Which Camp Margaritaville personnel are required to complete the initial training program?
Camp_Margaritaville Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
sion, then the Extension Fee will not be refundable.
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, certain key personnel are required to complete the initial training program. Specifically, the General Manager, food and beverage manager, sales director, and any other salaried employee in a director or higher-level position, collectively referred to as "Key Personnel", must complete the training. This mandatory training is designed to ensure that these individuals are well-versed in the operational standards and practices of Camp Margaritaville. The training lasts approximately three weeks and is conducted at a Camp Margaritaville Resort or another Margaritaville-branded venue selected by the franchisor.
While there is no direct fee for the training programs themselves, the franchisee is responsible for covering all expenses associated with sending their personnel to the training. These costs include wages, salaries, housing, travel-related expenses, and per diem charges incurred by the trainees. The franchisee and Camp Margaritaville must agree upon a budget for these costs. However, the franchisee is not responsible for the costs or expenses related to the training venue or the venue's employees.
In addition to the initial training, Camp Margaritaville will provide a task force to assist with on-site pre-opening training at the franchisee's resort. This task force may consist of personnel employed directly by Camp Margaritaville or personnel from existing licensed or franchised Camp Margaritaville Resorts or other Margaritaville-branded venues. Camp Margaritaville is responsible for the costs associated with its own personnel, while the franchisee is responsible for any other costs related to the task force, including costs related to personnel from existing licensed or franchised Camp Margaritaville Resorts or other Margaritaville-branded venues. The FDD indicates that the estimated total costs for initial training and related expenses for a resort with 150 pads ranges from $25,000 to $100,000, and these payments are non-refundable.