Expedia CruiseShipCenters
Hospitality · Travel & Vacation Services
- Active units
- 85
- Avg unit volume
- $233k
- Royalty
- 9.0%
Franchised, year-end 2024
of weekly Net Sales
About Expedia CruiseShipCenters
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Key terms
- Franchise fee
$49k
- Existing franchisee initial franchise fee
For qualified existing franchisees, the initial franchisee fee is $29,000
- Brand fund
4.0% of Net Sales
- Footprint
800 – 1,200 sq ft
- Veteran discount
15.0% off franchise fee — VetFran discount of $7,350 (15% off $49,000) for veterans and first responders
Brand Percentile Rankings
Rankings compare brands in the same operating year. Fee and investment figures come from the FDD (2026 filing); filings on file: 2024, 2026.
Growth
- Total locations85
Franchised units open at year-end
- New openings7
Gross new units opened during the calendar year
- 1-year unit growth rate4.9%
Net unit growth versus prior year
- 3-year unit CAGR3.0%
Compound annual growth rate of unit count over the trailing 3 years
- Unit growth ratio2.3×
Cumulative opens / closures through year-end
Unit economics
- Annual unit volume (Median)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- Annual unit volume (25th percentile)$2.1M
25th percentile of Total Bookings
- Annual unit volume (75th percentile)$5.1M
75th percentile of Total Bookings
- 1-year Median AUV growth rate—
Year-over-year change in median AUV
- Store-level EBITDA Margin—
Median unit-level EBITDA / AUV
Investment profile
- Estimated initial investment$204k
Midpoint of estimated initial investment range
↓ Lower is better - Time to open—
Midpoint of average time from agreement to opening
- Royalty rate—
Percent of net sales paid to the franchisor
- Sales-to-investment ratio—
Median AUV / estimated initial investment midpoint
- Cash-on-cash returns—
Median unit-level EBITDA / estimated initial investment midpoint. Steady-state estimate; year 1 returns will be lower as the unit ramps to median volumes.
Franchisee healthLocked
- Unit closure ratio
- Transfer vs. closure ratio
- Percent multi-unit franchisees
- Litigation rate
- EBITDA multiple on sales & transfers
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Sources
Financial and operating figures are sourced from the brand's Franchise Disclosure Documents. Brand percentile rankings are based on comparisons to other brands that include the same metrics in their Franchise Disclosure Documents.