Who is responsible for the travel and living expenses associated with additional training for a Hydrodog franchise?
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, the franchisee is generally responsible for covering travel and living expenses related to additional training. Specifically, if Hydrodog requires or the franchisee requests additional training, the franchisee must pay Hydrodog's then-current fee for the training, along with all travel and living expenses for each trainer. These expenses include transportation, lodging, meals, and incidental costs, regardless of where the training takes place.
For training conducted at Hydrodog's location, the franchisee is responsible for all travel, lodging, meals, and incidental expenses incurred by the franchisee and their personnel attending the training. This means that franchisees need to budget not only for the training fees themselves but also for the associated costs of getting themselves or their staff to the training location and covering their stay.
There is also a mention of the online grooming training program, where the cost, including registration fees, materials, equipment, travel, and living expenses, is the franchisee's sole responsibility. These costs are non-refundable, regardless of completion or success in the program. This highlights the importance of carefully considering all potential training-related expenses when evaluating the Hydrodog franchise opportunity.
In the event of the death or disability of the franchisee, if a manager needs to be appointed, that manager will be required to complete training at the franchisee's expense. If Hydrodog appoints a manager, all expenses, including compensation, costs, travel, and living expenses of the appointed manager, will be charged to the Hydrodog business account.