Teton County, WY counted 47 traveler accommodation establishments with paid staff in 2023 (County Business Patterns, NAICS 7211).
Hotels and motels can request equipment financing for lock sets, fridge units and TVs, and working capital for linens and repair bills. Buying the property, work on the building and room heating or cooling units are outside this site.
At a glance
- Traveler accommodation, Teton County, WY
47 employer establishments (CBP 2023)
- Traveler accommodation with fewer than five employees
15 of 47, 31.9% (CBP 2023)
- Traveler accommodation, ZIP 83001
27 employer establishments (ZBP 2023)
- Traveler accommodation without paid employees, Teton County, WY
24 (Nonemployer Statistics 2024)
Keycard Lock Sets at a Jackson, WY Motel: Equipment Loan or Lease?
Keycard and RFID lock sets are door hardware that a motel can swap without opening a wall, and they count as equipment. A Jackson, WY motel replacing the locks on 64 doors can request equipment financing for the purchase or ask about a lease of the sets.
Illustration only, invented figures: 64 lock sets at $395 each plus an encoder and front-desk software license at $2,140 come to $27,420. Over 48 months at an annual rate of 10.4%, an equipment loan for the package means $700.72 due each month. A lease quote for the same package is $705 a month for 48 months, with a $1 buyout at the end.
| Option | Monthly | 48 payments | Total with buyout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment loan at 10.4% | $700.72 | $33,634.56 | $33,634.56 |
| Lease with $1 buyout | $705.00 | $33,840.00 | $33,841.00 |
In this invented case the lease costs $206.44 more over the full term and $4.28 more each month, so the decision turns on the other terms: who owns the locks at month 48, whether software updates are included, and what an early end to the agreement costs. Get both offers in writing and compare the totals line by line.
Fridge Units and Room TVs for 40 Rooms at a Teton County, WY Hotel
Mini fridge units and room televisions wear out long before a building does and can be priced room by room. If a franchise agreement sets standards for them, the hotel’s own copy of that agreement is where to check the details before buying.
Illustration only, invented figures: a Teton County, WY hotel replaces 40 microwave and mini fridge units at $640 each and 40 televisions at $410 each, $42,000 together, on a 36-month equipment agreement at an annual rate of 11.05%. Each monthly payment is $1,376.02; over 36 months the payments reach $49,536.72, of which $7,536.72 is interest.
Matching the term to how long the items will stay in the rooms keeps a hotel from still paying for units it has already hauled away. Equipment financing lets that term be set item by item.
Working Capital for a Jackson, WY Hotel’s Linen Reorder and a Dryer Repair Bill
Linens, towels and repairs are operating costs rather than equipment purchases, so a working capital loan or a credit line fits them better than equipment financing.
Illustration only, invented figures: a Jackson, WY hotel needs a linen and towel reorder of $11,960 and a repair bill of $3,520 for a commercial dryer, $15,480 in total. A working capital loan for that amount at an annual rate of 14.35% over 8 months has a payment of $2,040.57; the 8 payments reach $16,324.56, so the interest is $844.56.
A short term keeps the cost of a one-time bill contained. If the hotel expects linen reorders to repeat, a business line of credit can be drawn for each one instead of a fresh loan every time.
Where a Hotel’s Equipment Ends and the Building Begins
Heathfield follows a plain line for hotels and motels: what can be removed without opening a wall or a floor is equipment, and what is part of the building is property work outside this site.
- In scope: microwave and mini fridge units, room safes and luggage carts (beds, case goods and seating are furniture and stay outside this site).
- In scope: televisions, room phones, keycard lock sets and the encoder.
- In scope: linens, laundry washers and dryers, and front-desk or booking software.
- Outside this site, as property work or real estate: buying or refinancing the hotel or motel, bathroom work, flooring, through-wall heating and cooling units, and roofs.
A project that mixes the two can be split. The equipment part goes to funding partners through Heathfield, and the property part goes to whatever real estate financing the owner chooses.
Traveler Accommodation in Teton County, WY: Establishments by Size, 2023
NAICS 7211, traveler accommodation, covers hotels, motels and similar lodging. The 2023 County Business Patterns for Teton County, WY counted 47 of these establishments with paid staff, and 15 of them, 31.9%, had fewer than five employees.
Put the other way, 32 of the 47 had five or more employees (our arithmetic), so the larger share of the county’s traveler accommodation establishments carried a staff of that size. For those properties, payroll dates belong in any working capital conversation next to the equipment list. Annual payroll across all 47 came to about $103.7 million, a total for the whole group rather than a figure for any one property.
Within ZIP 83001, the 2023 ZIP Code Business Patterns located 27 traveler accommodation establishments. In a separate program, Nonemployer Statistics listed 24 traveler accommodation businesses in Teton County, WY with no paid employees in 2024.
The industries page groups restaurants and recreation businesses with lodging, while county-wide and ZIP 83001 sector figures sit on the Jackson, WY page. Mini fridges, microwaves and safes for 32 rooms, plus a supplier deposit, are priced in a blog post on lodge room appliances.
By Heathfield Commercial Capital · Updated
