What is the default payment method for fees owed to BWI by a Bw Premier Collection Hotel?
Bw_Premier_Collection Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
u. Allow BWI to automatically debit Hotel's bank account each month in the amount owing BWI. If Hotel chooses to opt out of the automatic payment feature, Hotel shall remit required payments to BWI upon receipt of statement. Payments not received within forty-five (45) days of date of invoice will be subject to a monthly late fee of one and one-half percent (1½%) per month or the maximum amount permitted by law, whichever is less. If Hotel chooses to opt out of the automatic payment feature and Hotel payment is not received within sixty (60) days of the
date of statement two (2) times during a trailing twelve (12) month period, BWI shall have the right to require automatic debit of Hotel's bank account. Hotel agrees to receive monthly statements electronically.
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 54–203)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 FDD, the default payment method for fees owed to BWI by a Bw Premier Collection hotel is automatic debit from the hotel's bank account each month. However, the hotel has the option to opt out of this automatic payment feature.
If a Bw Premier Collection hotel chooses to opt out of the automatic payment, they must remit the required payments to BWI upon receipt of the statement. Payments not received within forty-five (45) days of the invoice date will be subject to a monthly late fee. This late fee is one and one-half percent (1½%) per month or the maximum amount permitted by law, whichever is less.
Furthermore, if a Bw Premier Collection hotel that has opted out of automatic payments fails to make a payment within sixty (60) days of the statement date on two occasions during a trailing twelve (12) month period, BWI has the right to require the hotel to use automatic debit of its bank account. The FDD also states that the hotel agrees to receive monthly statements electronically.