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Econo Lodge vs Motel 6

Averages across 724 Econo Lodge and 1,333 Motel 6 hotels, and a head-to-head in the 231 cities where both brands have a hotel.

Choice Hotels

Econo Lodge

Average guest rating
7.5
Hotels tracked
724

 

Motel 6

Average guest rating
7.5
Hotels tracked
1,333

The short answer

On the numbers: too close to call

Each brand leads on 1 measures. The gap in average guest rating is small (0.02), so the hotel you pick matters more than the brand.

Every measured fact

Averages over each brand's hotels. A dot marks the better figure.

Econo LodgeMotel 6
Guest ratings
Average guest rating 7.47 7.45
Rated 8 or more 35% 34%
Rated below 7 27% 31%
Average Google rating 3.46/5 3.53/5 +0.07
Guest reviews behind the average 24,748 26,283
Same city, head to head (cities where both are rated: 127)
Cities where it is rated higher 65 60
The hotels
Hotels tracked 724 1,333
Countries 3 2
Usual check-in 15:00 15:00
Usual check-out 11:00 11:00

Both brands, same city

The best-rated hotel of each brand in cities where both have one. Open a match-up for the full hotel comparison.

Econo Lodge or Motel 6: common questions

Is Econo Lodge or Motel 6 better?

They are evenly matched: Econo Lodge hotels average 7.47/10 from guests and Motel 6 hotels 7.45/10, and each brand leads on 1 measures. The gap in average guest rating is small (0.02), so the hotel you pick matters more than the brand.

When both are in the same city, which is rated higher?

In the 127 cities where both have rated hotels, Econo Lodge has the higher average in 65 and Motel 6 in 60.

Which brand has more hotels?

StayVersus tracks 724 Econo Lodge hotels in 3 countries and 1,333 Motel 6 hotels in 2 countries.

More brand match-ups

Updated 13 Oct 2026. Averages over the hotels StayVersus tracks: guest ratings from Agoda (hotels with 5+ reviews), Google ratings from public Google Maps listings (hotels with 20+ reviews). A hotel counts for a brand only when its name confirms it. How we score