20 Cruisin’ Tikis International, Inc. 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document 1313.001.007/399457.5 indirectly, through or on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other similar proprietary or common carrier electronic delivery system unless approved by us. We may, but are not obligated to, provide you with a webpage on the website for Cruisin’ Tikis franchise system that references your Business. If we provide you with a webpage, you must: (i) provide us the information and materials we request to develop, update, and modify your webpage; and (ii) notify us whenever any information on your webpage is not accurate. We have final approval rights over all information on the system website for the Cruisin’ Tikis franchise system (including your webpage). You may not develop, maintain, or authorize any other online presence or create or use a screen name, username or profile on any social networking site that mentions or describes you or your Business or displays any of the Marks. E. Advertising Cooperatives There are no advertising cooperatives that you must participate in, but we may form them in the future. The governing documents for the advertising cooperative you may be required to participate in (i) will be available to you for review, and (ii) will determine the amount that the participating Cruisin’ Tikis Businesses are required to contribute subject to the Required Marketing Cap. We anticipate that Cruisin’ Tikis businesses owned by us or affiliates that operate Vessels in the area covered by the advertising cooperative may contribute to the advertising cooperative at the same rate as the franchisees. We will administer and retain the right to merge, change, and dissolve any and all advertising cooperatives that may be formed for Cruisin’ Tikis businesses. If and when we form advertising cooperatives, we may prepare periodic unaudited financial statements that members may review. F. Franchise Advertising Council We do not currently have a Franchise Advertising Council, but we may constitute one in the future. Computer Hardware and Software You must obtain and use in the operation of your Business the integrated computer hardware and software system, including an integrated computer-based point-of-sale system and technology maintenance and support contracts, that we designate or approve from time to time (the “Computer System”). The Computer System currently consists of (a) an internet-enabled device you already own (which can be your smart phone or tablet), (b) either Fare Harbor or Peek Pro, web-based applications used for bookings and credit card processing, (c) Squarespace (website builder), (d) Quickbooks, a web-based accounting and payroll software, and (e) a technology support contract with our designated vendor, currently BMK Technologies. Although the Computer System must meet our standards and specifications, you have the sole responsibility to ensure that it functions properly. We bear no liability for any failure of the Computer System’s hardware or software, programming interfaces, internet connectivity or security measures. We may, without restriction, modify specifications for, and components of, the Computer System, and those modifications might require you, at your expense, to purchase, lease, or license new or modified computer hardware or software and to obtain service and support for the Computer System regardless of whether those costs are fully amortizable over this Agreement’s remaining Term. The owner of the web-based systems will push updates to your system, but you are not generally required to purchase them. The cost of purchasing the
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Cruisin' Tikis
Personal servicesCruisin' Tikis franchises 106 locations nationwide, growing 12.8% year over year, out of its Florida headquarters. Item 11 of the 2024 FDD makes QuickBooks by Intuit a required system, while booking and marketing tools like FareHarbor, Peek Pro, Squarespace and Yelp are named without being mandated — the split any vendor needs before approaching this network.
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Recorded percentage components
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1recorded components (FY2024)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
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20 Cruisin’ Tikis International, Inc. 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document 1313.001.007/399457.5 indirectly, through or on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other similar proprietary or common carrier electronic delivery system unless approved by us. We may, but are not obligated to, provide you with a webpage on the website for Cruisin’ Tikis franchise system that references your Business. If we provide you with a webpage, you must: (i) provide us the information and materials we request to develop, update, and modify your webpage; and (ii) notify us whenever any information on your webpage is not accurate. We have final approval rights over all information on the system website for the Cruisin’ Tikis franchise system (including your webpage). You may not develop, maintain, or authorize any other online presence or create or use a screen name, username or profile on any social networking site that mentions or describes you or your Business or displays any of the Marks. E. Advertising Cooperatives There are no advertising cooperatives that you must participate in, but we may form them in the future. The governing documents for the advertising cooperative you may be required to participate in (i) will be available to you for review, and (ii) will determine the amount that the participating Cruisin’ Tikis Businesses are required to contribute subject to the Required Marketing Cap. We anticipate that Cruisin’ Tikis businesses owned by us or affiliates that operate Vessels in the area covered by the advertising cooperative may contribute to the advertising cooperative at the same rate as the franchisees. We will administer and retain the right to merge, change, and dissolve any and all advertising cooperatives that may be formed for Cruisin’ Tikis businesses. If and when we form advertising cooperatives, we may prepare periodic unaudited financial statements that members may review. F. Franchise Advertising Council We do not currently have a Franchise Advertising Council, but we may constitute one in the future. Computer Hardware and Software You must obtain and use in the operation of your Business the integrated computer hardware and software system, including an integrated computer-based point-of-sale system and technology maintenance and support contracts, that we designate or approve from time to time (the “Computer System”). The Computer System currently consists of (a) an internet-enabled device you already own (which can be your smart phone or tablet), (b) either Fare Harbor or Peek Pro, web-based applications used for bookings and credit card processing, (c) Squarespace (website builder), (d) Quickbooks, a web-based accounting and payroll software, and (e) a technology support contract with our designated vendor, currently BMK Technologies. Although the Computer System must meet our standards and specifications, you have the sole responsibility to ensure that it functions properly. We bear no liability for any failure of the Computer System’s hardware or software, programming interfaces, internet connectivity or security measures. We may, without restriction, modify specifications for, and components of, the Computer System, and those modifications might require you, at your expense, to purchase, lease, or license new or modified computer hardware or software and to obtain service and support for the Computer System regardless of whether those costs are fully amortizable over this Agreement’s remaining Term. The owner of the web-based systems will push updates to your system, but you are not generally required to purchase them. The cost of purchasing the
20 Cruisin’ Tikis International, Inc. 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document 1313.001.007/399457.5 indirectly, through or on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other similar proprietary or common carrier electronic delivery system unless approved by us. We may, but are not obligated to, provide you with a webpage on the website for Cruisin’ Tikis franchise system that references your Business. If we provide you with a webpage, you must: (i) provide us the information and materials we request to develop, update, and modify your webpage; and (ii) notify us whenever any information on your webpage is not accurate. We have final approval rights over all information on the system website for the Cruisin’ Tikis franchise system (including your webpage). You may not develop, maintain, or authorize any other online presence or create or use a screen name, username or profile on any social networking site that mentions or describes you or your Business or displays any of the Marks. E. Advertising Cooperatives There are no advertising cooperatives that you must participate in, but we may form them in the future. The governing documents for the advertising cooperative you may be required to participate in (i) will be available to you for review, and (ii) will determine the amount that the participating Cruisin’ Tikis Businesses are required to contribute subject to the Required Marketing Cap. We anticipate that Cruisin’ Tikis businesses owned by us or affiliates that operate Vessels in the area covered by the advertising cooperative may contribute to the advertising cooperative at the same rate as the franchisees. We will administer and retain the right to merge, change, and dissolve any and all advertising cooperatives that may be formed for Cruisin’ Tikis businesses. If and when we form advertising cooperatives, we may prepare periodic unaudited financial statements that members may review. F. Franchise Advertising Council We do not currently have a Franchise Advertising Council, but we may constitute one in the future. Computer Hardware and Software You must obtain and use in the operation of your Business the integrated computer hardware and software system, including an integrated computer-based point-of-sale system and technology maintenance and support contracts, that we designate or approve from time to time (the “Computer System”). The Computer System currently consists of (a) an internet-enabled device you already own (which can be your smart phone or tablet), (b) either Fare Harbor or Peek Pro, web-based applications used for bookings and credit card processing, (c) Squarespace (website builder), (d) Quickbooks, a web-based accounting and payroll software, and (e) a technology support contract with our designated vendor, currently BMK Technologies. Although the Computer System must meet our standards and specifications, you have the sole responsibility to ensure that it functions properly. We bear no liability for any failure of the Computer System’s hardware or software, programming interfaces, internet connectivity or security measures. We may, without restriction, modify specifications for, and components of, the Computer System, and those modifications might require you, at your expense, to purchase, lease, or license new or modified computer hardware or software and to obtain service and support for the Computer System regardless of whether those costs are fully amortizable over this Agreement’s remaining Term. The owner of the web-based systems will push updates to your system, but you are not generally required to purchase them. The cost of purchasing the
20 Cruisin’ Tikis International, Inc. 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document 1313.001.007/399457.5 indirectly, through or on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other similar proprietary or common carrier electronic delivery system unless approved by us. We may, but are not obligated to, provide you with a webpage on the website for Cruisin’ Tikis franchise system that references your Business. If we provide you with a webpage, you must: (i) provide us the information and materials we request to develop, update, and modify your webpage; and (ii) notify us whenever any information on your webpage is not accurate. We have final approval rights over all information on the system website for the Cruisin’ Tikis franchise system (including your webpage). You may not develop, maintain, or authorize any other online presence or create or use a screen name, username or profile on any social networking site that mentions or describes you or your Business or displays any of the Marks. E. Advertising Cooperatives There are no advertising cooperatives that you must participate in, but we may form them in the future. The governing documents for the advertising cooperative you may be required to participate in (i) will be available to you for review, and (ii) will determine the amount that the participating Cruisin’ Tikis Businesses are required to contribute subject to the Required Marketing Cap. We anticipate that Cruisin’ Tikis businesses owned by us or affiliates that operate Vessels in the area covered by the advertising cooperative may contribute to the advertising cooperative at the same rate as the franchisees. We will administer and retain the right to merge, change, and dissolve any and all advertising cooperatives that may be formed for Cruisin’ Tikis businesses. If and when we form advertising cooperatives, we may prepare periodic unaudited financial statements that members may review. F. Franchise Advertising Council We do not currently have a Franchise Advertising Council, but we may constitute one in the future. Computer Hardware and Software You must obtain and use in the operation of your Business the integrated computer hardware and software system, including an integrated computer-based point-of-sale system and technology maintenance and support contracts, that we designate or approve from time to time (the “Computer System”). The Computer System currently consists of (a) an internet-enabled device you already own (which can be your smart phone or tablet), (b) either Fare Harbor or Peek Pro, web-based applications used for bookings and credit card processing, (c) Squarespace (website builder), (d) Quickbooks, a web-based accounting and payroll software, and (e) a technology support contract with our designated vendor, currently BMK Technologies. Although the Computer System must meet our standards and specifications, you have the sole responsibility to ensure that it functions properly. We bear no liability for any failure of the Computer System’s hardware or software, programming interfaces, internet connectivity or security measures. We may, without restriction, modify specifications for, and components of, the Computer System, and those modifications might require you, at your expense, to purchase, lease, or license new or modified computer hardware or software and to obtain service and support for the Computer System regardless of whether those costs are fully amortizable over this Agreement’s remaining Term. The owner of the web-based systems will push updates to your system, but you are not generally required to purchase them. The cost of purchasing the
B. Local Marketing Expenditures You must advertise your Business as provided in the Manual, using forms of advertisement we approve. You must (i) not advertise your Business within the designated territory granted to other franchisees without our prior written approval, (ii) list your Business with the online directories and subscriptions we periodically prescribe (such as Yelp® or Google®), (iii) establish any other online presence we require or authorize, and (iv) comply with all our System Standards for your local advertising, including your online presences. Subject to the Required Marketing Cap, we may require you from time to time to spend a minimum amount per month to advertise and promote your Vessel (this may include the costs of online directory advertising) (the “Local Advertising Expenditure”). We reserve the right to approve the type of expenditure that will count towards your Local Advertising Expenditure. Indirect costs you incur in managing your local advertising campaigns, such as salaries and benefits of employees administering the campaigns, will not be counted towards your Local Advertising Expenditure. At our request, you agree to send us, in the manner we prescribe, an accounting of your Local Advertising Expenditures during the preceding months. Your local advertising and promotion must follow our guidelines, and must be completely clear, factual, and not misleading and must conform to both the highest standard of ethical advertising and marketing.
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
25 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 5 explicit no's; 4 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.
Accounting
Must the franchisee use an accounting or bookkeeping system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must obtain, use, and maintain the functionality of the integrated computer hardware and software system, including an integrated computer-based point-of-sale system, that we designate or approve from time to time (the “Computer System”).
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesFranchise agreement
We will have independent access to data, and there shall be no contractual limitations on our right to access to such data.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must at your own expense establish and maintain a transactional, bookkeeping, accounting, and recordkeeping system conforming to the System Standards and, where we require the use of outside resources, using only approved Vendors.
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
In some cases, there may be a single approved or designated supplier, and that supplier may be us or our affiliate.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 11
We may, without restriction, modify specifications for, and components of, the Computer System, and those modifications might require you, at your expense, to purchase, lease, or license new or modified computer hardware or software and to obtain service and support for the Computer System regardless of whether those…
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
836639Item 8
our affiliate, Cruisin’ 13 Cruisin’ Tikis International, Inc. 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document 1313.001.007/399457.5 Tikis Builders, derived $785,889 in revenue from sales of goods and services to our franchisees, and (iii) Cruisin’ Tiki Logistics, LLC derived $50,750 in revenue from sales of goods and services to…
Item 8 gives this proportion in one of two shapes: separate percentages for establishing the business and for operating it, or one figure covering "establishing and operating" together. Where they are separate, answer with the operating percentage; where the passage gives only the combined figure, answer with that. What percentage of the franchisee's purchases must come from designated or approved suppliers?
75Item 8
We estimate that 95% to 100% of your initial investment and 75% to 85% of your ongoing expenditures will be directed to purchase products and services that will be restricted by us in some manner.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesFranchise agreement
If you ask us to approve, and we agree to evaluate, a specific vendor, we may require you to reimburse us the costs we incur in evaluating that vendor.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
You must seek our written approval if you want to purchase or use any Operating Asset which has not been specifically approved by us in writing or purchase an Operating Asset from a supplier which has not been specifically approved by us in writing.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree that, as between us and you, we have the sole rights to, and you hereby assign to us, all telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, directory listings and any other type of contact information that you use in the operation or promotion of your Business (“Contact Identifiers”).
Franchise management
Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree to participate in and request your customers to participate in any surveys performed by or for us.
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
We and our representatives may at all times and without prior notice to you (including prior to granting you a successor franchise as described in Section 13 below), inspect, photograph, observe and videotape your Business and Vessels;
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
Subject to our right to modify the Manual and System Standards, this Agreement may not be modified except by a written agreement signed by our and your duly-authorized officers.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
You are required to secure and maintain a dock (your “Dock”) for each of your Cruisin’ Tikis Vessels at a location we approve and that meets our System Standards within the Designated Territory approved by us.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesFranchise agreement
Except as provided above, or as approved by us in writing or in the Manual, you may not develop, maintain or authorize any website, domain name, email address, social media account, other online presence or presence on any electronic, virtual, or digital medium of any kind (“Online Presence”) that mentions your…
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
In addition to your other advertising obligations, you must conduct an approved grand opening advertising program for your Business to take place leading up to when you begin operating your 1st Cruisin’ Tikis Vessel.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree to use only those suppliers, manufacturers, vendors, distributors, and producers (collectively, the “Vendors”) that we approve, designate or authorize to provide goods and services sold from, used in, or relating to the operation of your Business.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
2024 FDD | Ex. B – Franchise Agreement 1313.001.007/401306.4 Assets that we approve from time to time, and you may purchase or lease approved brands, types, or models of Operating Assets only from suppliers we designate or approve (which may include or be limited to us or our affiliates).
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree to use only those suppliers, manufacturers, vendors, distributors, and producers (collectively, the “Vendors”) that we approve, designate or authorize to provide goods and services sold from, used in, or relating to the operation of your Business.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
We will designate from time to time the manner in which payments are to be made to us, which may include electronic funds transfers from your designated bank account.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
If you (or your Managing Owner) are not supervising your Business on a full-time basis, you must appoint a full-time manager to supervise the management and day-to-day operations of your Business.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must obtain, use, and maintain the functionality of the integrated computer hardware and software system, including an integrated computer-based point-of-sale system, that we designate or approve from time to time (the “Computer System”).
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
Your Computer System will enable you to collect information about customer work orders and inventory, and we will have the ability to access your computer and that information.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
integrated computer-based point-of-sale system and technology maintenance and support contracts, that we designate or approve from time to time (the “Computer System”).
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
We may conduct annual meetings of Cruisin’ Tikis franchise owners and provide refresher training programs from time to time at a location that we determine.
The filing answers no to 5 questions
- Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 20
- Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?Item 8
- Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Item 11
- Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?Franchise agreement
- Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?Franchise agreement
The vendor opportunity at Cruisin' Tikis Cruisin' Tikis franchises 106 locations as of its 2024 FDD, up 12.766% year over year — one of the faster-growing personal services brands in this set.
Who controls software purchasing Item 11's mandate on QuickBooks by Intuit signals a franchisor-set accounting standard applied network-wide. Booking and marketing tools — FareHarbor, Peek Pro, Squarespace, Yelp — are named in the same Item 11 without being required, which points to individual franchisees making those calls rather than a single HQ buyer. The one mapped operator runs a single location in Florida, consistent with a franchisee-driven network rather than a multi-unit consolidation.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required QuickBooks by Intuit is the one required system, under Item 11. FareHarbor, Peek Pro, Squarespace and Yelp all appear in the same Item, but the FDD requires none of them — they're named tools a vendor would compete against on the merits, not incumbents locked in by contract.
Procurement, renewals, and timing Item 8 runs an approved-supplier list, with franchisees buying from suppliers approved or designated in writing; some items — including monogrammed captain's shirts, if a franchisee wants them — must come from the franchisor or an affiliate. Franchisees can request approval for alternative suppliers. Item 17 sets a 5-year term with renewal notice due 90 to 180 days before expiration, full compliance with the Franchise Agreement and System Standards, a renewal fee equal to half the then-current initial franchise fee, and a new agreement that can carry different terms and conditions.
How to read the Cruisin' Tikis FDD The 2024 filing was filed with state franchise regulators. Read Item 8 for supplier rules, Item 11 for the QuickBooks mandate, and Item 17 for renewal timing — the embedded PDF viewer below has the complete filing. For a ranked list of comparable targets, talk to FranCloud.
Ordinary royalty terms
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Questions vendors ask
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Who runs the locations
1 operators run 1 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
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