Does Beauty Bungalows charge a fee for required Continuing Advanced Training?
Beauty_Bungalows Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
end. (See Section 8.05 of the Franchise Agreement).
- You are also required to participate in any continuing advanced training which we may choose to offer in the future ("Continuing Advanced Training"). The Continuing Advanced Training may be provided by various methods, including by telephone, video conference, e-mail, or via online learning management systems. We do not charge any fee for the Continuing Advanced Training. (See Section 8.05 of the Franchise Agreement).
Marketing Programs
Local
You are required to market on a local basis as an individual Beauty Bungalows Franchise or by local marketing agencies hired by you. We do not require you to spend any specific amounts on local marketing, but we recommend you spend approximately 1% to 2% of gross revenue on local marketing efforts. These expenditures may include wages and bonuses paid to your Manager or other employees who secure Bungalow renters in your Business. The amounts you spend on marketing will be influenced largely by the number of vacant suites at any given time in your Business.
Prior to opening your business, you must spend between $20,000 and $22,000 for advertising and promotion of your Beauty Bungalows Franchise with our preferred marketing vendors in your local market. Additionally, during the week of your anticipated opening date, you must spend a minimum of $2,000 on a grand opening specific marketing effort.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 23–30)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beauty Bungalows's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Beauty Bungalows does not charge a fee for the Continuing Advanced Training. The training may be provided through various methods such as telephone, video conference, e-mail, or online learning management systems.
However, Beauty Bungalows may offer additional trainings or conferences for which a franchisee may incur a fee. The franchisee is also responsible for all travel and living expenses for themselves and any employees who attend these additional trainings or conferences.
Beauty Bungalows may also require franchisees to attend periodic regional or national conferences to discuss industry changes, operational techniques, studio rental developments, training, bookkeeping, accounting, advertising programs, and new service procedures. The current conference attendance fee is $500 per attendee, and franchisees must pay this fee regardless of their attendance. The estimated cost of travel and living expenses to attend these conferences ranges from $1,500 to $3,000.