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Where can I find information regarding Business Resource Necessities for a Beauty Bungalows franchise?

Beauty_Bungalows Franchise · 2025 FDD

Answer from 2025 FDD Document

[Item 11: FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING]

Except as listed below, we are not required to provide you with any assistance.

Pre-Opening Obligations

Before you open your Beauty Bungalows Franchise, we will:

  1. Designate your Protected Territory in writing and approve, if it meets our standards and specifications for approval, the location selected solely by you to be used for the operation of the Beauty Bungalows

Franchise. If your site is not already known and approved by us when you sign your franchisee agreement, then we will specify in your franchise agreement the Site Selection Area in which you must select a Site. Upon selection of an approved site, we will designate your Protected Territory based upon our then-current methods of territory determination set forth in the Manuals. (See Sections 4 and 10 of the Franchise Agreement).

Provide you with access to an electronic copy of our confidential operating Manual, which contains mandatory and suggested specifications, standards, operating procedures, and rules.

The Manual is confidential and remains our property.

We may modify the Manual from time to time, but the modification will not alter your status and rights under the Franchise Agreement. (See Section 7.04 of the Franchise Agreement).

We have included a copy of the Table of Contents of our Manual as Exhibit F to this Disclosure Document.

The Manual currently contains 188 pages.

Provide advice about selecting and analyzing a Site for the Franchise.

Your Site must meet our minimum requirements as set forth in the Manuals for square footage, layout, visibility, and other factors that we may determine from time to time.

Site selection is your responsibility, but we will assist you in the site selection process by considering population density, traffic patterns, and proximity of the proposed site to other Beauty Bungalows or any other reasonable criteria.

You must secure a Site that we have approved by signing a lease or purchase agreement within ninety (90) days of the date of this Agreement.

We may extend the deadline for acquisition of a Site by 90 days in our sole discretion, and we may require you to pay a $2,500 extension fee and execute a general release as a condition of us agreeing to grant such extension.


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Ongoing Assistance

During the operation of the franchised business, we will:

    1. Offer you a reasonable amount of continuing advisory services by telephone during normal business hours. We may also provide additional trainings or conferences, for which you may incur a fee. We may also provide to you visits by our field representative, but any additional on- site consultation or advisory services you request may incur a fee. (See Sections 8.01, 8.05, and 8.06 of the Franchise Agreement).
    1. We will include information about your Beauty Bungalows Franchise on our website. (See Section 8.11 of the Franchise Agreement).
    1. Provide marketing, promotional materials, and services to you. Materials provided may include video and photography, copy-ready print marketing materials, posters, mailers, banners social media graphics and copy, digital advertising collateral, and miscellaneous items. You will receive one sample of each at no charge. If you want additional copies, you must pay duplication costs. We may use either national advertising agency or a regional advertising agency and marketing agencies and internal staff to create advertising. You may develop marketing materials for your own use, at your own cost. We must approve the marketing materials in advance and in writing within fifteen days from receipt. We reserve the right to utilize marketing and photography/videography developed by you for the use of all Franchisees without any payment or other compensation to you. (See Section 9.02 of the Franchise Agreement).
    1. We may hold periodic regional or national conferences to discuss on-going changes in the industry, operational techniques, studio rental developments, training, bookkeeping, accounting, advertising programs and new service procedures. We may require you to attend these conferences at our then-current conference attendance fee, currently $500 per attendee. If we charge a conference fee, you will be required to pay the fee regardless of your attendance at the conference (See Item 6). You must pay all of the travel and living expenses for you and any other employees who attend. These conferences will be held at our corporate headquarters or at another location chosen by us. We estimate the cost of the travel and living expenses to attend the conferences to be between $1,500 and $3,000. We may provide other trainings/conferences from time to time, and you may be required pay an Additional Training Conference

[Item 11: FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING]

fee for attending these additional trainings/ conferences based upon the direct costs to us of retaining speakers and other direct expenses associated with the conference. You must pay all of the travel and living expenses for you and any other employees who attend. (See Section 8.05 of the Franchise Agreement).

  1. 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).

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Computer Systems, Proprietary Software, and Internet Access

We do not currently require you to purchase any particular brand of computer hardware to establish or operate the Business, but we do specify the standards for computer and communication equipment and Internet access. The minimum hardware requirement is a laptop or desktop computer with 4 GB RAM, a 128 GB Hard Drive, internet access, the ability to run the business management software we designate, and the ability to run basic business function software programs such as Microsoft Office and bookkeeping software. This hardware may be obtained from any computer reseller such as Staples, Office Depot or Best Buy and will cost from $500 to $1,000.

Beauty Bungalows Franchising, LLC You must provide us real-time internet access to the information contained in the computer system and/or the software utilized in the operation of your Beauty Bungalows Franchise. However, we will be restricted to the information relating only to your Beauty Bungalows Franchise. Beauty Bungalows has the

Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 23–30)

What This Means (2025 FDD)

According to the 2025 Beauty Bungalows FDD, Item 11 provides details on the resources and assistance Beauty Bungalows offers to franchisees. This includes pre-opening obligations, ongoing support, computer systems, and marketing programs.

Specifically, before opening a Beauty Bungalows franchise, franchisees receive a designated protected territory, access to the confidential operating manual, and advice on site selection. The FDD mentions that the franchisee is responsible for site selection, but Beauty Bungalows will assist by considering factors such as population density and traffic patterns. The site must meet the franchisor's minimum requirements for square footage, layout, and visibility as outlined in the manuals.

During the operation of the franchise, Beauty Bungalows offers ongoing advisory services by telephone, inclusion of the franchise on their website, and marketing materials. Franchisees may also attend periodic regional or national conferences, with an attendance fee currently at $500 per attendee, plus estimated travel and living expenses between $1,500 and $3,000. Additionally, franchisees are required to participate in any continuing advanced training offered by Beauty Bungalows, which may be provided through various methods such as telephone, video conference, or online learning systems, without any fee.

Regarding computer systems, Beauty Bungalows does not require a specific brand but specifies standards for computer and communication equipment and internet access. The minimum hardware requirement includes a laptop or desktop computer with 4 GB RAM, a 128 GB Hard Drive, internet access, and the ability to run designated business management and basic business function software. The estimated cost for this hardware ranges from $500 to $1,000 and can be obtained from any computer reseller. Franchisees must also provide Beauty Bungalows with real-time internet access to the information contained in their computer system, restricted only to data related to the Beauty Bungalows franchise.

Disclaimer: This information is extracted from the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document and is provided for research purposes only. It does not constitute legal or financial advice. Consult with a franchise attorney before making any investment decisions.