Central America Unique Destination
Central America is a destination with unique and different characteristics: It has exuberant tropical nature, in which unbelievably beautiful scenery blends with immensely varied flora and fauna. Its cultural wealth and its inherited treasures is a sum of Pre-Colombian and Colonial cultures. This along with the warmth and hospitality of its peoples are all located in a relatively small territory.
International Background
Budget Car Rental has more than 36 years of experience worldwide and has hundreds of offices in more than 116 countries. This allows you to have your reservations confirmed (even before you leave for your trip), with lower rates than those you would find at your destination.
Budget Car Rental Central America is the only Rent a Car in the region that can give you the same service as you get back home, plus a variety of culture, unforgettable memories and the promise to enjoy your business and vacations while you drive around our lovely Central America.
Central America History
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica celebrated on September 15 the independence from Spain. The five countries were ruled together by the Captaincy of Guatemala until their independence.
Panama was not part of the independence celebration, since at the time of independence, in 1821, it was part of Colombia. It became an independent nation on November 3, 1903. Belize, which was a British Colony, became independent only recently, historically speaking, in September of 1981.
As part of the celebration the "torch of independence" was carried through the five nations formerly under the rule of the Captaincy of Guatemala, starting in Guatemala and ending in Costa Rica on September 13.
Celebrations also included military parades (expect Costa Rica that doesn’t have an army), and parades of elementary and high school students. The respective presidents of the former centralmerican federation will head the activities.
