Budget Group Announces First Quarter 2001 Report Date and Conference Call

    LISLE, Ill., April 19 Budget Group, Inc., will
announce first quarter 2001 earnings in a press release to be issued on
Thursday, April 26, 2001, after the market close.
    The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2001
earnings results on Friday, April 27, 2001, at 9:00 am Central Time.  A live
broadcast and archive of the call will be available online and can be accessed
via the Company's Web site.  To hear the webcast, go to http://www.budget.com ; click
"Visitor Info," and then "Investor Relations."
    Budget Group, Inc. owns Budget Rent a Car Corporation and Ryder TRS, Inc.
Budget is the world's third largest car and truck rental system and Ryder TRS
is the nation's second largest consumer truck rental company.  For more
information, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.budget.com .