This service is offered
to Enterprise customers, totally free of charge, as an
alternative to delivery & collection (D&C). At the beginning of the
rental, an Enterprise employee drives to the customer’s location,
picks them up and takes them back to the branch. There, they are shown
around the vehicle being hired and fills out the paperwork before
driving away.
At the end of the rental, the customer returns the car to the branch
and is then driven by an Enterprise employee back to a location of
their choice. This service not only reduces costs, it also cuts the
emissions by a third from a rental where D&C is employed. To
illustrate:
Scenario 1 – Delivery & collection: Two cars are driven from
the branch to the customer’s location. One is dropped off and then
the two drivers return in the other. At the end of the rental, two
drivers return to the customer’s location in one car, collect the
rental vehicle and then drive both back to the branch.
Scenario 2 – Pick-Up:
One car is driven to the customer, who
is picked up and driven back to the branch to collect the vehicle.
At the end of the rental, the car is brought to the branch; our
employee drops the customer off at her chosen location and then
returns to the branch. Pick-Up is free, so it reduces costs as well
as emissions!