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Thrifty Customers Receive Free TripMaker CD-ROM in Canada

9 March 1999

Thrifty Customers Receive Free TripMaker CD-ROM With Every Two-Day or Longer Rental in Canada

    TORONTO, March 9 -- Thrifty Car Rental customers who rent two
days or longer at participating locations in Canada will receive one free Rand
McNally TripMaker CD-ROM.
    The offer is valid on standard or corporate rates through March 31, 1999,
and cannot be combined with any other promotional rate or offer.  Customers
are eligible to receive one CD-ROM per car rental while supplies last.
    Rand McNally's TripMaker, with a retail value of $40, provides users with
detailed information on the best route to take given the traveler's origin and
destination anywhere in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.  It provides the user
with street names and "turn right"/"turn left" directions, and will even
suggest sites to see along the way.
    For reservations in the U.S. and Canada, customers may contact their
professional travel consultant, log on to the Thrifty web site at
http://www.thrifty.com or call 1-800-FOR-CARS.
    Thrifty Car Rental, a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.
, is an international network of about 1,200 locations in
71 countries around the world.  In Canada, Thrifty is conveniently located in
every major airport and in over 140 neighborhoods across Canada.