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Budget Inn

A defunct motel chain with independent motels still using the Budget Inn names.

It is unclear if any one entity ever owned the "Budget Inn" name.

On January 20, 1995, Molano Hotels Corporation of Elgin, Illinois, applied for and was granted the following Trademarks: Budget Inn, Budget Inn Express, and Budget Inn International(1), as well as Budget Inn Suites (2). Records indicate the service mark was considered abandoned in 1996.(1) This appears to be the only attempt to create a corporate identity. Today, over 20 individual properties have trademarks or servicemarks for "Budget Inn" in the motel/lodging class, with most being abandoned or cancelled.

Searching for Budget Inn yields no central reservation system.

BudgetInn.com is a front page that directs you to familiar booking sites, such as expedia, etc.

(1) Inventively, https://inventively.com/search/trademarks/74623920 (2) Inventively, https://inventively.com/search/trademarks/74623462 (3) Inventively, https://inventively.com/search/trademarks/keyword/%22budget%20inn%22