Franchise with 1CARES.com in Portugal

If you carry passengers by car, van, coach or limo and you are located in Portugal, you are welcome to become our franchisee.

1CARES provides reservation services to a large community of travel and tourism agencies - the members of the Association of European Travel and Tourism Agencies (AETTA). In addition, we also serve a wide variety of individuals, companies and public organizations. We work all over Europe and ensure our customers transportation needs throughout Portugal and in particular in Lisbon, Porto, Braga, Guimarães, Cascais, Coimbra, Fátima, Sintra, Batalha, Nazaré, Estoril, Faro, Tomar, Albufeira, Óbidos, Leiria, Viseu, Oeiras, Lagos, Pinhão, Vila Nova de Gaia and a number of other locations.

By becoming our franchisee, you will benefit from our strong brand reputation and will gain access to thousands of our customers. AETTA alone embraces more than a thousand travel and tourism agencies coming from all over Europe and elsewhere. Collectively, each year they purchase transportation services by car, minibus and coach for more than € 270 million.

Your advantages

Our franchisees benefit from the following :

• Right to use our brand name and logo on your website, commercial materials, presentations and other forms of advertising
• Free rental of a website specifically adapted for your business
• Priority of our customers orders placed through our network
• Promotion of your service via our websites and our network
• Privileged access to other members of our network (for example, to establish partnership relationships with a fellow carrier or to assist your customer with an order in a different region or abroad)
• Support of our IT specialists in the optimal linking of your website with our main website 1CARES.com. This will improve the ranking of your website and will bring you new clients
• Advice on pricing and commercial conditions

Eligibility

To be our franchisee, you must meet three basic conditions:

• Have a professional license authorising you to transport passengers in Portugal,
• Have an adequate insurance covering the risks associated with the transportation of passengers,
• Pay the entry fee and a monthly royalty to our network.

Entry fee and monthly royalty

To become our franchisee you must pay the entry fee in the amount of 5% of your monthly sales with the minimum of 100 € and the maximum of 1000 €. Then each month a royalty is levied in the amount of 1% of your monthly sales with the minimum of 50 € and the maximum of 500 €.

If you would like to benefit from the territorial exclusivity, that is to be the sole representative of our franchise network in your geographical area, the monthly royalty may be increased depending on your location and the size of the geographical area for which you would like to have the exclusive rights.

Term of contract

The initial franchise contract is concluded for a one-year term. Then it is extended for a term varying from 1 to 5 years.

Restrictions

We do not impose any restrictions on our franchisees other than the respect of generally accepted standards of professional ethics.

More information is available in our FAQs specifically dedicated to our franchise.

To become our franchisee or simply to request more information please contact our Carriers Relations Service.