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Towncars Franchise Featured
Area: Personal Transport
Business Established: Originally 2000, expanded 2009
Units/Locations: 23
Initial Investment: $39,000
Agreement Terms: 5 years + 5 (rolling)
Training:
Driver training manuals, local area marketing campaign manuals and collateral
Marketing Support:
There is no levy but Towncars provides specific resources for business development and corporate sales
Royalty Fee: 20% up to $10k per month, 15% thereafter
Multi-Unit Ownership Allowed: Yes
Average Set up time: 6 weeks
How many products or services: 1
Ratio of Support staff per franchisee: 2.5:1 at this stage
Business Model:
Towncars utilises a logistics framework to centralise call centre and dispatch functions. This is paramount to service delivery and enables the administration functions to also be centralised (particularly accounts receivable).
The ultimate benefit is that the franchisee can concentrate on customer service and the customer experience within our Towncar.
The ultimate benefit is that the franchisee can concentrate on customer service and the customer experience within our Towncar.
Main Costs:
Motor vehicle lease, hire car plate lease, fuel costs.
Main products or services:
Airport transfers, work to home transfers, specific contract transfers.
Comparitive store growth: 100% growth from day 1 to year 3
Description
DescriptionAustralia has world class cities which deserve a world class transport solution. Towncars has been designed to deliver just that. Our chauffeur service utilises the latest technology to offer you a unique business opportunity within the transport industry.
Future Plans
Towncars has been operating in Sydney in its expanded form for 15 months and is now operating in Melbourne. Ultimately, the business wishes to expand into every state and territory in Australia.
Testimonials
“My son and I had been looking for some time for a business that was interesting, financially rewarding, and flexible and where we could work smarter, not harder and our solution was a Towncars Franchise. We get to meet interesting people in a safe comfortable environment where the rewards reflect our efforts. We have found the support fantastic”.
Roger Coffin
Camden
