Budget Asks 'How Well Do You Know Your World?'

Enter the Geo Brain Game Sweepstakes and You Could Win a $1,000 U.S. Savings Bond

PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 27 -- Budget Rent A Car System, Inc. and "My Wonderful World" -- a National Geographic-led campaign -- are teaming up to help boost kids' global geography I.Q. Beginning today, the "Budget Geo Brain Game" sweepstakes offers geography-savvy players the opportunity to win a $1,000 U.S. Savings Bond -- and the chance to learn more about the world in which we live.

Following a one-time registration at http://www.budget.com/geobraingame, participants will take a short online world geography quiz. Players who correctly answer all ten questions will be entered into a weekly drawing. Winners will be randomly selected each Friday for eight weeks beginning on June 30 and ending on August 18.

"We're excited about being a part of the My Wonderful World geography campaign," said Becky Alseth, senior vice president of marketing for Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, parent of Budget. "We think traveling is one of the best ways to encourage learning about geography. With our Budget Geo Brain Game we have added another way to help make geography education fun for kids and families. With the help of tools like the 'Parent Action Kit, from the My Wonderful World program' we're also hoping to make family travel by car more fun and interesting."

Budget was announced as a coalition partner in the My Wonderful World campaign earlier this year. The goal of the five-year multimedia campaign is to improve the geography literacy of people ages 8-17 by motivating parents and educators to expand geographic educational offerings in school, at home and in their communities. A campaign web site, MyWonderfulWorld.org, is the heart of the program, providing resources for parents to help kids be more geo-savvy.

"Budget has taken a leading role in tackling the gap in geographic education," said Barbara Chow, executive director of National Geographic Education Foundation. "Their enthusiastic involvement has proven to be exactly what we were hoping for when designing My Wonderful World. With their help, we have taken this campaign directly to families everywhere and given them the tools necessary to learn what geography is all about."

For more information on the Budget Geo Brain Game sweepstakes, to view the complete terms and conditions or to register to play, visit http://www.budget.com/geobraingame. No purchase is necessary to play or win.

About My Wonderful World

A coalition led by National Geographic has initiated a public engagement campaign designed to give students tools to become more informed global citizens. The goal of the five-year, multimedia campaign is to improve the geographic literacy of young people ages 8-17 by motivating parents and educators to expand geographic learning in school, at home and in their communities. The campaign Web site, http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/, provides resources such as links to geography games and online adventures for kids and teens, classroom materials for educators, and ways for young and old to test their global IQs.

About Budget

Budget Rent A Car System, Inc. is the owner and franchiser of one of the world's best-known car rental brands with more than 1,800 car rental locations in the US, Canada, Latin America, Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand. The company also operates Budget Truck Rental and is part of Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC (formerly Cendant Car Rental Group), a wholly owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation , a diversified global provider of business and consumer services primarily within the travel and real estate sectors. For further information visit http://www.budget.com/ or http://www.cendant.com/media.