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Trademark Collection by Wyndham Franchise Fees 2025: Royalty, Marketing and Initial Fee

Trademark Collection by Wyndham is a soft-brand brand from Wyndham. Here is what it charges to join and to stay in the system, where the numbers come from, and how they compare with similar brands.

5.5% (membership fee)Royalty
2% (marketing fee)Marketing or program fee
7.5%Royalty plus marketing

Trademark Collection by Wyndham fees at a glance

Initial feeGreater of $35,000 or $350 per room (affiliation fee), plus application fee
Royalty5.5% (membership fee)
Marketing or program fee2% (marketing fee)
Royalty plus marketing7.5% of rooms revenue
FranchisorWyndham
SegmentSoft brand
Disclosure year2025

Note: Soft brand with a membership agreement. 2025 FDD (issued March 31, 2025) on file with the Minnesota Department of Commerce. Wyndham also charges a loyalty program fee on member stays.

Source: Read in Trademark Collection by Wyndham’s 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD). Source 1

How Trademark Collection by Wyndham compares

Trademark Collection by Wyndham’s royalty and marketing fees add up to 7.5% of rooms revenue. That is below the 8.3% average for the 11 soft-brand brands in our table with a comparable headline figure, the lowest of the 11.

Soft brand brandFranchisorRoyaltyMarketingHeadline
Classico Collection by SonestaSonesta5%2.5% (Brand Promotion Fee; can rise to 3.5%)7.5%
MOD Collection by SonestaSonesta5% of GRR2.5% of GRR7.5%
The Red CollectionRed Roof4.5% of GRR3% of GRR7.5%
Ascend Hotel CollectionChoice Hotels5% (membership fee)3% (Marketing and Reservation Fee)8%
Vignette CollectionIHG5%3.5% (Sales and Marketing Services Contribution)8.5%
Noted CollectionIHG5%3.5%8.5%
Curio Collection by HiltonHilton5%4%9%
Tapestry Collection by HiltonHilton5%4%9%
Outset Collection by HiltonHilton5%4%9%
Radisson IndividualsChoice Hotels6%3% (Marketing and Reservation Fee)9%

What the headline number leaves out

Royalty and marketing are only the start. Most brands also charge for reservations and distribution, loyalty-program assessments on member stays, required technology and property-management systems, training and quality assurance. Brands also negotiate: ramp-up royalty discounts, key money and conversion incentives are common. Ask Wyndham for its estimate of total fees as a share of rooms revenue, and read Items 5 and 6 of the current FDD before you sign. Our analysis of what owners really pay a brand puts the typical all-in bill at 10% to 13% of rooms revenue.

Other Wyndham brands

La Quinta by Wyndham · Days Inn by Wyndham · Super 8 by Wyndham · Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham · Ramada by Wyndham · Wingate by Wyndham · Hawthorn Extended Stay by Wyndham · Baymont by Wyndham · Howard Johnson by Wyndham · Travelodge by Wyndham · AmericInn by Wyndham · Wyndham Garden · Wyndham Hotels & Resorts · WaterWalk Extended Stay by Wyndham · Registry Collection Hotels · TRYP by Wyndham · Wyndham Grand · Dolce Hotels and Resorts by Wyndham · ECHO Suites Extended Stay by Wyndham

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The Hotelier Times is a publisher, not a franchise adviser. Fees change; confirm every figure in the brand’s current Franchise Disclosure Document. Spot an error? Email nathan@hoteliertimes.com.

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