When is the Gift Card Program fee due for a Camp Margaritaville franchise?
Camp_Margaritaville Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
card companies as fees for processing; and (i) any other adjustments to revenue in conformance with the Uniform System.
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- Gift Card Program. You must participate in the program for the sale and processing of gift cards at participating locations (the "Gift Card Program") that we have established. You will pay the onboarding and implementation costs for the Gift Card Program, which ranges from $5,000 - $15,000,
depending on your particular POS and PMS system set-up and available amenities. At the time you enter into your Franchise Agreement, you will also enter into a franchisee participation agreement with Givex, the third-party provider of transaction processing and settlement services for the Gift Card Program (the "Gift Card Participation Agreement"). A form of the Gift Card Participation Agreement is attached to the Technology Agreement, which is Exhibit E to the Franchise Agreement. When a gift card is redeemed at your Resort, you will incur a charge of 2% of the amount tendered if the gift card was purchased at your Resort or at any other Margaritaville-branded physical location. You will incur a charge of 5% of the amount tendered if the gift card was purchased from our website (currently Margaritaville.com/gift-cards) or from a non-branded (third party) location, such as a pharmacy, grocery store or travel agent. Such amount is remitted to us or our affiliates and used to offset the cost of the Gift Card Program. Your Resort must honor all Gift Card Program rules and policies. We reserve the right to change the costs, the redemption reimbursement amounts, and the calculation factors at any time. To the
Source: Item 6 — OTHER FEES (FDD pages 20–34)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Camp Margaritaville's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the onboarding and implementation costs for the Gift Card Program are due when you enter into the Franchise Agreement. These costs range from $5,000 to $15,000, depending on the Camp Margaritaville location's POS and PMS system setup, and available amenities.
In addition to the initial onboarding and implementation costs, franchisees must also enter into a franchisee participation agreement with Givex, the third-party provider for the Gift Card Program's transaction processing and settlement services, at the time of signing the Franchise Agreement. When a gift card is redeemed at a Camp Margaritaville Resort, a franchisee will incur a charge. The charge is 2% of the amount tendered if the gift card was purchased at the franchisee's Resort or any other Margaritaville-branded physical location. The charge is 5% of the amount tendered if the gift card was purchased from Margaritaville's website or from a non-branded third-party location.
Camp Margaritaville reserves the right to change the costs, the redemption reimbursement amounts, and the calculation factors of the Gift Card Program at any time. Franchisees are also responsible for any additional fees charged by their PMS/POS system provider in connection with the Gift Card Program. The Gift Card Participation Agreement form is attached to the Technology Agreement, which is Exhibit E to the Franchise Agreement. Franchisees must adhere to all Gift Card Program rules and policies.