differences in pricing has to do with individual franchises providing local discounts. In Europe, some franchises are owned/affiliated with specific companies. If I was to start a franchise business in Europe, id buy the rights to half a country, call my company EZMONEE LLC, and operate under the Avis name. I would then purchase the rights, or negotiate rights with another company, also operating under the Avis name, and provide mutual pricing assistance with that company.

This goes on and on until a new company, loosely affiliated, is formed and they make their own company, Avis Europe PLC, and their own website, Avisworld.com.

If you look closely, Avis.com allows you to book on the US residency worldwide. however it is sometimes to your advantage to declare the country of origin because some of the local franchises provide local discounts. Kind of like "domestic phone rates" vs. "international phone rates."

Avis as Cendant really doesnt care what your country of origin is. though they do offere local discounts because locals tend to be repeat renters.

And I heard someone say that Hertz doesnt do this practice. Complete Hogwash. I just tried and I got different pricing for Hawaii dates in March. Everything the same except one was Germany residence and the other was US residence. The price was 60 dollars pre tax different. And the Germans got the BETTER PRICE. Dang nabbit!!!!