days inn . days inn type privately held company subsidiary of wyndham worldwide industry hotel founded august 1970 ; 46 years ago 1970 08 founder cecil b. day headquarters parsippany new jersey u.s. key people clyde guinn president parent wyndham worldwide website www.daysinn.com days inn is a hotel chain headquartered in the united states . it was founded in 1970 by cecil b. day with the first location opening in tybee island georgia . the brand is now a part of the wyndham hotel group based in parsippany new jersey which used to be a part of cendant . it is described by its president clyde guinn as striving to provide the best value under the sun . 1 days inn includes locations worldwide . 2 contents 1 history 2 concepts 3 united kingdom franchises at motorway service stations 4 variations 5 references 5.1 footnotes 5.2 works cited 6 external links history edit days inn ann arbor michigan . it was first built as a howard johnson s another brand of wyndham worldwide . founder cecil b. day before creating days inn had worked in real estate in atlanta georgia where he built and developed apartment complexes . he also owned several locations of the fast food chains jiffy drive in and carrols in atlanta . day sold his holdings to phipps land company for 14 million in 1969 the largest real estate transaction in the state of georgia at the time . 3 day founded days inn on tybee island georgia in 1970 . he proposed the idea as a means of using a piece of land he owned on the island . 4 when the first days inn opened day could not find maid service so he had his children make up the rooms beds . also a truck that delivered furniture was too heavy for the bridge onto the island so day s mother hauled furniture onto the island in her station wagon . despite the criticism that day faced from friends for wanting to start a new lodging option on a no name island with a flagging tourist economy the first days inn was 100 percent occupied by april 1970 . the first property featured 60 rooms and a price of 8 per room . 5 within 1970 day opened the second location in forsyth georgia . the property was constructed during a heavy rainstorm and one family stayed at the property a week before it was completed at day s insistence . 6 through the 1970s hotel guests could take home a paperback bible usually the american bible society good news bible new testament from their guest rooms for free . days inn of america inc. began franchising hotels in 1972 and within eight years created a system of more than 300 hotels in the united states mexico and canada . stanley s. tollman and monty d. hundley via the tollman hundley hotel group became the largest franchisees in the 1980s and bought days inn of america . they took it into bankruptcy in 1991 . they then sold it to hospitality franchise systems in 1991 . tollman and hundley were indicted on federal bank fraud and tax fraud charges that they had not disclosed all assets in the process . 7 tollman fled to london in 2002 where he fought extradition for many years . in 2008 tollman agreed to a plea deal that would allow him to return home in exchange for more than 100 million . 8 concepts edit starting with the second location in forsyth many days inns featured a restaurant and gift shop combination called tasty world . day refused to sell alcohol at tasty world restaurants . day did not drink alcohol and decided to target families with the brand . day noted that his refusal was criticized by bankers who felt that including a bar would increase profits . 9 forsyth and many properties after it also featured on site gasoline pumps to sell unbranded fuel to motel guests . 10 day who was a devout christian also offered a network of chaplains to provide ministry at each motel . 11 days inn was one of the first hotel chains to offer discounts to senior citizens . it was also among the first to locate its properties along suburban and rural exits on the interstate highway system as opposed to more urban locations . 12 united kingdom franchises at motorway service stations edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message in the uk the top four motorway services operators all have days inn hotels . days inn and moto hospitality have experimented with two hotels at wetherby and winchester services . roadchef have days inn hotels at most of their sites . welcome break brought the days inn brand to the uk under licence from the us company . it is now at every service station that has a hotel and welcome break also run a couple of non motorway hotels one being in milton keynes . extra services has days inn hotels at most of their sites . they are operated by welcome break . variations edit this days inn in lynchburg virginia is attached to a daybreak restaurant . the hotel brands of days inn include 13 days inn and days inn & suites full or limited service . some properties are only rooms ; others have rooms mixed with suites . days hotel the full service variant found in high traffic and large cities . days suites an all suites variant ; may be either full or limited service . daystop was a budget chain started in 1990 in lakeville minnesota . 14 references edit footnotes edit days inn letter from the president . daysinn.com . retrieved january 1 2015 . days inn locations . daysinn.com . retrieved december 25 2014 . day & mccollister 1990 p. 52 55 day & mccollister 1990 p. 59 68 day & mccollister 1990 p. 69 70 day & mccollister 1990 p. 90 92 94 history of empire resorts inc. fundinguniverse international directory of company histories vol .72 . st. james press 2005 retrieved from fundinguniverse.com . fundinguniverse.com . retrieved january 1 2015 . vivan s. toy march 18 2010 . maybe he ll move to a hotel . new york times . day & mccollister 1990 p. 99 100 day & mccollister 1990 p. 99 128 day & mccollister 1990 p. 75 jakle sculle & rogers 1996 p. 188 191 days inn days hotels . daysinn.com . retrieved january 1 2015 . hotels the magazine of the worldwide hotel industry . 23 . cahners pub . 1989 . issn 1047 2975 . retrieved january 1 2015 . works cited edit day cecil burke jr. ; mccollister john 1990 . day by day the story of cecil b. day and his simple formula for success . new york jonathan david publishers inc. isbn 0 8246 0425 3 . jakle john a. ; sculle keith a. ; rogers jefferson s. 1996 . the motel in america . johns hopkins university press . isbn 0 8018 5383 4 . external links edit official website v t e wyndham worldwide wyndham hotel group baymont inn & suites days inn hawthorn suites howard johnson s knights inn microtel ramada super 8 motels travelodge wingate by wyndham wyndham hotels & resorts tryp by wyndham dolce hotels and resorts wyndham exchange & rentals cottages4you cuendet endless vacation rentals hoseasons james villa holidays landal greenparks 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