How many extensions to the Opening Deadline can a Big Blue Swim School franchisee request?
Big_Blue_Swim_School Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- (2) A Lease must be signed by the end of the Site Selection Period. However, if you cannot sign a Lease by the end of the Site Selection Period despite your diligent efforts to do so, you may request (at no cost to you) two separate thirty (30)-day extensions to sign the Lease. We will not unreasonably deny your request if the reasons for each extension request demonstrate your diligence in the site selection and leasing process. However, these extensions are not available if we exercise our right to terminate this Agreement because you reject a Qualified Site.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 75–76)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Big Blue Swim School FDD, a franchisee may request two separate thirty-day extensions to sign the lease if they cannot sign a lease by the end of the Site Selection Period, despite diligent efforts. These extensions are at no cost to the franchisee. Big Blue Swim School will not unreasonably deny the request if the reasons for each extension request demonstrate diligence in the site selection and leasing process.
However, these extensions are not available if Big Blue Swim School exercises its right to terminate the Franchise Agreement because the franchisee rejects a Qualified Site. This means that if the franchisee declines a site that Big Blue Swim School deems suitable, the opportunity for these extensions is forfeited.
This policy encourages franchisees to actively pursue suitable locations while also protecting Big Blue Swim School's interests by preventing indefinite delays. The stipulation that Big Blue Swim School won't unreasonably deny extensions, provided the franchisee demonstrates diligence, offers a degree of security and fairness in the site selection process.