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Register
Create your driver account with your name, email and phone number. Registration is free.
Everything you need to get work through carwithdriver.lk
From creating your account to finishing your first tour — and the habits that win you the next one.
Getting started
Four steps to a live profile
Registration is free. Every account is checked by hand before it goes live, so travellers know each driver on the site is real and licensed.
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Wait for admin approval
Our team checks every new account by hand before it goes live. We do this so travellers know that every driver on the site is real and licensed.
Have these ready — we may ask for them
Your driving licence
Chauffeur guide / tourist driver licence, if you hold one
Vehicle registration book (for each vehicle)
Valid insurance certificate
Revenue licence
You will receive an email as soon as your account is approved. If we need anything else, we will tell you exactly what is missing.
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Complete your profile
Your profile is what travellers read before they decide to book you. A complete profile gets far more enquiries than an empty one.
A clear photo of yourself. Travellers want to see who will be driving them. A friendly, well-lit photo works best.
Your description. Write about your experience, the areas you know well, the kind of trips you enjoy, and what travellers can expect from you. A few honest paragraphs beat one line.
Languages you speak. Be realistic about your level.
Years of driving experience and any tourism training or licences.
The regions you cover.
Important: do not put your phone number, WhatsApp, email, Facebook or website in your profile description. Contact details are exchanged automatically once a booking is confirmed. Profiles containing contact details are sent back for editing.
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Add your vehicles
Add every vehicle you can offer. For each one, include:
Make, model and year
Number of passenger seats and luggage capacity
Air conditioning
Real photographs — outside, inside and luggage space
Real photographs of your own vehicle — outside, inside and the luggage space. Do not use photos from the internet. Travellers filter by vehicle type and size, so an accurate listing puts you in front of the right people.
How work reaches you
You are now ready to receive bookings
Direct bookings
Travellers browsing the site can book you directly from your profile. You will be notified straight away. Nothing is needed from you beforehand — this is why a complete profile and good photos matter so much.
Quote requests
Travellers who want a tailored itinerary post a quote request. Go to Tour Briefs and you will find trips that match the vehicles and areas you cover.
Winning the job
How to send a good quote
Open the request, read it carefully, and click Send offer.
Check the details first
Dates, total number of days, driver days, pick-up and drop-off points, number of passengers. If something looks wrong or unclear, correct it in your quote or ask the traveller before quoting.
Write to the traveller, not to everyone
Mention the specific places in their itinerary. Suggest a change if you think the plan is too rushed — travellers appreciate honest local advice, and it is often what wins the booking.
Be clear about what is included
Fuel, tolls, parking, your accommodation and meals, and the kilometre allowance. Say what happens if extra kilometres are needed. Being vague here causes arguments later.
Reply quickly
Travellers usually receive several quotes. The first good reply is often the one they talk to.
If you use AI to help you write, read it through properly
You are responsible for what your quote says, and generic or inaccurate quotes get removed.
Before confirmation
Discuss and clarify
The traveller will reply through the site’s message system. Use this stage to agree everything: the route, the daily start times, the hotels, any extra stops, and who is paying for entrance tickets and safari jeeps.
You may discuss prices for third-party items like safaris, entrance tickets and hotels. Keep all conversation on the site until the booking is confirmed — no phone numbers, no WhatsApp, no email.
Send a new offer if anything changes. If the traveller adds days, changes the route or switches vehicle, send an updated offer rather than agreeing to a different price in a message. The confirmed offer is the price for the trip, and it cannot be increased afterwards.
BOOKING CONFIRMED
Congratulations — now keep it smooth
Contact details are exchanged, and you can now message or call each other directly.
Confirm the pick-up point and time in writing.
Stay in touch. A short message a few days before arrival reassures travellers enormously, especially if it is their first visit to Sri Lanka.
You receive your payment on the first day of the tour.
Money
Commission and cancellations
Commission
8%
You deposit it at the start of each month for the bookings on your account.
If we discount the traveller
8%5%
A promotional discount of 3–5% comes off your commission — a 3% discount means you pay 5% instead of 8%.
Cancellation policy
This is the same for every driver on the site.
Traveller cancels
You receive
More than 2 days before the start date
Nothing
Within 2 days of the start date
50% of the total cost
After the tour has started
100% of completed days + 50% of remaining days
Full details are in the Driver Terms & Conditions.
After the tour
Ask for an honest review
Reviews are the single biggest factor in winning future bookings, and a driver with several genuine reviews will always be chosen over one with none.
Never write fake reviews or pay for them. It is the one thing that gets an account permanently banned.
Get the mobile app
Manage your quote requests, messages, bookings and vehicles from your phone — and get a notification the moment a traveller replies.
Download on Google PlayQuote requests, wherever you are
Messages with instant notifications
Your bookings and trip briefs
Add and edit vehicles
Quick checklist
Seven habits that get you more bookings
Real photo of yourself and your own vehicle
A full, personal profile description
Reply to quote requests fast
Quote the actual itinerary, not a template
Say clearly what is and is not included
Keep all contact on the site until the booking is confirmed
Ask every happy traveller for a review
Need help?
Email hello@carwithdriver.lk and we will get back to you.