Econo Lodge

With a stay at Econo Lodge in Fultondale, you'll be within a 10-minute drive of Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex and Birmingham Museum of Art. This hotel is 8.1 mi (13 km) from University of Alabama-Birmingham and 6.2 mi (10 km) from Sloss Furnaces.

Enjoy the recreation opportunities such as a seasonal outdoor pool or make use of other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access.

Featured amenities include a business center, a 24-hour front desk, and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.

A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 6:30 AM to 8:00 AM.

Due to COVID-19, this property’s food and beverage options may be limited.

Make yourself at home in one of the 112 air-conditioned rooms featuring LCD televisions. Cable television is provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms with shower/tub combinations are provided. Conveniences include phones, and housekeeping is provided daily.

Econo Lodge Hotel Amenities

Before Super 8, there was Econo Lodge. Based in the United State and Canada, this economy motel chain brand is the second largest brand under the Choice Hotels group. Created to provide the finest accommodations under the budget-friendly category by Vernon Myers and his son Vernon Jr, Econo Travel now Econo Lodge materialized with funding and marketing help from Lloyd Tarbutton, a local businessman.

Interestingly, business started with Sandy Econo, the hotel’s “mascot” dressed in a Scottish skirt and tam walking around the neighborhood giving away brochures. However, the hotel chain was sold in 1983 for $836 million, all 306 hotels and adapted the name Econo Lodge instead of Econo Travel. The brand was sold and bought several times before Paul Wallace bought the brand and refurbished it and eventually sold it to Choice Hotels International in 1990.

Eventually, this hotel concept located in 865 Military Highway grew from one location to 800 hotels under the Econo Lodge brand today. Initially, there were 40 rooms in each property located near highways and roads. Expansion continues and by 2013, there were around 830 Econo Lodge hotels open and operating in the United States with 28 more under development. Every state in the U.S. and the Canadian province has an Econo Lodge in it.