Does Focalpoint Coaching cover any lodging expenses during initial training?
Focalpoint_Coaching Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
franchise fee. (See Item 5) (Franchise Agreement − Section 4.A.)
You must pay us an initial training fee in the amount of $16,950 when you sign the Franchise Agreement. (See Item 5) Additional people beyond the first attendee may attend initial training if you pay our then current training charge for each additional person. (See Item 6) You must pay us our then current training fee (plus any applicable taxes) within 5 days of hiring or retaining an Associate for the Associate training program. (See Item 6) You must pay for all travel and living expenses that you (or your managing owner), your Associates and your employees incur and for your employees' wages and workers' compensation insurance in traveling to and from our training facility or the location we designate. If initial training is in person, we will pay all supplied food and reasonable lodging expenses of your attendees only while participating in
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 28–36)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Focalpoint Coaching's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if the initial training is conducted in person, Focalpoint Coaching will cover supplied food and reasonable lodging expenses for attendees participating in the initial training program. However, franchisees are responsible for all travel and living expenses, wages, and worker's compensation insurance for themselves, their managing owner, associates, and employees while traveling to and from the training facility or designated location.
Focalpoint Coaching offers approximately 44 hours of initial training either online or in-person, at their discretion. Franchisees must also pay an initial training fee of $16,950 when signing the Franchise Agreement. Additional attendees beyond the first are subject to the then-current training charge for each additional person.
This means that while Focalpoint Coaching covers lodging and food during in-person training, the franchisee must budget for travel costs, employee wages, and any additional training fees for extra attendees. If the training is online, the franchisee is responsible for all costs.