Who is responsible for the travel and lodging expenses during the initial Amorino franchise training in Paris?
Amorino Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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7. TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE
A. Initial Training. Prior to opening the Store for business, your Supervising Principal or Manager must attend and complete to our satisfaction our initial training program. The first ten days of the initial training program will take place at our Paris, France headquarters. Your Supervising Principal and your Manager (or if you have no Manager, another employee)
must attend Amorino's initial training program. Amorino shall provide and pay only for the training instructors, facilities and materials. You will be responsible for all other costs and expenses of complying with Amorino's training requirements, including salary, travel, lodging, and dining costs for all of your employees who participate in the training. If you sign an area development agreement: a) we only provide you with the Paris ten-day initial training for your first location;
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 80–81)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Amorino's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee is responsible for the travel and lodging expenses during the initial training program in Paris. The initial training program's first ten days take place at Amorino's headquarters in Paris, France. Amorino covers the costs for the training instructors, facilities, and materials.
However, the franchisee must cover all other costs and expenses related to complying with Amorino's training requirements. These expenses include the salary, travel, lodging, and dining costs for all employees who participate in the training. This means that if the Supervising Principal or Manager attends the training in Paris, the franchisee will need to budget for their airfare, hotel, meals, and wages during that time.
This allocation of expenses is fairly typical in the franchise industry, where the franchisor provides the core training program, but the franchisee bears the responsibility for getting themselves and their personnel to the training location and covering their living expenses. Prospective Amorino franchisees should factor these costs into their initial investment calculations.