Each funding partner that sees the request decides on its own terms for the hotel.
Keycard lock sets, a shuttle van, breakfast bar machines and housekeeping carts are equipment; a mixed list can sit on a term loan; and a credit line costs less in interest when it is paid down in months. Fitting locks to doors, wiring and any work on rooms or the building stay outside this site.
At a glance
- Traveler accommodation, Wayne County, MI
183 employer establishments (CBP 2023)
- Those with fewer than 5 employees
56, or 30.6% (CBP 2023)
- Traveler accommodation, ZIP 48150
6 employer establishments (ZBP 2023)
- Lodging businesses without paid employees, Wayne County, MI
225 (Nonemployer Statistics 2024)
Keycard lock sets for a Livonia, MI hotel: the hardware, the encoder and one agreement
Illustration only, invented figures: a Livonia, MI hotel with 64 guest rooms replaces its magnetic-stripe locks with battery-powered RFID lock sets at $268 each and buys a front-desk encoder with software for $2,940, $20,092 in all.
Spread over 48 months on equipment financing at an 11.25% annual rate, the invented order costs $521.73 a month. The 48 invented payments total $25,043.04, and interest accounts for $4,951.04 of it.
The lock sets and the encoder are hardware. Fitting the locks to the doors, any door or frame changes and any wiring are work on the property, which stays outside this site, so the vendor quote should list the hardware apart from the labor.
- the lock vendor's quote with the room count
- recent business bank statements
- the property's time in business under the current owner
- any payments running on other hotel equipment
Traveler accommodation employers in Wayne County, MI, from the 2023 County Business Patterns
Hotels, motels and inns are counted under traveler accommodation (NAICS 7211). County Business Patterns put 183 of these employer establishments in Wayne County, MI in 2023.
Lodging employers run larger than the county's employer base as a whole: 56 of the 183, or 30.6%, had fewer than five employees, against 54.1% for all Wayne County, MI employer establishments.
ZIP Code Business Patterns recorded 6 traveler accommodation establishments in ZIP 48150 in 2023, counted by street address. An on-site laundry and front-desk hardware are priced in a separate hotel article, against an outside laundry bill.
Nonemployer Statistics, a separate count, listed 225 traveler accommodation businesses without paid employees in Wayne County, MI for 2024. The Livonia, MI page has the office ZIP's figures for every sector, and the industries overview puts lodging beside restaurants and the other trades with pages here.
A guest shuttle van for a Wayne County, MI hotel: down payment and term
Illustration only, invented figures: a Wayne County, MI hotel replaces its guest shuttle with a 14-passenger van priced at $52,800, puts $5,800 down and finances $47,000.
Paid over 60 months at a 10.6% annual rate, the shuttle in this invented case carries a $1,012.54 monthly installment. The hotel pays $60,752.40 across the 60 invented payments, with $13,752.40 of interest on top of the amount financed.
A shuttle the hotel runs for its own guests is a work vehicle, so it can go on equipment financing or a term loan. A partner may ask for the dealer quote, the title on a used van and the hotel's bank statements.
A shorter term would raise the invented payment and lower the interest; a longer one would do the reverse. The hotel can ask for more than one schedule and compare the monthly figure and the total side by side before it decides on any offer.
Breakfast bar equipment: how a Livonia, MI hotel spreads the cost
Illustration only, invented figures: a Livonia, MI hotel replaces its breakfast bar machines with a conveyor toaster at $1,960, two waffle bakers at $640 each, a juice dispenser at $1,085 and a glass-door reach-in refrigerator at $4,260, $8,585 together.
On a 30-month equipment agreement at a 12.9% annual rate, the invented list costs $336.31 a month, and the 30 invented payments come to $10,089.30, $1,504.30 of it interest.
Every item on this invented list plugs into an existing outlet. A machine that needs a water line or a new circuit brings hookup work, which is property work outside this site.
Housekeeping carts and vacuums at a Wayne County, MI hotel: loan or credit line
Illustration only, invented figures: a Wayne County, MI hotel buys six housekeeping carts at $735, six upright vacuums at $498 and two wide-area vacuums at $1,365, $10,128 for the set.
| Option | Monthly payment | Paid by the end | Interest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment loan, 12.2% for 36 months | $337.36 | $12,144.96 | $2,016.96 |
| Credit line draw at 15.8%, paid off in 12 months | $917.96 | $11,015.52 | $887.52 |
The credit line's rate is higher in this invented case, but paying it off in a year makes its interest $1,129.44 less than the loan's. The monthly payment is $580.60 higher in exchange, which is the cost of clearing the invented order sooner.
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