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Rental car companies and deceptive marketing tactics

In this week’s travel law article, we examine several rental car cases involving deceptive and unfair marketing practices of which consumers should be aware. The recent decision of the 11th Circuit ... read more

Lobbying Over Car-Sharing Is Exhausting State Lawmakers

The bill that turned Illinois into the focal point of a bitter debate over car-sharing last year started as a proposal about what happens when a rental car is stolen. The legislation, which would ... read more

Car rental firms Avis, Budget accused of deceptive advertising

Budgetcar and Avis Budget Group Inc. The bureau “has taken action against what it considers to be deceptive marketing practices by two of Canada’s largest rental car companies,” a statement said. The ... read more

Q&A: Enterprise Marketing Exec Takes On Turo

as other rental car companies. By skipping out on all these normal costs of doing business, it’s little wonder they can often advertise lower rates. Many P2P providers have historically and ... read more

Competition Bureau Takes Action Against Alleged False or Misleading Car Rental Advertising

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Mar 11, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Competition Bureau The Competition Bureau has taken action against what it considers to be deceptive marketing practices by two of Canada's ... read more

13 Ways to Beat the Rental Car Game

If you want to see how bad things can get, look at Dollar Rent A Car, which is facing two federal law suits and investigation by Florida’s Attorney General for alleged frequent use of aggressive and ... read more

Southwest Wash. auto dealer settles charges of deceptive advertising and sales tactics

Whitney’s Auto Group agreed Wednesday to stop unfriendly consumer sales and marketing ... the companies in 2009 due to complaints about consumer protection violations. One consumer complained that a ... read more

Innovative Enterprise CarShare Stands Up for Illinois by Supporting Safety Regulations and Local Taxes

Nearly all car rental and carsharing companies today use digital platforms to interact ... although they have historically and consistently described themselves in their marketing materials and ... read more

Avis, Budget to pay $3.25M penalty over misleading advertising

OTTAWA—The Competition Bureau has settled a misleading advertising case against the Avis and Budget rental car companies — but came away ... provisions of the Competition Act that prevent deceptive ... read more

The 3 Best Places to Complain About a Company

That approach worked for Popken recently, when he rented a car that turned out to be a lemon. It got a flat tire and various service lights lit up as he drove. The rental company offered ... the ... read more

HERTZ, AVIS URGE BAN ON INSURANCE WAIVER

charged that the sale of collision coverage to a car renter is a ''highly abusive anti-consumer practice in the auto rental industry.'' She said the rental companies ... the deceptive and unfair ... read more

Rental Car Companies Behaving Badly: A Look at the Cases

Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, No. 16-16993 (Jan. 25, 2018) reminds me once again, after 40 years of writing about travel law that the worst, by far, violators of consumer rights in the travel industry ... read more