Everhome Suites franchise cost
Everhome Suites (Choice Hotels) charges a 9.0% bundled franchise fee (includes royalty and the 1% marketing and reservation fee), according to its franchise disclosure document issued April 1, 2026, as amended May 20, 2026. The franchisor estimates the total cost of a new-build hotel at $13,408,150 to $16,917,330, not counting land.
- Royalty
- Per rooma flat monthly fee per room; see the table below
- Marketing
- 1%of gross rooms revenue
- Fee to take over on a purchase
- $50,000Transfer fee for a 60-room hotel, from the Item 5 formula
- Fee for a new franchise
- $50,000Item 5 formula at 60 rooms. Fees actually charged can be lower; see the notes below.
- Total investment
- $13.4M to $16.9MItem 7 estimate for a new-build hotel
Recurring fees in the 2026 FDD
| Royalty | Not stated |
|---|---|
| Marketing or brand fund | Bundled Franchise Fee 9.0% of the preceding month's GRR, which includes the Marketing and Reservation Fee (stated as 1% of GRR) |
| Reservation, loyalty and technology | The 9.0% Bundled Franchise Fee includes royalty, the 1% Marketing and Reservation Fee, GDS costs, the enterprise paid media program, and loyalty program costs (Rewards Program Fee, airline, Egencia etc.), excluding points redemptions and the Points Accelerator package. Outside the bundle: Property Technology & Service Fee $8.35 per room monthly, $600 minimum, $900 maximum; Third Party Distribution Fee $4.00 per consumed OTA/connectivity reservation; travel agent commissions currently 10%-15%; ChoiceROCS $890-$1,400/month optional; ChoiceMAX $235-$360/month or IDeaS G3 $6.00 per key, optional. |
| Initial fee (Item 5) | Affiliation fee "$50,000" for the 120-room prototype; "an additional fee of $300 per room for the additional rooms" above 120; "$550 per room for transfers and renewals ($50,000 minimum)." 50% affiliation fee discount for qualifying re-licensing of existing Choice hotels. Master Development Agreement Rights Deposit = $50,000 x number of hotels in the development schedule. No separate application fee is described in Item 5. |
| New build (Item 7) | $13,408,150 to $16,917,330 |
| What Item 7 assumes | New construction only, 120 rooms ($111,735-$140,978 per room). No conversion table. Excludes land. |
Everhome Suites charges a 9.0% bundled franchise fee (includes royalty and the 1% marketing and reservation fee).
From the filing: Choice may change the bundle mix and amounts. Affiliation fees charged in 2025 ranged from $0 to $50,000. Item 5 describes no separate application fee. Except for the Royalty Fee and liquidated damages, Item 6 says all fees are subject to change.
What the fees cost a 60-room hotel
Take a 60-room Everhome Suites with $1,500,000 of rooms revenue a year. The royalty and the marketing or system fees that apply to every room night come to 9%, or $135,000 a year, and per-room fees add $6,012 ($8.35 per room per month, before the FDD's minimum and maximum). That is $141,012 a year, about $11,751 a month, before payroll or utilities. Fees charged only on some bookings, such as loyalty-member stays, central reservation bookings and online commissions, come on top.
Those fees come straight off NOI. At 1.25x coverage, $141,012 of fees is $112,810 a year of payment you can no longer borrow against, or about $1,030,000 of loan at 10% over 25 years.
Fees billed per reservation, per transaction or as a fixed amount are not in this total; they are listed in the table above as the FDD states them. Run your own numbers with Everhome Suites fees filled in.
Financing an Everhome Suites
Lenders read the franchise agreement as closely as the appraisal. On a purchase, expect the brand to require a change-of-ownership application, a new franchise agreement on current terms and often a property improvement plan (PIP), and expect the lender to fold the PIP cost into the project. For a new build, the Item 7 range is the starting point for the construction budget a lender will test.
Most owner-operators finance a branded hotel with an SBA 7(a) or 504 loan. Read SBA 7(a) for hotels and SBA 504 for hotels, or send the deal to Janover Capital.
Source
Everhome Suites Franchise Disclosure Document, issued April 1, 2026, as amended May 20, 2026, as filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce (CARDS). Item 5 p.23, Item 6 p.26, Item 7 p.37 (PDF pp.30/33/44); Bundled Franchise Fee Note 2 on PDF p.44. View the filing record. Fees change every year and the franchise agreement you sign controls. Read on 2026-10-24.
Other Choice Hotels brands
- Ascend Collection: royalty 5%, all percent fees 8%
- Cambria: royalty 6%, all percent fees 9%
- Clarion: royalty 5.5%, all percent fees 8.75%
- Clarion Pointe: royalty 5.5%, all percent fees 8.75%
- Comfort Inn: royalty 6%, all percent fees 9.5%
- Comfort Suites: royalty 6%, all percent fees 9.5%
- Country Inn & Suites by Radisson: royalty 6%, all percent fees 9.5%
- Econo Lodge: royalty 5%, all percent fees 8.5%
- MainStay Suites: royalty 6%, all percent fees 8.5%
- Quality Inn: royalty 5.25%, all percent fees 8.75%
- Radisson: royalty 6%, all percent fees 9%
- Rodeway Inn: royalty 5%, all percent fees 8.5%
- Sleep Inn: royalty 5.5%, all percent fees 9%
- Suburban Studios: royalty 6%, all percent fees 8.5%
- WoodSpring Suites: royalty 6%, all percent fees 8.5%
Buying or building an Everhome Suites?
Send the deal to Janover Capital, which runs this site and arranges hotel financing through lenders.