Essays on Car Rental

Zipcar is one of the most revolutionary business ideas that has come along in a long time. Zipcar, along with Uber, have been instrumental in leading the consumer’s choice to not pay for expensive parking and car transportation options in big cities, (Zipcar Case Study: An Overview, 2016). Zipcar’s target is the consumer who perhaps is not a long term resident in the city they are residing that does not want to invest in the responsibility of owning a car and all of the expenses that come with owning a car, (Zipcar Case Study: An Overview, 2016). ...

Individual Assignment:

Introduction California a western United States country which stands among the states with the largest economies in the US. Within California, there are 28- recreational parks that are areas of relaxation and exploration by both residents and visitors. These parks are lucrative income generating avenues for the state. For this assignment, we explore the statistical data of the biggest recreational park in California which is the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. This paper presents a discussion on the parks land use, management economy and general observations.

Being the biggest park in California, the Anza-Borego Desert State Park covers an area ...

Situation Analysis

Company Trip advisor is a US Based Company the offers guide and review services to travelers seeking information on various travel destinations. The advice and reviews are on a wide range of services including flights, hotels, resorts and travel packages among others. The business’ key operations are online based and entail an interactive platform (TripAdvisor, 2016a).

Goals

The major goals of the Company are to offer trusted service as well as a variety of choices for travelers across the globe (TripAdvisor, 2016c).

Resources

The key resources of the Trip advisor are its online platform and skilled personnel that determine its ability ...

Executive Travel Report

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (Israel) Fast Facts Status Financial center of Israel and 2nd most populous city Time zone UCT/GMT +3 hours

Political system Democracy

Main religion Judaism Language(s) Hebrew, Arabic, English Currency exchange rate 1 ILS = 0.26 USD; Inverse 3.76 USD

Arriving to Ben-Gurion International Airport (Tel Aviv)

The airport is located 20 km (12.5 miles) outside the city. Equipped with 3 terminals, the airport is designed to service approximately 16 million travelers a year. You will arrive to Terminal 3 that accepts international flights. Inside the terminal you will find an emergency clinic, post office, currency exchange centers, 24 hour banks and a number and of ...

Vision

Our vision is to create the most compliant green car rental company in Saudi Arabia in the 21st century. Mission Our mission is to offer our customers the most affordable green car. Customer satisfaction is an important part, to utilize available resources to make our customers satisfied with the service they receive.

Values

Our value is to make our customers satisfied with the green car rental service we will be offering in Saudi Arabia. Our core values are honesty, integrity, transparency, respect for diversity, and care for social, economy, and the environment.

Stakeholder Relations Management Guidelines

Investigations by Liu et al. (2014) suggest the ...

The ideal customer profile of the company is aspirational as well as practical and functional. He is aspirational because he clearly wants to associate with the thrill and adventure associated with fast racing cars and sports cars. Not only does the ideal customer want to associate with such ‘toys’ for his personal gratification, but also because they make him feel wealthy and important. However, he is also a practical and functional person since he does not wish to buy such a car with his own money. Someone who is fond of flaunting his wealth and belongings as a marker ...

Introduction

In the hotel sector, “Revenue Management” refers to the numerous systems put in place to set up room rates for their benefit. Conventionally, revenue management (RM) is essential in providing direction to hotels rooms’ allocation to the demand with the aim of maximizing profits. While revenue management is still a relatively new concept, it has been effective in helping the hotel managers to maximize profits (Haley and Inge, 2004).

Why Measure Revenue Maximization?

Measuring revenue maximization is critical because it acts as an indicator as to how the hotel is performing. Since the very first days of RM, it has been credited with ...

Introduction

Porter's Model consists of five forces that are used to analyze the external environment of an organization. The forces include competitive rivalry, the threat from new entrants, the suppliers' power, the buyers' power and the threat of substitutes. This paper evaluates the car rental industry in the USA using Porter’s five forces.

Competitive Rivalry

The competition in the USA, car rental industry, is intense because the number of companies operating in the industry is substantial. In the last years, the fleet sizes have been expanding, and most companies in the industry focus on profitability. For example, car hire companies such ...

ACME Car Rental

Facts ACME Car Rental purchased a total of 1,000 Volkswagen model cars at a total purchase price of $17,000,000 from the Volkswagen Company. It then sold some of the cars to individual consumers and other smaller rental fleet companies. However, unknown to the purchaser, Volkswagen Company, the vendor, had fitted the cars with an ‘emissions defeat device’ which is software that was meant to cheat on the rate of emissions of the cars. This was in a bid to conform to the relevant laws and regulations in place. Though these vehicles were able to pass the ...

Customer Service is always key to the success of every organization. It is not enough for companies to have good sales strategies but neglecting, on the other hand, their customer retention efforts through poor customer service. It is equally important for companies to manage their existing clients by taking care of their needs right after the sales had been closed (Clark 1). By ensuring post-sales customer satisfaction, it is highly likely that the company’s sales would increase and thereby boosting further the company’s business. This paper aims to showcase the service philosophy and service standards that a car ...

Abstract

I have been working for Hertz Car Rental as a sales operations manager for three years and the main challenge that I have been facing is lack of flexibility in adapting to variations in the demand for particular cars. The car rental industry is one of the most dynamic due to the fact that its market is largely dependent on the season and the weather conditions (Carroll and Grimes. 1995, p 84). For instance, on special events and during holiday’s specific type of cars are usually on high demand than others. This proposal suggests possible ways of coping with the ...

Car rental is the act of hiring a vehicle for use after a defined period of time and then returning it at the expiry of that period for an identified sum of money. The Car rental business in general has been lucrative of late with increased demands from clients who majorly consist of travelers and locals with either no car or have cars with problems. As an industry, the car rental business is a buzz of activities which could easily be said to have been characterized by the following factors which also do characterize other industries according to the Porter’s five ...

A sales team sets out on a sales trip plan to identify and convince prospects to work with them. The sales team consists of two members; the destination management company’s sales director and the sales manager of Waldorf Astoria hotel. This is the selected destination in Orlando. Waldorf Astoria Orlando is a magnificent tourism and business destination located in central Florida. The hotel offers satisfaction in comfort, luxury and is convenient compared to others around the same area. It offers free Wi-Fi internet connection, a pool, an exercise gym and boasts of a 18 hole golf course. It is a non smoking ...

Enterprise Rent A- Cat is a company that is considered to be one of the best and among the top car rental businesses in the world. This is due to its specialization and prowess in ensuring that the customers are satisfied with its products. Its customer service has been identified seven times hence the highest with regards to satisfaction of customers. Technically, it is the customers who ensures that a particular company grows. This can be done through the loyalty of the customers towards their respective companies. For the case of Enterprise Rent-A- Car, it has been able to provide the ...

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Introduction

This application database named 'Budget Car Rental' is being maintained by an imaginary company to process car rentals for customers. It is a small business based in Melbourne. They mainly rent out Luxury Cars and 4X4, sport, supercars. The database consists of tables for customers, cars, and order processing. Customers need to be a member to be able to rent cars from Budget car Rental Service. In order to service the demands of customers and to run the business smoothly, the company needs to know how many numbers ...

Introduction

The XYZ is a company that thrives in the tourism and hospitality industry. The company has a total of five 4- 5 star hotels as well as 250 3-star motel Franchisees in the USA. This proposal intends to examine how the company will budget for USD$125 million for investments and expansion over the next five years. In addition, various prospective areas of investments, which include the Times Shares Companies, will be considered.

Background

The primary purpose of this proposal is to provide a glimpse on how the company may use the available resources to invest and expand its market niche to other ...

Contemporary Issues in Travel and Tourism

Introduction Traveling away from one’s home for the point of pleasure, leisure, business, or religious obligation has progressed from ancient times to its contemporary form. This diverse industry generates income and jobs all around the world, for both less economically developed nations and the world’s super powers in Europe, North America, and across Asia. In the US alone, tourism generated 1.4 billion US dollars in the year 2013 with the most popular tourism spots being New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington D.C (World Travel and Tourism Council, 2014). These places have a high level of ...

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Introduction A credit card (BC, BCard, Bank Card) is a plastic card that is tied to one or more accounts with banks. Used to pay for goods and services, including through the Internet, as well as cash withdrawal. Cards are debit and credit. Debit cards are used for the disposal of his own money, located in the current account in the bank. Credit cards are used for the disposal of the bank's money, that when making the payment automatically taken from the bank on credit (which is required to repay ...

Systems and design perspective

Improving systems and design in an organization is the most important and effective measure that is established to achieve the success of the company. When recommending the improvement of the systems and design, the Board of Director’s main idea was to enhance effectiveness in the daily operations of the automobile company. The two types of the systems that should be put into consideration include the physical system or an abstract system. The physical system involves tangible entities that may be dynamic or static in operation, such as computer systems (Schlickman, p.76). On the other hand, abstract systems are ...

Car rental has become a necessary commodity in the United States and around the world. There are many, however, that do not need a vehicle for an entire day, but rather for just a couple of hours. Many times, these are college students living in states where one must be 21 to 25 years old to be able to rent a car through a tradition rental agency. Others just want to be able to take care of their rental needs by themselves and not deal with bureaucracy, but rather just be able to serve themselves and get their business done. Zipcar follow’s ...

QNT/561

I need to travel for a distance of 1064 miles and select a personal insurance policy that will cover the expenses. Car rental is much more convenient and cheaper compared to flying. I do my research and identify a rental company called travel safe. They offer $9.99 a day on the weekends and $18.99 per day if a client chooses to extend including the $3.00 charge. In addition, an extra $12.99 will need to be paid as accident insurance. Notably, it is indicated that if offered an insurance claim, $500 will be deducted. In this situation, I need to make an informed choice between ...