Costco Travel Selects Enterprise Rent-A-Car as a Preferred Provider

ST. LOUIS and ISSAQUAH, Wash., April 14 -- Costco Travel and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, North America's largest rental car company, today announced a preferred provider relationship that will allow the more than 38 million Costco members to save on car rentals at any of Enterprise's more than 7,000 locations worldwide.

"We're very pleased to add Enterprise to our rental car program. The company joins our other partners in recognizing the importance of providing Costco members a quality product, quality service and exceptional value. Our rental car program is very successful and popular among traveling Costco members, and we're confident Enterprise will enhance our existing program by offering members more accessibility to rent a car in their neighborhood locations," said Shannon Parker, general merchandising manager for Costco Travel.

The Costco member price is reduced from Enterprise's already low rates, which generally are about 25 percent below the market average, and Costco members can save on daily, weekly, and monthly rates. Costco members can enjoy these savings at all of Enterprise's neighborhood and airport locations in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland and Germany.

"Costco members are savvy consumers who know quality and value," said Steve Short, vice president of Leisure Business Development for Enterprise. "They can expect the same outstanding selection and service with Enterprise that they're used to receiving with all other Costco Travel products."

To make a car rental reservation, simply call Costco Travel at 1-877-849-2730, and mention Customer Number CSTCX8. Costco members are asked to give their membership number at the time of reservation and to show their membership card at time of rental.

About Costco Travel

Costco Travel is a wholly owned subsidiary of Costco Wholesale, the global giant in membership warehouse organizations. Since 2000, Costco Travel has offered vacations to Costco members in the United States. The service features a selection of the world's most popular vacation destinations, hotels, resorts, condominium properties, cruise lines, airlines, rental car companies and recreational travel products. Following the same business philosophy as its parent company, Costco Travel offers the highest quality products at the best possible price. For more information or to book your rental car, visit www.costco.com and click on "Travel."

About Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Founded in 1957, Enterprise Rent-A-Car is headquartered in St. Louis and serves customers in the United States, Canada, the U.K., Ireland, and Germany. Enterprise is North America's largest car rental company in fleet size, number of locations, and annual revenue, ranking No. 18 on the Forbes Top 500 Private Companies in America. Enterprise has ranked highest in customer satisfaction among airport rentals in eight out of the past nine years, according to J.D. Power and Associates Rental Car Satisfaction Study. Enterprise is owned by the Taylor family, which acquired the National Car Rental (nationalcar.com) and Alamo Rent A Car (alamo.com) businesses in 2007. For more information about Enterprise, visit enterprise.com.