Budget Truck Rental
By C. singha
Budget (Avis Budget Group)
Budget slogan “Make the BETTER Move”
Budget Truck Rental, LLC is the second largest company in the continental United States with around 2,800 businesses and 32,000 trucks across the country. Budget was voted the best place to work in 2004 by the Denver Regional Council of Governments.
Budget is operated by Avis Budget Group, which was spun off from Cendant.
Budget has contracts with Ford, GMC, Navistar International and Isuzu to make their rental trucks.
Like other companies, Budget will provide residential customers with moving supplies and tips to help people move house. Budget has trucks ranging in size from 10-feet to 24-feet.
Rental Truck Group was formed in June, 1998 when Budget Group Incorporated bought Ryder TRS, Inc., and joined together to form Budget Truck Group. In 2002 Ryder TRS is integrated with Budget Truck Rental, officially. All Ryder TRS signs are then replaced with new signs promoting Budget also the yellow Ryder trucks are replaced with new blue trucks to reflect the colors of Budget.
On November 22 Budget sold its truck and car businesses to Cherokee Acquisition Corporation, which is owned by Cendant Corporation.
In the US election held in 2000, Budget was used to deliver the ballots from Palm Beach, Florida to Tallahassee, Florida. This was the decider for the election. Budget then decided to sell the truck that was used, managing to
