Hilton Garden Inn vs Days Inns Worldwide Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Hilton Garden Inn vs Days Inns Worldwide including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Hilton Garden Inn Franchise
Days Inns Worldwide Franchise
Investment $13,045,500 - $27,123,500$231,156 - $5,794,510
Franchise Fee $75,000$35,000 - $38,000
Royalty Fee 5.5%5.5%
Advertising Fee 4%3.8%
Year Founded 19961970
Year Franchised 19961972
Term Of Agreement 22 years15-20 years
Term Of Agreement 22 years15-20 years
Renewal Fee Same as initial fee-


Business Experience Requirements
 
Hilton Garden Inn Franchise
Days Inns Worldwide Franchise
Experience
  • Industry experience
  • General business experience
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    Financing Options
     
    Hilton Garden Inn Franchise
    Days Inns Worldwide Franchise
      In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
    Franchise Fees No/YesNo/No
    Start-up Costs No/YesYes/No
    Equipment No/YesYes/No
    Inventory No/YesYes/No
    Receivables No/YesYes/No
    Payroll No/YesYes/No

    Training & Support
     
    Hilton Garden Inn Franchise
    Days Inns Worldwide Franchise
    Training On-The-Job Training Classroom Training Regional workshops
    Support Purchasing Co-ops Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Toll-Free Line Grand Opening Online Support Security/Safety Procedures Field Operations Site Selection Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet PlatformNewsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives
    Marketing Co-op Advertising Ad Templates National Media Regional Advertising Social media SEO Website development Email marketing Loyalty program/appCo-op advertising, National media, Regional advertising
    Operations

    Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 35 - 50

    Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed.

    		 International franchisees required to buy multiple units/master licenses; 30% of all franchisees own more than one unit

    Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed.

    Expansion Plans
     
    Hilton Garden Inn Franchise
    Days Inns Worldwide Franchise
    US Expansion Yes-
    Canada Expansion NoNo
    International Expansion YesYes

    Company Overviews

    About Hilton Garden Inn

    Hilton Garden Inn is an upscale mid-priced, focused-service hotel concept. Through extensive research, Hilton has designed a hotel product that delivers just what guests need, and eliminates what they've said they don't use. Hilton Garden Inn, targeted toward the individual business traveler and the weekend leisure segment, is designed to provide the finest quality of essential services and amenities and eliminates the costly trappings of large-scale properties. It's a hotel that's value-engineered from the ground up and dedicated to guest comfort. When you develop a Hilton Garden Inn hotel, you're not just developing a hotel, but a relationship with the entire Hilton Family of Hotels. Advantages like our friendly corporate staff, central reservations system, worldwide sales organization and award-winning Hilton HHonors guest loyalty to the Hilton Garden Inn brand, as more and more hotels open throughout North America.
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    #89 in Franchise 500 for 2021.




    About Days Inns Worldwide

    Cecil B. Day opened his first lodging in Tybee Island, Georgia, in 1970. From that point forward, Days Inns Worldwide has developed into a system of about 2,000 diversified inns all through the U.S. what's more, around the world, including a few inns that offer free breakfast and permit pets in select rooms.

    Days Inn Worldwide is a piece of the Wyndham Worldwide group of lodgings which additionally incorporates Baymont Inns and Suites, Hawthorn Suites, Howard Johnson Int'l., Knights Franchise Systems, Microtel Inns and Suites, Ramada Worldwide, Super 8, Travelodge Hotels, Wingate by Wyndham, and Wyndham Hotels and Resorts.

    Days Inn ® is a main worldwide brand in the economy portion with more visitor rooms than some other economy mark on the planet with more than 1,850 properties around the world. Under its "Best Value under the Sun" advertise situating, Days Inn inns offer esteem cognizant shoppers free fast Internet and most lodgings offer free Daybreak breakfast. Numerous lodgings likewise have eateries, pools and meeting rooms.

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    #47 on Franchise Rankings.com
    #91 in Canada's Top franchises.
    #201 in Franchise 500 for 2020.
    #282 in Franchise 500 for 2021.