If you’re making travel plans in Durango, you won’t want to use Budget rental car service: The company recently closed without prior notification, putting out several customers landing at the airport.
A sign outside the business’s office located in the shopping center near Walmart reads: “Please go to Avis at the Durango La Plata airport for all rentals and returns.”
A representative at the Avis kiosk at the airport said any customers with a car rented from Budget can return it to the Avis station.
Budget is a franchise agency, which buys and sells its own cars. Online, the company’s location is listed as 1145 South Camino del Rio, Suite 114 – yet a map of the location is pinpointed at the airport.
A representative for Enterprise said Budget left its kiosk at the airport about two years ago, and Enterprise subsequently took over.
jromeo@durangoherald.com