What is the Dollar Rent A Car Franchise Agreement territory described in?
Dollar_Rent_A_Car Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
"Franchised Territory" or "Territory" means the specific geographical area, described in Attachment A to this Franchise Agreement, to which the franchise granted by this Franchise Agreement applies.
"Franchised Business" means a Vehicle Rental Business operated using the Marks and/or the Franchised System.
Your Franchised Territory is described in Attachment A to this Agreement.
You may serve any customer without regard to the domicile of the customer, but shall not operate Your Franchised Business or any part thereof to or from a permanent or temporary location outside the Locations shown in Attachment A to this Agreement.
If the Franchised Territory is described as a municipal or state political subdivision, such as a city or county, the Franchised Territory shall consist of the political boundaries of that subdivision as they exist on the Effective Date of this Agreement.
If the Franchised Territory is described using streets, routes, highways or the like, the boundary of the Franchised Territory shall run to the center line of such streets, routes or highways as they exist on the Effective Date of this Agreement.
Attachment A to this Agreement describes Locations and/or locations which must be in operation by specified dates described in the attachment. Your failure to meet the schedule for opening Locations and/or locations constitutes grounds for termination of this Agreement as described in Section 19.4(c). Instead of termination, We may, at Our option, reduce, modify or revise and reclaim the Territory without notice to You except for the area within a three (3) mile radius of any Location then being operated by You pursuant to this Agreement. We may determine, in Our sole discretion, that one or more additional Locations and/or locations must be opened by You in the Territory to serve customer demand. In the event We determine that You must open an additional location from which You must operate Your Franchised Business in the Territory, We will send You written notice setting forth that portion of the Territory in which You must open and operate a Location. You must provide Us with written notice of Your intent to open such Location and/or location within sixty (60) days from the date of Our written notice and commence to operate Your Franchised Business from such Location and/or location no later than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of Our written notice. If You fail to timely provide Us written notice of Your intent to open a Location and/or location, or You fail to timely commence operations of Your Franchised Business at such Location and/or location, in addition to any other remedies available to Us under this Agreement or otherwise, at Our option, that portion of the Territory shall revert to Us without notice and We may grant a franchise to others to operate a Franchised Business or We or Our Affiliates may operate a Franchised Business in the reverted portion of the Territory, including if such Franchised Business operates within a three (3) mile radius of one of your Locations. As described in Attachment A, You will be considered to be operating at a Location and/or location if You are conducting a Vehicle Rental Business from such Location and/or location.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 102–301)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Dollar Rent A Car Franchise Disclosure Document, the specific geographical area granted to the franchisee, known as the Franchised Territory or Territory, is detailed in Attachment A of the Franchise Agreement. The franchisee is authorized to operate their Franchised Business from the locations specified in Attachment A and is restricted from operating outside these designated locations.
The FDD specifies that if the Franchised Territory is defined by municipal or state political subdivisions like a city or county, the territory's boundaries are those in effect on the agreement's Effective Date. Similarly, if streets, routes, or highways define the territory, the boundary extends to the center line of these roads as they existed on the Effective Date.
Attachment A also outlines the schedule for opening locations. Failure to meet this schedule can lead to termination of the agreement or, at Dollar Rent A Car's discretion, a reduction or revision of the territory, excluding a three-mile radius around any operational location. Dollar Rent A Car may also require the franchisee to open additional locations within the territory to meet customer demand, providing written notice and a timeline for compliance. Failure to comply may result in the reversion of that portion of the territory to Dollar Rent A Car, who may then grant a franchise to others or operate a business there themselves.