for you in one of the 5,200 Avis locations across 165 countries. Use the app to sign up for our loyalty programme, Avis Preferred, and you’ll enjoy even more features and benefits.

JOIN AVIS PREFERRED
Become a member of our loyalty programme and enjoy access to the benefits of our priority car hire service straight away.
- Jump the queue at the rental station with pre-prepared paperwork
- Rental agreements stored in the app
- Future app and online bookings pre-populated
- Exclusive self-serve functionality*
- View your Avis Preferred tier status and benefits
- Track your car hire spend and rental history
- Add any rentals you booked when not signed in, and accrue further benefits

SELF SERVICE FUNCTIONALITY
Exclusive to Avis Preferred customers
- Choose the exact vehicle you want, change it or upgrade it as you approach a hire location
- Receive personalised, real time notifications so you can bypass the queue and go straight to your car, your keys will be waiting on the dashboard (at selected locations)
- Extend your rental period, without having to contact the rental station
* Self-Serve functionality is switched on at leading Avis locations across Europe

FIND YOUR RENTAL
- Check availability of rental cars or vans for your selected dates (vans at selected locations only)
- Filter the results by size, transmission and features
- Choose from car rental locations at airports, train stations and cities. We’ll list the Avis stations nearest to you, and show them on a map
- Results include vehicle features and prices for paying now, or later when you pick up your vehicle
- See a full breakdown of everything that’s included in the price

ADD EXTRAS TO YOUR RENTAL
- Coverage packages (at selected locations)
- GPS
- Mobile wi-fi
- Additional drivers
- Child seats

MANAGE YOUR UPCOMING BOOKINGS
- Check, cancel or amend your booking
- Upgrade your car or van
- Add additional drivers
- Choose extra equipment or services for your trip, such as child seats and GPS

Please refer to the ‘Application License Agreement’ linked to this page to view the application’s terms of use. By Avis Budget Group Limited.

New features

What’s New?
What’s new in version 5.15?
-Improved customer experience as part of vehicle booking
-Improved geo location capabilities
-Improved Driving License validation process
-Bug fixes and improvements

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an application to write the user's calendar data.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an app to use fingerprint hardware.
Allows an application to read the user's calendar data.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC.
Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Marker permission for applications that wish to access notification policy.