I didn’t take anything that you said as rude! :)
So it’s not a franchise? Please clear it up for me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Undercover_Boss_(U.S._TV_series)_episodes
There’s the link, sorry.
Budget Inn is not a franchise. You could open a hotel tomorrow and call it Budget Inn. You could not open one and just call it Comfort Inn or Days Inn unless you purchased a franchise, but since Budget Inn is NOT a franchise, anyone can use that name.
There’s probably a Budget Inn in almost every community just because a name like Budget pulls in a lot of travelers. And because there are so many, people probably do think they’re part of a chain like Days Inn.