Does Baymont Inn Suites have to approve the management agreement between the owner and the management company?
Baymont_Inn_Suites Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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ITEM 15. OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISE BUSINESS
You do not have to participate personally in the direct operation of your Facility although we recommend that you do so. If you do not personally manage the Facility, you must hire a management company or individual manager with significant training and experience in general management of similar lodging facilities to manage the Facility. The Facility's general manager must successfully complete our training program. You are solely responsible for all employment decisions for your Facility, including recruitment, hiring, firing, scheduling, remuneration, personnel policies, training, benefits, safety, security, supervision, discipline and termination, regardless of whether you received advice from us on any of these subjects. The management company or individual manager does not have to own an equity interest in the franchisee or the Facility.
We reserve the right to require you to retain a third-party manager or management company approved by us if you do not have significant experience managing a hotel, or are receiving a Development Incentive (see Item 10).
Source: Item 15 — OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISE BUSINESS (FDD pages 79–80)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Baymont Inn Suites's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are not required to personally manage their facility. However, if a franchisee chooses not to manage the facility themselves, they must hire a management company or individual manager with significant training and experience in managing similar lodging facilities. The general manager hired must also successfully complete Baymont Inn Suites's training program.
Baymont Inn Suites reserves the right to require a franchisee to retain a third-party manager or management company approved by them if the franchisee lacks significant hotel management experience or is receiving a Development Incentive. In such cases, Baymont Inn Suites also reserves the right to approve the management agreement between the owner and the approved management company.
This means that while franchisees have the flexibility to choose their management, Baymont Inn Suites maintains some control to ensure brand standards and operational expertise, especially when the franchisee is less experienced or has received incentives. This protects the brand's reputation and ensures consistent service quality across all franchised locations.