Last Updated on August 29, 2022 by Michael
Need a car rental company to pick you up? If you’re renting a car but have no way to get to the car rental company’s location, you may be able to get a free ride.
Enterprise became famous for its “We’ll pick you up” tagline. The free pick-up service is available at non-airport locations and during normal business hours. To be clear, Enterprise does not deliver rental cars to customers; instead, a representative will pick you up at your home, office or auto repair shop and bring you back to the Enterprise location, where you can complete your paperwork for your rental car.
4 Car Rental Companies That Will Pick You Up
Although Enterprise is well-known for the tagline, it is not the only car rental company that will pick you up.
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- Avis: Certain Avis neighborhood locations may provide free local pickup and dropoff if you are within five miles of the rental facility. Note that this is different than Avis Curbside Delivery.
- Budget: At many locations, Budget offers free pick-up service to those in need of local transportation to the location.
- Enterprise: The free pick-up service at Enterprise is available at non-airport locations and during normal business hours.
- Hertz: With Hertz Neighborhood Delivery, the company will deliver your vehicle directly to you and pick it up at the end of your rental for $30 each way. In addition, off-airport neighborhood locations also offer free pick up rental car service and return service.
The one place rental car companies won’t pick you up? The airport, due to the contractual concession agreements on airport rentals.
Pick-Up Lines From Other Rental Car Companies
In 1995, Enterprise trademarked the line “Pick Enterprise. We’ll Pick You Up.” The next year, Discount Car & Truck Rentals tried to usurp Enterprise’s line by attempting to register “We’ll Pick You Up” as a trademark. Enterprise fought it and won the trademark battle and now also holds the shorter, “We’ll Pick You Up.”
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Next, Hertz simply started using the phrase “We’ll Pick You Up” without any acknowledgement of copyrights. Enterprise was not amused and Hertz stopped using the phrase after a 1998 lawsuit.
In 1999, Advantage Car Rental attempted to trademark the phrase “We’ll Even
Pick You Up.” Predictably, Enterprise won that battle, too, and now owns another trademark.
Finally, Enterprise took a more preemptive strike and covered its bases in Spanish as well, seeking a trademark for “Elige Enterprise. Nosotros te Recogemos.”
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