During what hours must the General Manager devote their entire time to the Budget franchise?
Budget Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Budget does not require you to participate personally in the direct operation of your Budget Franchise, but strongly urges you to do so.
You must employ on a full-time basis, at all times during the term of your Budget License Agreement, at least one General Manager who has completed the instruction Budget furnishes and who will devote his or her entire time during normal business hours to the management, operation, and development of your Budget Franchise as required in the Standards and the Manual. Your General Manager need not have an equity interest in the Budget Franchise or in you. An on-premises supervisor must successfully complete Budget's training program.
Source: Item 15 — OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISE BUSINESS (FDD page 65)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Budget's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, while Budget does not require the franchisee to participate personally in the direct operation of the Budget franchise, they strongly urge them to do so. The franchisee must employ at least one General Manager on a full-time basis throughout the Budget License Agreement term.
The General Manager must have completed the instruction Budget furnishes. The General Manager must devote their entire time during normal business hours to the management, operation, and development of the Budget franchise as required in the Standards and the Manual.
The General Manager is not required to have an equity interest in the Budget franchise or in the franchisee's business. Additionally, an on-premises supervisor must successfully complete Budget's training program.