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Hotel, travel & hospitality franchises — the FDD facts
Every hotel, travel & hospitality franchise in our corpus, on the numbers their own FDDs put on record — what it costs to open, whether the franchisor discloses earnings, how many outlets close, and the risk signals. Not marketing copy.
| Franchise | Total investment | Item 19 | Closure rate | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affordable Suites of America | $193,100 – $1,765,100 | ✓ | — | Low |
| AmericInn, AmericInn Lodge & Suites, AmericInn Hotel & Suites, AmericInn by Wyndham | $105,151 – $149,052 | ✓ | 2.2% | Medium |
| Apartment Collection by Hilton | $1,427,321 – $64,896,039 | — | — | Medium |
| Atwell Suites | $35,000 – $38,000 | — | — | High |
| avid hotels | $11,097,665 – $16,778,020 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Baymont Inn | $105,591 – $145,623 | ✓ | 5.9% | Medium |
| Best Western; | $581,925 – $12,658,075 | — | — | High |
| BW Premier Collection; | $442,540 – $6,890,025 | — | 4.2% | High |
| CAMP Margaritaville | — | — | — | Medium |
| Candlewood Suites | $35,000 – $38,000 | ✓ | 0.3% | Medium |
| Canopy and | — | — | — | High |
| Casago | $23,000 – $1,287,000 | — | 18.9% | High |
| Casago International (Unit) | $51,275 – $413,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Casiola | $64,500 – $100,750 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Cobblestone Hotel & Suites | $94,999 – $2,351,007 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Cobblestone Inn & Suites | $101,999 – $2,382,999 | ✓ | 5% | Medium |
| Cobblestone Suites | $101,999 – $2,382,999 | ✓ | 5% | Medium |
| Compass by Margaritaville | — | — | — | Medium |
| Country Inn & Suites by Radisson | $851,845 – $3,623,495 | ✓ | 5.8% | Medium |
| Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts | $14,235,404 – $76,904,134 | ✓ | — | High |
| Cruise Planners | $1,945 – $20,505 | ✓ | 5.2% | Medium |
| CruiseOne | $2,290 – $20,695 | ✓ | 5.9% | Low |
| Cruisin' Tikis | $59,400 – $83,400 | — | 1.4% | Medium |
| Curio - A Collection by Hilton | — | ✓ | 1.3% | Low |
| Days Inn | — | ✓ | 5.9% | Medium |
| Dolce, Dolce Hotels, Dolce Hotels and Resorts, Dolce Hotels and Resorts by Wyndham | $1,302,100 – $16,954,618 | — | — | Medium |
| DoubleTree by Hilton | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| EagleRider | $73,500 – $317,000 | — | 11.1% | High |
| ECHO Suites | — | — | 0% | Medium |
| Embassy Suites Hotels | $59,106,260 – $90,910,623 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Engel & Volkers Yachting Brokerage | $107,490 – $307,354 | — | 0% | High |
| EVEN Hotels | $19,000,348 – $29,164,458 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Expedia Cruises | $149,300 – $258,545 | ✓ | 2% | Medium |
| Extended Stay America Premier Suites | $10,070,070 – $15,289,995 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Extended Stay America Select Suites | $8,633,160 – $13,453,480 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Extended Stay America Suites | $9,198,390 – $14,299,570 | ✓ | 3.7% | Medium |
| Fireside Rv | $51,950 – $94,700 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Freedom Boat Club | — | — | 5.2% | High |
| G6 Hospitality | $200,000 – $9,700,000 | ✓ | 1.4% | Low |
| Garner | $641,038 – $4,510,409 | — | — | Medium |
| Graduate by Hilton | $18,959,871 – $93,720,865 | — | — | Medium |
| GrandStay Residential Suites | $5,038,400 – $24,175,200 | — | — | Medium |
| GreenTree | — | — | 9.1% | Medium |
| Guesthouse | $573,945 – $7,331,895 | — | 7.1% | High |
| Hampton Inn; | $17,043,739 – $24,732,532 | — | — | Medium |
| Hilton Garden Inn | $25,499,320 – $37,352,033 | ✓ | 0.1% | Low |
| Holiday Inn Express; | $13,851,273 – $20,877,080 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Holiday Inn; | $18,630,023 – $29,222,201 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Home2 Suites by Hilton | $18,075,688 – $26,550,592 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| HomeTowne Studios by Red Roof | $11,734,393 – $14,457,291 | ✓ | 2.2% | Low |
| Homewood Suites by Hilton | $23,757,245 – $34,728,465 | ✓ | 0.2% | Low |
| Hotel Indigo | $9,316,623 – $48,510,839 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Howard Johnson | — | ✓ | 7.9% | Medium |
| Hyatt Centric | $54,547,393 – $89,056,821 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Hyatt House Hotels | $26,934,987 – $33,427,565 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Hyatt Place Hotels | — | ✓ | 0.6% | Low |
| Hyatt Regency | — | ✓ | 2.4% | Low |
| Intercontinental Hotels & Resorts | — | ✓ | — | Low |
| ITRIP | $119,400 – $153,150 | ✓ | 5.3% | Medium |
| Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants | — | ✓ | — | Low |
| KOA | $459,500 – $13,894,250 | ✓ | — | Low |
| La Quinta Inn & Suites and | $14,445,089 – $19,896,600 | — | 3.5% | High |
| LivAway Suites | $11,226,600 – $13,659,150 | — | — | Medium |
| LivSmart Studios by Hilton | $16,299,093 – $24,047,210 | — | — | High |
| LXR Hotels & Resorts | — | — | — | High |
| Magnuson Hotels | $175,000 – $400,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Margaritaville Hotels & Resorts | — | ✓ | — | Low |
| Membership Hotel Organization | $58,900 – $1,247,995 | — | — | Medium |
| Membership Hotel Organization | $771,595 – $21,244,695 | — | 200% | Medium |
| MGallery Hotel Collection | — | — | 0% | Medium |
| Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham | $92,736 – $118,002 | ✓ | 2.8% | Medium |
| Motto by Hilton | $19,394,754 – $93,811,167 | — | — | Medium |
| My Place Hotels | $98,735 – $126,910 | — | 3.9% | Medium |
| Nautical Boat Club | $396,700 – $697,000 | ✓ | 4% | Low |
| Noted Collection | — | — | — | Medium |
| Outset Collection by Hilton | $2,201,921 – $51,965,743 | — | — | High |
| Park Inn | $3,987 – $21,436 | ✓ | 70.4% | High |
| Pedal Pub | $114,645 – $281,196 | ✓ | 15% | Medium |
| Postcard Cabins | $8,517,800 – $11,597,300 | — | — | Medium |
| PowerTime | $74,675 – $151,950 | — | 16.7% | High |
| Ramada and | $9,625,641 – $14,635,175 | — | 8.3% | High |
| Red Roof Inn | $7,253,500 – $8,899,600 | ✓ | 4.3% | Low |
| Restpoint Inn | $211,875 – $1,986,445 | — | — | Medium |
| Roseus Hospitality | $71,800 – $175,600 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Ruby Hotels | $8,001,423 – $38,474,439 | — | — | Medium |
| Scottish Inn | $1,396,700 – $5,268,700 | — | 0.9% | High |
| Scottish Inn, Red Carpet Inn, Master Host Inn | $134,195 – $531,295 | — | 3.5% | Medium |
| Sheenco Travel ® | $32,600 – $50,860 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Shilo Inns | $1,699,500 – $58,845,000 | — | — | Medium |
| SkyRun, SkyRun Vacation Rentals | $105,080 – $153,980 | ✓ | 9.8% | Low |
| Spark by Hilton | $3,251,531 – $5,906,193 | — | 2.2% | Medium |
| StayAPT | $400,000 – $550,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| stayAPT Suites | $7,880,000 – $13,679,500 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Staybridge Suites | $35,000 – $38,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Super 8 | — | ✓ | 4.4% | Medium |
| SureStay by Best Western® | $5,354,975 – $8,265,975 | — | 2.7% | High |
| SureStay Collection by Best Western® | $880,775 – $2,920,725 | — | 20% | High |
| Tapestry Collection by Hilton | $2,861,047 – $70,253,147 | — | — | High |
| Tempo by Hilton | $25,524,574 – $37,845,951 | — | — | Medium |
| The Red Collection | $222,875 – $1,611,250 | — | 20% | Medium |
| The Registry Collection Hotels, Registry Collection Hotels | — | — | — | Medium |
| Thompson Hotels® | — | — | — | Medium |
| Trademark; Trademark Collection; Trademark Collection by Wyndham | — | ✓ | 9% | Medium |
| Travel Leaders Network | $2,270 – $17,910 | — | 1.6% | Medium |
| Travelodge, Travelodge Hotel, Travelodge Inn, Travelodge Suites Hotel, Travelodge Inn & Suites, Travelodge by Wyndham | $73,956 – $113,110 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Trend Hotels | $272,500 – $2,947,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Tru by Hilton | $14,258,164 – $20,659,558 | — | — | Medium |
| TRYP by Wyndham | — | — | — | Medium |
| Undergraduate by Hilton | $10,613,284 – $36,628,981 | — | — | High |
| Vacation Planners | $31,500 – $55,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Vignette Collection | — | — | — | Medium |
| voco | $784,423 – $46,608,664 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Wandervans USA | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| WaterWalk Apartments | $25,000 – $500,000 | — | 20% | High |
| WHR Extended Stay, LLC (Arise Suites Extended Stay by Wyndham) | $3,803 – $15,971 | — | — | High |
| Wingate, Wingate by Wyndham | $114,663 – $164,606 | ✓ | 4.2% | Medium |
| Wyndham Garden | $15,614,817 – $20,306,821 | ✓ | 5.6% | Medium |
| Wyndham Grand | $193,116 – $359,142 | ✓ | — | Medium |
Figures as disclosed in each brand's most recent registered FDD. “—” means the FDD does not disclose it or the table did not parse cleanly — never an estimate. Tap any brand for the full breakdown. New to the term? What is Item 19? — the earnings disclosure, in plain English.
Travel & hospitality franchise rankings
Travel & hospitality franchises — frequently asked
What is the best hotel, travel & hospitality franchise?
"Best" is a claim the FDD numbers have to back: we rank hotel, travel & hospitality brands that disclose Item 19 earnings AND beat the category's median closure rate. Cobblestone Hotel & Suites currently tops that list with a 0% franchised-outlet closure rate; 15 hotel, travel & hospitality brands qualify. See Best hotel, travel & hospitality franchises by the FDD numbers.
How much does a hotel, travel & hospitality franchise cost?
The median total initial investment across the 118 hotel, travel & hospitality franchises we track is $3,332,700 (FDD Item 7); individual brands range widely — the table on this page shows each one. The lowest-cost brands are ranked in Cheapest hotel, travel & hospitality franchises to open.
Which hotel, travel & hospitality franchises disclose earnings?
59 of 118 hotel, travel & hospitality franchises (50%) make an Item 19 financial performance representation in their most recent FDD — franchisor-disclosed unit earnings, not estimates. See Hotel, travel & hospitality franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
What is the failure rate of hotel, travel & hospitality franchises?
Across the 58 hotel, travel & hospitality brands with parsed outlet tables, the median franchised-outlet closure rate is 4.1% (FDD Item 20 — closures, terminations and non-renewals, the closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate). 24 of the 97 with net-change data shrank in the latest reported year.
Which hotel, travel & hospitality franchise fits your budget?
118 hotel, travel & hospitality franchises is a long list. Tell us your budget and state and we'll send you the 5–10 that fit, ranked by earnings disclosure, growth and closure rate from their own FDDs.
One sponsored slot per category, and it's data-gated: a brand must disclose Item 19 earnings and beat the category's median closure rate to hold it. Sponsorship is always labeled and never changes a ranking, a risk read, or a report — the data on this site is not for sale. Franchisor inquiries: ryan@franchisefactsreport.com.