Choice Hotels International
What does this mean?
Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 12 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.
Get help with (2)
- Refund requestThe hotel sets the cancellation deadline shown at booking; advance purchase rates cannot be cancelled.
- Billing errorChoice treats payments to the hotel as between you and the hotel; ask the hotel first, then Customer Relations.
Contacts (6)
Phone
- Choice Hotels Customer Relations
The support page lists it as available 24/7; a Choice Privileges page lists 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. MST, 7 days a week. Hearing-impaired callers can use 711.
Use for: Billing error, Refund request, Reservation not honored, Poor service or broken promise, Deposit not returned
Source: choicehotels.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Choice Hotels reservations (also cancels and changes reservations)
Hours: 24/7
Use for: Reservation not honored, Refund request
Source: choicehotels.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Choice Privileges Service Center
Hours: 24/7
Use for: Account access
Source: choicehotels.com, verified 2026-10-12
Online forms
- Choice Hotels customer service form
Choice support pages recommend the online form for faster service.
Use for: Billing error, Refund request, Reservation not honored, Poor service or broken promise, Deposit not returned
Source: choicehotels.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Choice legal notices (Dispute Notice before arbitration; Choice Privileges arbitration opt-out)
The Terms of Use say to send the Dispute Notice by email here and by mail to the legal department.
Source: choicehotels.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Choice legal department (Dispute Notice address)Choice Hotels International, Inc., ATTN Legal Department, 915 Meeting St Suite 600, North Bethesda, MD 20852
Use for: Billing error, Refund request
Source: choicehotels.com, verified 2026-10-12
Escalation path
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Front desk or hotel manager first while you are there.
Written complaint
Card or bank dispute
Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)
Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).Arbitration
MailChoice legal department (Dispute Notice address) Choice Hotels International, Inc., ATTN Legal Department, 915 Meeting St Suite 600, North Bethesda, MD 20852Signed Dispute Notice first, then 60 days of informal resolution, then individual JAMS arbitration.
Known blockers
- choicehotels.com timed out for automated fetches; the customer service form may need the person to submit it.
Scam warnings
Official domains
choicehotels.com
Real links and emails from Choice Hotels International end in one of these.
For the whole industry, read Hotels and vacation rentals — how complaints work.
Verification notes
Choice's terms say most reservations are for properties owned and operated by franchisees, and that payments to a hotel are matters between the guest and the hotel. Choice-run phone lines and the customer service form are the corporate channels. Values here come from choicehotels.com pages as shown in official-domain search results; the site timed out for direct fetches.
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