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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 Jellystone | $324,000 – $2,370,000 | — | 1.3% | Medium |
| CAMP Margaritaville | — | — | — | Medium |
| Candlewood Suites | $35,000 – $38,000 | ✓ | 0.3% | Medium |
| Canopy and | — | — | — | High |
| Caption by Hyatt | — | — | — | Medium |
| 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 | $101,999 – $2,382,999 | ✓ | 5% | Medium |
| Cobblestone Hotel & Suites | $94,999 – $2,351,007 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Compass by Margaritaville | — | — | — | Medium |
| Country Inn & Suites by Radisson | $851,845 – $3,623,495 | ✓ | 5.8% | Medium |
| Courtyard by Marriott hotels | $15,129,110 – $20,399,210 | ✓ | — | Low |
| 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 |
| Dazzler Select | — | — | — | Medium |
| Destination by Hyatt | — | — | — | 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 |
| Grand Welcome | $39,500 – $189,750 | ✓ | 23.9% | High |
| 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 |
| Hyatt Select | $12,977,314 – $17,145,350 | — | — | Medium |
| Hyatt Studios | — | — | — | Medium |
| Intercontinental Hotels & Resorts | — | ✓ | — | Low |
| ITRIP | $119,400 – $153,150 | ✓ | 5.3% | Medium |
| JdV by Hyatt | — | ✓ | — | 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 |
| 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 |
| Studio 6 Plus | $581,892 – $15,498,548 | — | — | High |
| 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 |
| The StandardX | $25,077,904 – $31,737,442 | — | — | Medium |
| The Unbound Collection by Hyatt | — | ✓ | — | 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 |
| Unscripted by Hyatt | — | — | — | Medium |
| 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 |
| WaterWalk Extended Stay by Wyndham | — | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| 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 | — | ✓ | 3.3% | 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 131 hotel, travel & hospitality franchises we track is $3,666,283 (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?
64 of 131 hotel, travel & hospitality franchises (49%) 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 60 hotel, travel & hospitality brands with parsed outlet tables, the median franchised-outlet closure rate is 3.8% (FDD Item 20 — closures, terminations and non-renewals, the closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate). 25 of the 101 with net-change data shrank in the latest reported year.
The full report on any hotel, travel & hospitality brand: risk level, actual Item 19 earnings (where disclosed), every figure ranked against hotel, travel & hospitality peers, litigation and churn detail.
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