Another Side Tours Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Another Side Tours is a travel franchise providing guided city and specialty tour experiences. Franchisees run local operations, managing tour bookings, guides, and customer service.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Another Side Tours franchise requires a total initial investment of $116K – $170K, including a $30K franchise fee and an ongoing 5.0% royalty[2]. The 2025 FDD does not disclose unit-level revenue (no Item 19). FranchiseVerdict grade: C (Average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified · figures per the 2025 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $116K – $170K
- 12th pct Recreation & …
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Company-owned only
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- 1st pct Recreation & …
- Units
- 3
- 11th pct Recreation & …
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Recreation & Entertainment · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Recreation & Entertainment avg · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $116K – $170K including a $30K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSFranchisor One Tour At A Time, LLC was formed August 22, 2025 and has not been in business three years; Item 21 includes only an audited opening balance sheet as of February 28, 2025 and an unaudited balance sheet as of July 17, 2025. No income/revenue statements are provided. The Exhibit F financial statements are image-based and contain no machine-readable figures, so balance sheet amounts and the auditor/CPA firm name could not be extracted from the text.
- RISKVerdict C (Average), verdict score 43/100 (higher is better).
- DATAItem 19 reports affiliate owned gross sales rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable. Ask franchisees directly for full unit-level revenue.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- One Tour At A Time, LLC
- Parent company
- Another Side Tours, Inc. (CA)
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Kenneth Lippman
- Incorporated in
- NV
- HQ
- 11700 W. Charleston BLVD, #170-001, Las Vegas, NV 89135
- Auditor
- A&G LLP
- Audited financials
Affiliated brands
- which operates tours in Clark County
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
- CEO
- Kenneth Lippman
- Headquarters
- NV
- Founded
- 2025
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 2
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 89% below the typical recreation & entertainment franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown19 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee | $30K | $30K | |
| Deposits - Office Lease, Utility & Security Deposits | $5K | $6K | |
| Office Furniture and Fixtures | $500 | $3K | |
| Office Rent & Utilities (Three months) | $5K | $9K | |
| Office Supplies | $500 | $1K | |
| Office Equipment & Computer Hardware | $3K | $5K | |
| CRM/Back Office System | $4K | $4K | |
| Business Telephone & Internet (includes Call Rail) | $1K | $1K | |
| Equipment Used in Operations | $15K | $35K | |
| Vehicle Lease or Loan Payment (3 months) | $9K | $12K | |
| Vehicle Expense (Fuel, Maintenance and Insurance for 3 months) | $5K | $9K | |
| Materials and Supplies (3 months) | $500 | $2K | |
| Recruiting, Screening & Onboarding of Initial Staff | $500 | $750 | |
| Professional Fees | $4K | $5K | |
| Insurance (Automobile and General Liability) | $3K | $5K | |
| Licenses, Memberships and Subscriptions | $500 | $2K | |
| Training Expenses (travel, meals, board) | $2K | $3K | |
| Initial Launch Advertising/Marketing | $4K | $8K | |
| Additional Funds (Working Capital) | $25K | $30K | |
| Total initial investment | $116K | $170K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $116K – $170K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $25K – $30K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $30K – $30K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- percentage · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 7.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 5.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $200 |
| Transfer fee | $23K |
| Renewal fee | $15K |
| Total fee load | 7.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
Another Side Tours did not disclose financial performance in FDD Item 19. The ROIC and return models require Item 19 revenue. Without it all inputs are estimates. You can still run the calculator with your own assumptions by entering an expected revenue figure.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Another Side Tours unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Estimated return on your total franchise investment, before any debt financing.
70%
Above the 30–60% band. Verify revenue is per-unit average
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
Franchisor One Tour At A Time, LLC was formed August 22, 2025 and has not been in business three years; Item 21 includes only an audited opening balance sheet as of February 28, 2025 and an unaudited balance sheet as of July 17, 2025. No income/revenue statements are provided. The Exhibit F financial statements are image-based and contain no machine-readable figures, so balance sheet amounts and the auditor/CPA firm name could not be extracted from the text.
Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance
- Median gross sales
- $435K
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
No system-wide average is published for this brand. The median and range below are what Item 19 supports; we show an average only where it reconciles against them.
- Item 19 type
- affiliate owned gross sales
- Sample size
- 3
- vs category median 5
- Range (low → high)
- $182K→$1.0M
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2025
- Disclosed in the 2025 filing, covering 2024
- Transparency
- 4 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · typical
Compared against 166 Recreation & Entertainment brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 7.0% — below the Recreation & Entertainment average of 8.8%.
Disclosure
Item 19 reports affiliate owned gross sales rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable.
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Recreation & Entertainment averages
How Another Side Tours Compares
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 3
- Opened
- 0
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Turnover rate
- 0.0%
- Company-owned
- 3
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 0%
- vs corporate-owned
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 0
- Closed (3yr)
- 0
- Terminated (3yr)
- 0
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Projected new
- 8
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 2 states reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
2
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Micro-franchise system (3 units) with undisclosed profitability metrics and high investment relative to system size presents moderate-to-high risk without verifiable unit economics.
Litigation (Item 3)
No litigation required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Largest disclosed settlement: $30,000
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · A&G LLP
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: No
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 43 / 100 verdict
- 01MINOROnly 3 units in system with unknown growth trajectory raises scalability and viability concerns
- 02MEDNet income not disclosed in Item 19 prevents accurate ROI calculation and profitability assessment
- 03MINORHigh initial investment ($116k-$170k) relative to only 3 existing franchises suggests unproven unit economics
- 04MINOR7-year term is longer than industry standard (5 years typical), reducing exit flexibility
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 7.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 7 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | protected |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory population | 100,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 1 year |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 3 |
| Mandatory arbitration | No |
| Arbitration location | Nevada |
| Jury trial waiver | No |
| Governing law | NV |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 15 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 25 hrs
- Training location
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Training Center)
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 1 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- Franchisor designates Authorized Territory
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- booking software
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: booking software
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
1 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Another Side Tours · FDD (2025) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Another Side Tours franchise?
The total investment to open a Another Side Tours franchise ranges from $116K – $170K, with an initial franchise fee of $30K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Another Side Tours franchise owners earn?
Another Side Tours does not disclose average franchise owner earnings in their FDD Item 19. Not all franchisors are required to make financial performance representations. We recommend asking existing franchisees directly about their financial experience.
What is Item 19 in the Another Side Tours FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the Another Side Tours FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Another Side Tours's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Another Side Tours (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many Another Side Tours franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Another Side Tours has 3 total units in the United States, including 0 franchised units and 3 company-owned units.
Is Another Side Tours a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Another Side Tours as a C-grade franchise with a verdict score of 43 out of 100 (higher is better), based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.