Can Baymont Inn Suites change the System Standards?
Baymont_Inn_Suites Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We may modify the System Standards, in response to changing market conditions. In our discretion, we may permit deviations from System Standards, based on local conditions and our assessment of the circumstances. In our discretion, we may change the designation standards for the Chain and then require that you change the designation of the Facility and related presentation of that designation where it appears. We will not be liable to you for any expenses, losses or damages you may sustain as a result of any Mark addition, modification, substitution or discontinuation.
- 4.6 Consultations and Standards Compliance. We will assist you to understand your obligations under System Standards by telephone, e-mail, during any visits by our employees to the Facility, through the System Standards Manual, at training sessions and during conferences and meetings we conduct.
We will provide telephone and e-mail consultation on Facility operation and marketing through our representatives.
We will offer you access to any Internet website we may maintain to provide Chain Facility franchisees with information and services, subject to any rules, policies and procedures we establish for its use and access and subject to this Agreement.
We may limit or deny access to any such website while you are in default under this Agreement.
- 4.7 System Standards Manual and Other Publications. We will specify System Standards in the System Standards Manual, policy statements, or other publications which we may make available to you via our Chain intranet, in paper copies or through another medium.
You will at all times comply with the System Standards.
You acknowledge that the System Standards and the System Standards Manual are designed to protect the System and the Marks, and not to control the dayto-day operation of your business.
We will provide you with access to the System Standards Manual promptly after we sign this Agreement.
We will notify you via our Chain intranet or another medium of any System Standards Manual revisions and/or supplements as and when issued as well as any other publications and policy statements in effect for Chain franchisees from time to time.
- 4.8 Inspections and Audits. We have the unlimited right to conduct unannounced quality assurance inspections of the Facility and its operations, records and Mark usage to test the Facility's compliance with System Standards and this Agreement, and the audits described in Section 3.6.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 97–443)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Baymont Inn Suites's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Baymont Inn Suites has the authority to modify the System Standards in response to changing market conditions. Baymont Inn Suites also has the discretion to permit deviations from System Standards based on local conditions and their assessment of the circumstances. Furthermore, Baymont Inn Suites can change the designation standards for the Chain and require franchisees to change the designation of their Facility and related presentation of that designation where it appears. Baymont Inn Suites will not be liable for any expenses, losses, or damages a franchisee may sustain as a result of any Mark addition, modification, substitution, or discontinuation.
Baymont Inn Suites specifies System Standards in the System Standards Manual, policy statements, or other publications, which may be available to franchisees via their Chain intranet, in paper copies, or through another medium. Franchisees must comply with the System Standards at all times. The System Standards and the System Standards Manual are designed to protect the System and the Marks, and not to control the day-to-day operation of the franchisee's business.
Baymont Inn Suites will notify franchisees via their Chain intranet or another medium of any System Standards Manual revisions and/or supplements as and when issued, as well as any other publications and policy statements in effect for Chain franchisees from time to time. Baymont Inn Suites has the unlimited right to conduct unannounced quality assurance inspections of the Facility and its operations, records, and Mark usage to test the Facility's compliance with System Standards and the Franchise Agreement, and the audits described in Section 3.6.