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Approximately how long does the initial training program for Camp Margaritaville Key Personnel last?

Camp_Margaritaville Franchise · 2025 FDD

Answer from 2025 FDD Document

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Fees for Initial Training and Related Expenses

You must pay us the expenses for certain training programs that we conduct before you open the Resort. There is no fee for the training programs, but you will cover the expenses for our personnel to provide the training. We will provide training at a Camp Margaritaville Resort or other Margaritaville-branded venue we select. Your General Manager, food and beverage manager, sales director, and any other salaried employee in a director or higher-level position ("Key Personnel") must complete the training, which lasts approximately three weeks. You will be responsible for all costs associated with the trainees, including, but not limited to, wages, salaries, housing, travel-related expenses and per diem charges incurred by trainees, subject to a mutually agreed upon budget for those costs. You will not, however, be responsible for costs or expenses related to the training venue or the venue's employees. Further, we will provide to you a task force to assist in on-site pre-opening training for the Resort. That task force may include personnel employed directly by us or personnel from existing licensed or franchised Camp Margaritaville Resorts or other Margaritaville-branded venues. We will be responsible for any costs associated with our personnel, while you will be responsible for any other costs relating to the task force, including costs related to personnel from existing licensed or franchised Camp Margaritaville Resorts or other Margaritavillebranded venues. If you are not able to demonstrate compliance with our System Standards, as determined in our sole discretion, after 14 days of training at your Resort with our task force, then our trainers may stay longer until you are able to demonstrate compliance with our System Standards, as determined in our sole discretion. In such event, you will be required to pay $500 per day per trainer for each additional day they remain until you become compliant with System Standards, in addition to the expenses associated with their extended stay. Based on a Resort with 150 pads, we estimate that the total costs for expenses payable to us for initial training and related expenses, including a

Source: Item 5 — INITIAL FEES (FDD pages 18–20)

What This Means (2025 FDD)

According to Camp Margaritaville's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the initial training program for Key Personnel lasts approximately three weeks. Key Personnel include the General Manager, food and beverage manager, sales director, and any other salaried employee in a director or higher-level position. This training is mandatory for these positions before the Camp Margaritaville Resort opens. The training will be held at a Camp Margaritaville Resort or another Margaritaville-branded venue selected by the franchisor.

While there is no fee for the training programs themselves, the franchisee is responsible for covering the expenses associated with the trainees. These expenses include wages, salaries, housing, travel-related expenses, and per diem charges, all subject to a mutually agreed-upon budget. However, the franchisee is not responsible for the costs related to the training venue or its employees. Camp Margaritaville will also provide a task force to assist with on-site pre-opening training at the Resort.

If, after 14 days of training with the task force, the franchisee is unable to demonstrate compliance with Camp Margaritaville's System Standards, the trainers may stay longer, at the franchisor's discretion. In such cases, the franchisee will be required to pay $500 per day per trainer for each additional day until compliance is achieved, in addition to covering the expenses associated with their extended stay. Based on a Resort with 150 pads, Camp Margaritaville estimates that the total costs for initial training and related expenses will range from $25,000 to $100,000. These payments are non-refundable.

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.