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| Network | 2319301 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) (http://www.avis.com/role/EmployeeBenefitPlansTables)  | 
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| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0000723612 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) | 
| Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] | Period [Axis] | 
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2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31  | 
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Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  |    | 
Summary of Net Periodic Benefit Cost  | The components of net periodic benefit cost consisted of the following:  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     | Year Ended December 31,  |     | 2016  |    | 2015  |    | 2014  |  Service cost  | $  | 4  | 
 
  |    | $  | 5  | 
 
  |    | $  | 5  | 
 
  |  Interest cost  | 21  | 
 
  |    | 22  | 
 
  |    | 29  | 
 
  |  Expected return on plan assets  | (27  | )  |    | (31  | )  |    | (32  | )  |  Amortization of unrecognized amounts  | 5  | 
 
  |    | 5  | 
 
  |    | 3  | 
 
  |  Net periodic benefit cost  | $  | 3  | 
 
  |    | $  | 1  | 
 
  |    | $  | 5  | 
 
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Summary of Funded Status of Pension Plans  | The Company uses a measurement date of December 31 for its pension plans. The funded status of the pension plans were as follows: |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     | As of December 31,  |  Change in Benefit Obligation  | 2016  |    | 2015  |  Benefit obligation at end of prior year  | $  | 656  | 
 
  |    | $  | 716  | 
 
  |  Service cost  | 4  | 
 
  |    | 5  | 
 
  |  Interest cost  | 21  | 
 
  |    | 22  | 
 
  |  Actuarial (gain) loss  | 115  | 
 
  |    | (32  | )  |  Currency translation adjustment  | (53  | )  |    | (30  | )  |  Net benefits paid  | (23  | )  |    | (25  | )  |  Benefit obligation at end of current year  | $  | 720  | 
 
  |    | $  | 656  | 
 
  |     |    |    |    |  Change in Plan Assets  |    |    |    |  Fair value of assets at end of prior year  | $  | 527  | 
 
  |    | $  | 553  | 
 
  |  Actual return on plan assets  | 60  | 
 
  |    | 5  | 
 
  |  Employer contributions  | 12  | 
 
  |    | 14  | 
 
  |  Currency translation adjustment  | (53  | )  |    | (20  | )  |  Net benefits paid  | (23  | )  |    | (25  | )  |  Fair value of assets at end of current year  | $  | 523  | 
 
  |    | $  | 527  | 
 
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Schedule of Net Funded Status [Table Text Block]  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     | As of December 31,  |  Funded Status  | 2016  |    | 2015  |  Classification of net balance sheet assets (liabilities):  |    |    |    |  Non-current assets  | $  | —  | 
 
  |    | $  | 30  | 
 
  |  Current liabilities  | (1  | )  |    | (1  | )  |  Non-current liabilities  | (196  | )  |    | (158  | )  |  Net funded status  | $  | (197  | )  |    | $  | (129  | )  |  
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Summary of Assumptions Used to Determine Pension Obligations and Pension Costs  | The following assumptions were used to determine pension obligations and pension costs for the principal plans in which the Company’s employees participated:  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     |    | For the Year Ended December 31,  |  U.S. Pension Benefit Plans  | 2016  |    | 2015  |    | 2014  |  Discount rate:  |    |    |    |    |    |     | Net periodic benefit cost  | 4.40  | %  |    | 4.00  | %  |    | 4.75  | %  |     | Benefit obligation  | 3.90  | %  |    | 4.40  | %  |    | 4.00  | %  |  Long-term rate of return on plan assets  | 7.00  | %  |    | 7.25  | %  |    | 7.50  | %  |     |    |    |    |    |    |    |  Non-U.S. Pension Benefit Plans  |    |    |    |    |    |  Discount rate:  |    |    |    |    |    |     | Net periodic benefit cost  | 3.45  | %  |    | 3.30  | %  |    | 4.50  | %  |     | Benefit obligation  | 2.45  | %  |    | 3.45  | %  |    | 3.30  | %  |  Long-term rate of return on plan assets  | 4.45  | %  |    | 4.65  | %  |    | 5.30  | %  |  
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Summary of Defined Benefit Pension Plans' Assets Fair Value  | The following table presents the defined benefit pension plans’ assets measured at fair value, as of December 31:  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     | 2016  |  Asset Class  | Level 1  |    | Level 2  |    | Total  |  Cash equivalents and short-term investments  | $  | 12  | 
 
  |    | $  | 15  | 
 
  |    | $  | 27  | 
 
  |  U.S. equities  | 87  | 
 
  |    | 34  | 
 
  |    | 121  | 
 
  |  Non-U.S. equities  | 40  | 
 
  |    | 70  | 
 
  |    | 110  | 
 
  |  Real estate  | —  | 
 
  |    | 15  | 
 
  |    | 15  | 
 
  |  Government bonds  | 7  | 
 
  |    | 70  | 
 
  |    | 77  | 
 
  |  Corporate bonds  | 82  | 
 
  |    | 40  | 
 
  |    | 122  | 
 
  |  Other assets  | 2  | 
 
  |    | 49  | 
 
  |    | 51  | 
 
  |  Total assets  | $  | 230  | 
 
  |    | $  | 293  | 
 
  |    | $  | 523  | 
 
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  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     | 2015  |  Asset Class  | Level 1  |    | Level 2  |    | Total  |  Cash equivalents and short-term investments  | $  | —  | 
 
  |    | $  | 12  | 
 
  |    | $  | 12  | 
 
  |  U.S. equities  | —  | 
 
  |    | 126  | 
 
  |    | 126  | 
 
  |  Non-U.S. equities  | —  | 
 
  |    | 129  | 
 
  |    | 129  | 
 
  |  Government bonds  | —  | 
 
  |    | 103  | 
 
  |    | 103  | 
 
  |  Corporate bonds  | —  | 
 
  |    | 133  | 
 
  |    | 133  | 
 
  |  Other assets  | —  | 
 
  |    | 24  | 
 
  |    | 24  | 
 
  |  Total assets  | $  | —  | 
 
  |    | $  | 527  | 
 
  |    | $  | 527  | 
 
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