Open your doors
You might be a family workshop, an SME, a large industrial team, or a craftsman working alone. You make, transform, create something somewhere in Portugal. You have a know-how you're proud of — and perhaps the intuition that it deserves to be shared.
You have something precious to show.
Portugal has incredible know-how
In Portugal, people weave, sew, assemble, cut, cook, preserve, print. They make for the entire world — from luxury to everyday use, from large industries to family workshops. You probably know this better than anyone — you're part of it.
What's less noticed is that many travellers are looking for exactly this. Far more than we think. Portuguese travellers who want to rediscover their country differently. Foreign travellers who have done the round of monuments and want access to something else — to daily life, to people, to what happens off the beaten track.
What it brings you
Six reasons to open your doors
Pride for your teams
When you welcome travellers, it's your teams who are seen, recognised, valued. Your technicians, your craftspeople, your operators show what they do, explain their craft, welcome people. It's often an internal effect as strong as the external one.
A brand image that rings true
Once a traveller has seen your workshops, your story takes on another density. You're no longer just selling objects — you're telling what's behind them. A brand image built through experience, not through communication.
Sell more, sell better
Many travellers buy at the end of the experience — a product, an object, sometimes several. They've seen where it comes from, they know what they're taking home, they readily accept the right price. It's a direct sales channel, with margins significantly higher than what you have with your distributors or intermediaries.
Consumers who become ambassadors
Many companies produce for distributors, brands, chains — without ever meeting their end customer. Opening your doors means creating a direct, lasting link with those who consume what you make. They talk about you, they recommend you, they come back.
An anchor in your region
Many Portuguese companies export enormously but are little known locally. Opening your doors means becoming a reference in your region — for residents, for the local press, for institutional partners.
An activity that can grow with you
For some companies, welcoming travellers stays occasional — a few days a year, private visits, a presence at events. For others, it gradually becomes an activity in its own right, with its own revenues, its own dedicated team, its own rhythm. It's in your hands, depending on what makes sense for your main business.
How we work with you
We can do everything, or just what you need
Each company has its own formula, depending on its means, its time, its desire to be involved.
Designing the experience
The first step is to build your welcome journey together — its length, its stages, what to show, how to tell it. We help you formulate your story, train the people who will welcome travellers, create the content (texts, photos, videos), and set up the system that will manage bookings.
Making you visible
Once the experience is ready, we make it visible. You have your place on the Meet the Makers website, with a carefully written editorial page. We make you visible to our audience, and we relay your offer to relevant partners: press, agencies, prescribers. You benefit from our editorial work, without having to build it yourself.
Handling operations for you
For companies that don't have the time or desire to manage the day-to-day, we take everything on. We handle bookings as they come, we answer travellers' questions, we provide and train the guides who lead the encounters. You welcome without having to organise.
They opened their doors
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Who are the makers
Any company that makes something in Portugal
Any company that makes something in Portugal can become a maker. From the smallest workshop of one person to a factory of several hundred employees. Farmer, winemaker, craftsman, manufacturer, industrialist. Whether you already welcome the public or never have. Whether you open every day, certain weeks of the year, or only for occasional events.
If you make with care, you have your place.
You might be wondering…
Here are the questions we hear most often. And our answers.
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Write to us
We work alongside Portuguese companies who do things with care to open their doors to the public — with an editorial approach, and the belief that every relationship must be built to last.
If something here resonates with you, write to us.
contact@meetthemakers.com