ACRISS – The Association of Car Rental Industry System Standards

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ACRISS was formed in 1989 by Avis, Budget, Europcar and Hertz and reconstituted as an European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) in 1992.

It’s role is based on various ongoing objectives.

Many of these are based on car rental industry standards including the Global Distributions Systems (GDS) used as an interface between Travel Agents and the Car Rental Companies.

The key role of ACRISS is to develop standards to avoid misleading information when making a car rental booking online or via any electronic means.

ACRISS works to ensure the provision of accurate information when booking Car Rental through electronic booking systems. The assurance of accurate information provides the Travel professional and the Consumer to make an informed choice. Information standards have been adopted for Car Codes (see below), Special Equipment, Airport Locations definitions, Railway Location definitions, Total Estimated charges etc.

ACRISS Members identify needs for standards to avoid misleading information in the Car Rental industry. A Project Team develops the standards to achieve the objectives within an agreed time frame. ACRISS Meetings enable full involvement with all Members and may include attendance by external interested parties, including, where necessary, ACRISS lawyers, to ensure all legal requirements are met both from an ACRISS perspective and in line with European requirements. Once adopted, standards are audited for Member compliance. ACRISS provides education support and communication to the Travel Trade and encourages Industry adoption.

Industry Standard Car Classification Code

ACRISS Members utilise an industry standard vehicle matrix to define car models ensuring a like to like comparison of vehicles. This easy-to-use matrix consists of four categories. Each position in the four character vehicle code represents a definable characteristic of the vehicle. This vehicle matrix makes it possible to have 400 vehicle types. Car codes are created by assigning one character from each column and combining them into a four-character car code:

1st character denotes the vehicle category – based on size, cost, power and luxury factor
2nd character defines the vehicle type – chassis type (van, SUV, wagon, convertible….)
3rd character defines the transmission and drive – automatic / manual & 2WD / 4WD / AWD
4th character defines the fuel type (petrol / diesel / hybrid/ electric…) and whether air conditioned or not

e.g. : CCMN = Compact Car – 2/4 Door – Manual Transmission – Non air-conditioned

The compact, 2/4 door results would include models similar to Ford Focus or Opel Astra for example.

KM Rental Cars wants to make the process of choosing a car, booking, paying for the rent and using the car as simple, convenient and familiar as possible for any client, even those who have contacted a rental company for the first time. And for this we do the following:

bring the terms of providing a car for rent, the principles of vehicle insurance in line with the ACRISS Code of Conduct
implement a standardized coding system for types of cars, locations, additional equipment, etc.

Now, a client choosing a car on our website can be sure that he will receive reliable, comprehensive information that will allow him to make the right choice in accordance with his ideas about the generally accepted norms and conditions for the provision of car rental services.