Auto Europe

Auto Europe is an American car broker headquartered in Portland, Maine, USA, and two branch offices in the United Kingdom and in Germany ( Munich).

The Booking Office for Europe is located in Munich. In the company's own call center with about 150 employees (as at Dec 2009) in-depth inquiries and bookings for all of Europe to be settled. Mediated Car hire from rental partners such as Avis, Europcar and Budget.

History

The company's founding began in 1954 in the United States with the idea of ​​a VW Beetle for rent at American compatriots who wanted to visit their children stationed in Germany. From this point on, the concept was further developed. After a change in management 15 years ago, the company has expanded its activities and started to open up new markets.

Auto Europe provides car rentals in Europe, North and South America, Australia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa. In 2001, two more branches were opened in Munich and London. The company is limited since not only on car rentals for private clients. With 7,000 car rental locations in over 100 countries, the company shuttle services, car rental with chauffeur, luxury cars, sports cars, motorhome rental and GPS and cell phone rental offers.

There is now Auto Europe from 500 employees worldwide and 150 employees in Germany. The number of employees has increased tenfold in Munich since the office opened in 2003.

Chronology

• 2002: construction of the markets of the Netherlands / Scandinavia
• Since February 2003, the German -speaking
• Since the summer of 2004 in France
• Since the summer of 2005 in Spain & Belgium
• Since the winter of 2005 /06 in Italy
• Since the summer of 2006 in Switzerland
• Since the winter of 2007/ 08 in Portugal and Poland
• Since the winter of 2008/ 09 in Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Turkey
• Since summer 2009, provider of that product autovermietung.de