If additional training is conducted at the Hydrodog location, who pays for the franchisee's travel expenses?
Hydrodog Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 6.6 Additional Training Fees. As part of the Franchise Fee, we provide the initial training.
We may require additional training if you or your staff fail to meet our then-current performance or compliance standards.
If we require or you request, and we agree to provide, additional training or assistance, which may be conducted on-site (in Territory), online, at our location, or at another location we designate, you must pay our then-current fee for additional training (the "Additional Training Fees") plus all travel and living expenses for each trainer (the "Training Expenses"), regardless of training location.
Training Expenses include, without limitation, reasonable transportation, lodging, meals, and incidental expenses.
For any training conducted at our location, you are responsible for all travel, lodging, meals, and incidental expenses incurred by you and your personnel in attending such training.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 43–166)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Hydrodog's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if additional training is conducted at the Hydrodog location, the franchisee is responsible for all travel, lodging, meals, and incidental expenses incurred by them and their personnel while attending the training.
Hydrodog may require additional training if the franchisee or their staff fails to meet the brand's performance or compliance standards. This additional training can occur on-site, online, at Hydrodog's location, or another designated location. The franchisee must cover the additional training fees and all travel and living expenses for each trainer, regardless of where the training takes place. These training expenses encompass transportation, lodging, meals, and incidental costs.
For training specifically held at Hydrodog's location, the franchisee bears the responsibility for all travel, lodging, meals, and incidental expenses for themselves and their personnel. This means that franchisees need to budget not only for the training fees themselves but also for all associated travel and living costs when additional training is deemed necessary by Hydrodog.