What does Baymont Inn Suites provide in terms of System Standards and specifications for a Chain Facility?
Baymont_Inn_Suites Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
o the Franchise Agreement when it is signed. (Franchise Agreement – Schedule D)
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- For a new construction Facility, we will provide your architect with access to prototype drawings and specifications reflecting the overall design intent for the Facility (the "Prototype Plans"). A member of our Architecture, Design and Construction team will be available to consult with your architect about the plans we provide. We will review and, if appropriate, approve any detailed architectural plans and specifications for constructing a new facility. We will review any requests to materially modify or deviate from the plans or specifications after they have become "Approved Plans." We may charge you a fee to review material modifications to your plans or specifications. (Franchise Agreement – Schedule D)
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- We may inspect the Facility during or following construction or renovation to determine compliance with System Standards and, where appropriate, approve its opening as a Chain Facility. (Franchise Agreement –Schedule D)
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- We will provide you with a copy of, or access to, our Manual which contains the System Standards and specifications for your Chain Facility, including standards for the furniture, fixtures, and certain equipment used to furnish your Chain Facility. (Franchise Agreement – Section 4.7)
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- We will furnish you with written specifications for required products and services, as well as information about Approved Suppliers whose products have been approved for usage, as described in greater detail in Item 8. (Franchise Agreement – Section 4.4)
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- If you wish to deviate from one of our standard interior design packages or to use a custom design package, we will, for an additional fee, review, approve, or provide comments on your interior design package and, following our approval, any subsequent modifications to your package. (Franchise Agreement – Schedule D)
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- We will provide certain Mandatory Support Services to assist you in opening the Facility , as applicable, such as: general manager certification, opening training, digital photography, temporary signage, and continuing education. See Items 5 and 6 for a more detailed description of Mandatory Support Services, when each are applicable, and the fees we charge for them. (Franchise Agreement – Section 1 of Schedule D)
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- We will provide training to you and your general manager as described in this Item below. (Franchise Agreement – Section 4.1)
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- We do not deliver or install equipment, signs, fixtures, opening inventory, or supplies.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 61–74)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Baymont Inn Suites's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisor provides several forms of assistance regarding System Standards and specifications for a Chain Facility. Baymont Inn Suites will provide access to prototype drawings and specifications for new construction facilities, reflecting the overall design intent. A member of their Architecture, Design and Construction team will consult with the franchisee's architect about these plans. Baymont Inn Suites will also review and approve detailed architectural plans and specifications for constructing a new facility and any requests to materially modify the plans after they have been approved, possibly charging a fee for reviewing these modifications.
Baymont Inn Suites may inspect the Facility during or following construction or renovation to determine compliance with System Standards and approve its opening as a Chain Facility. Franchisees will receive a copy of, or access to, the Manual which contains the System Standards and specifications for the Chain Facility, including standards for the furniture, fixtures, and certain equipment used to furnish the facility. Baymont Inn Suites will furnish written specifications for required products and services, as well as information about Approved Suppliers whose products have been approved for usage.
Baymont Inn Suites also provides access to a proprietary online platform where franchisees can access brand-specific information, including System Standards and corporate communications. The Wyndham Rewards Front Desk Guide is a System Standard. These Manuals and System Standards may be amended. Franchisees must offer wireless high-speed internet access in all guest rooms, meeting rooms, and public areas at the Facility that meets the Guest Internet System Standards. Baymont Inn Suites may require the use of a standardized portal by which guests access the Guest Internet. After the Chain Facility opens, Baymont Inn Suites will continue to provide access to the confidential Standards of Operation and Design Manual and any other manuals for franchisees which contain specifications for the construction or renovation and operation of the Facility under the System.