Industry | Lodging |
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Founded | Fort Worth, Texas, 1975 |
Founder | Ray Sawyer, Ed Semmler |
Number of locations | 180+ |
Area served | United States |
Services | Lodging |
Budget Host is an American lodging chain. It was founded in 1975 in Fort Worth, Texas by Ray Sawyer and Ed Semmler. [1]
Unlike most motel chains, it uses a referral system, thus allowing independent motel operators to use the name. [2]
Sawyer died in 2007. [3]