Trip Planning is Easier Than Ever Before with Free Enhancement
PLANO, Texas-- After completing a successful trial period, Online Trip PlanningTM is now available in the Hertz NeverLost® in-car navigation system. It’s the company’s latest enhancement to the rental car industry’s first in-car navigation system. This service allows Hertz customers to plan their trips entirely online from the convenience of their home or office. They simply go to www.neverlost.com, enter their trip information, save it to a personal USB storage device and insert it into the Hertz NeverLost system.
In the past, users entered information for each destination into the Hertz NeverLost system, one destination at a time. With Online Trip Planning, entire trips can be planned in advance quickly and easily. In addition to the familiar Hertz NeverLost system features, here are a few of the unique features that Online Trip Planning offers:
* Yellow Pages – Finds businesses near destinations. For example, travelers can find restaurants near their next destination.
* Corridor Search – Finds establishments between destinations, such as finding a gas station on the way back to the airport
* Trip Optimization – Changes the order of stops for efficient route planning
* Address/Intersection – Allows easy entry of addresses or intersection information
* Favorites – Downloads the most up-to-date information on favorite points of interest, such as museums, sporting events, shopping malls, meetings and conventions
* City Guides – Provides city guides for top markets that highlight the most noteworthy tourist attractions
“Online Trip Planning once again demonstrates to our loyal client base that we are dedicated to making their travel experience the best it can be,” said Roger A. Stevens, President and CEO of Navigation Solutions. “Already, we have hundreds of thousands of Hertz gold customers who insist upon Hertz NeverLost with every rental.”
Online Trip Planning is complimentary to Hertz NeverLost customers at most major airport locations exclusively in full size cars and above. The Hertz NeverLost system costs $10.95 (U.S.) or $14 (Canadian) per day as part of a Hertz rental. AAA members receive a 25% discount. The Hertz NeverLost system is complimentary in Hertz Prestige Collection vehicles, with the exception of the Volvo S60.
About Hertz NeverLost and Navigation Solutions
Introduced in 1997, the Hertz NeverLost system was the car rental industry’s first in-car navigation system. The Hertz NeverLost system is a user-friendly and customizable route-guidance system that provides turn-by-turn audio and visual driving directions to virtually any destination in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. And, voice prompts provided in 10 languages (including English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, and Chinese) cater to worldwide travelers.
The Hertz NeverLost system has a full coverage map database that includes millions of pre-programmed destinations in dozens of categories like Hotels, Restaurants, Gas Stations, and Shopping. In addition, it goes beyond maps and directions with Online Trip Planning™, 24 hour call center support, AAA Tour Book® content, Popular Chains™, and specially selected Local Attractions.
Navigation Solutions provides turn-key installation, operations and maintenance services for Hertz NeverLost and is based in Plano, Texas.
For more information, visit www.neverlost.com.
About Hertz
Hertz, the world's largest general use car rental brand, operates from approximately 7,900 locations in 145 countries worldwide. Hertz is the number one airport car rental brand in the U.S. and at 69 major airports in Europe, operating both corporate and licensee locations in cities and airports in North America, Europe, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand. In addition, the Company has licensee locations in cities and airports in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Product and service initiatives such as Hertz #1 Club Gold®, NeverLost® customized, onboard navigation systems, SIRIUS** Satellite Radio, and unique cars and SUVs offered through the company's Prestige, Fun and Green Collections, set Hertz apart from the competition. Hertz also operates one of the world's largest equipment rental businesses, Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, offering a diverse line of equipment to customers ranging from major industrial companies to local contractors and consumers through more than 360 branches in the United States, Canada, France and Spain.
*Hertz Hourly Rentals cannot be reserved online at Hertz.com
** SIRIUS is a registered trademark of SIRIUS Satellite Radio, Inc.
Mobile Technology Feature - Top 10 Business Apps for Android - Android has become one of the most popular mobile operating systems
in the world due to advanced software, competitive manufacturers, and an
app market that is filled with exciting and useful applications. Read
on for this fine Top 10 List compiled by tech writer, Blake Sanders
The Really Big List of Mapping, Geo location Mobile developer resources, APIs and Tools - The Mobile Ecosystem... no question that mobile is huge and
the opportunity for developers, in particular, geo developers! There's
loads of developer resources on the web so to help the developer,
here's a listing of just some of the fine dev resources, blogs,
toolsets and more to consider when developing or porting your app to a
smartphone or Tablet.
ArcGIS.com Mashup Tutorial with Flickr and Foursquare data-
Here's a simple "how to" tutorial on working with the free ArcGIS.com
to easily import KML or RSS data from Flickr and foursquare into ArcGIS
to create your own custom map mashup. ArcGIS.com has some recent
updates including support for KML, be sure to check it out!
Most Users of Free Photo Apps Say Adding Cool Effects is Most Useful - Adding cool effects
to photos was rated as the most useful thing by more than halfof
consumers surveyed using free online photography services, according to
CatchFree a free
online service that helps people find the best free mobile and web applications
to perform useful tasks.
Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet Up Close - No Replacement for the iPad But Pretty Darned Sweet - As could be
expected, speculation and blogging is rampant with many stories and
pseudo "reviews" coming out, many of them touting the next "iPad
killer".
Mobile Developer Resource - MapQuest & The Mobile Worker - Facility management companies, surveyors, multi-level marketing,
insurance claims, pipeline companies, water utilities; all have field
workers who would benefit from mobile applications. Not only checking in
to work sites, but keeping a record of the work done
Flickr GPS Photo Tag Tip - Here's a tip for Flickr users who want to share their GPS information
with their photos. note, in order to do this you'll need to be
capturing photos using a GPS-enabled or GPS-aware camera (see you're
smartphone hardware settings to ensure that GPS or location sharing is
turned "ON)".
Mobile data usage in Canada to triple between 2010 and 2012 - Some interesting, yet not terribly surprising, numbers on mobile
usage coming out of Canada. According to a report summarized on
Techvibes, mobile usage is soaring, in particular, the smartphone
segment
Social Location Directory
Do you have a location-aware application, social location service or other location-sensitive service that you'd like to share with us? Please browse this growing directory of Social location Services and feel free to leave a link to your favorite service! See the Directory HERE
Suggested Reading
The Underground Guide To The iPhone:
The iPhone is – if I may say so – one of the greatest mobile
revolutions of the past decade. More and more, mobile phones seem to
materialize out of our wildest dreams. Because of the tight integration
of third-party applications, you can do nearly everything with your
device — be it gaming, working, fooling around, and of course phoning.
Good Mobile Messaging: Executives and professional field forces spend an increasing amount of time on the road tending to business.
Mobile Apps - Native or Web?:
You probably have a plan to build a mobile app, but you've struggled
with the basic question - Should I build it using open web standards
such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, or should I build it as a native app
for the devices I want to target?
iBike Coach App- a new “Always On” feature always gathers data
Nike+ GPS App- for sports tracking, recording and sharing
Featured Events
Content & Apps for Automotive Europe 2012 (18-19 April, Germany)
will give you key insights on how in-vehicle connectivity is being
revolutionised as OEMs integrate dynamic content to stay relevant
throughout the vehicle life cycle.
Location Intelligence for Enterprise - Europe 2012, January 16-17, London Hear from Google, Jones Lang LaSalle, Tesco, Willis, Oracle,
ESRI, Microsoft, PBBI and many more as they debate the best strategies
for business models and integration.
Consumer Telematics Show 2012 (Jan 9, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, USA) is the most prestigious and
dynamic consumer telematics focused meeting for the automotive industry.
Held in Las Vegas on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES),
this year's senior-level speakers will include General Motors, Audi,
Toyota, Panasonic, Continental, Hughes Telematics, Gartner, KIA,
Mercedes-Benz and many more
Esri Dev Summit - The
Esri Developer Summit (DevSummit) brings together developers and GIS
professionals from all over the globe. March 26-29, 2012, Palm Springs,
CA
