Does Hawthorn Suites By Wyndham grant franchises for specific locations or sites?
Hawthorn_Suites_By_Wyndham Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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- You select the Facility's location and describe it in the Franchise Application. We reserve the right to obtain, or to require you to obtain at your expense, as a condition for receiving our approval of the site, a positive market feasibility study prepared by a nationally prominent independent accounting or consulting firm we approve. Since individual sites are necessarily unique, no listing of relevant factors will be applicable to all sites. However, we believe these factors are important: geographical area; population, density, and other demographic factors; proximity to transportation, major attractions, and destinations; commercial development; traffic patterns; competition; accessibility; and the compatibility of the area with the proposed use. We grant a franchise for a new construction or conversion Facility for a specific location or site only and approve your site when we approve your Franchise Application. There is no specific time limit in which this approval must be completed. However, we typically complete our review of your site and the other elements of your Franchise Application, and award or decline to award you a franchise, within 30 to 60 days after we receive your completed Franchise Application and all supporting documentation. Approval of your application and of the site only indicates our willingness for you to represent the Chain at that site. If we do not approve your application, you will forfeit your application fee. (Franchise Agreement – Application and Schedule D)
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 60–71)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Hawthorn Suites By Wyndham's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchise is granted for a specific location or site. The prospective franchisee is responsible for selecting the facility's location and describing it in the Franchise Application. Hawthorn Suites By Wyndham retains the right to require a market feasibility study from a firm they approve, at the franchisee's expense, as a condition for site approval.
Factors considered important for site selection include geographical area, population density, proximity to transportation, major attractions, commercial development, traffic patterns, competition, accessibility, and compatibility with the proposed use. The approval of the site is concurrent with the approval of the Franchise Application.
The FDD states that Hawthorn Suites By Wyndham typically completes its review of the site and Franchise Application within 30 to 60 days after receiving the completed application and all supporting documentation. Approval of the application and site indicates a willingness for the franchisee to represent the Hawthorn Suites By Wyndham brand at that specific location. If the application is not approved, the application fee will be forfeited.