CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
of Extended Stay America, Inc. on Form S-8 of (i) our report dated January 26,
1996, on our audit of the consolidated financial statements of Extended Stay
America, Inc. as of December 31, 1995, and for the period from January 9, 1995
(inception) through December 31, 1995, which report and financial statements are
incorporated by reference to the Company's 1995 Annual Report on Form 10-K, (ii)
our report dated January 26, 1996, on our audits of the financial statements of
Apartment/Inn, L.P. as of December 31, 1994 and 1995, and for each of the two
years in the period ended December 31, 1995, which report and financial
statements are incorporated by reference to the Company's Report on Form 8-K
dated February 2, 1996, (iii) our report dated February 23, 1996, on our audits
of the combined financial statements of Hometown Inn I, LTD and Hometown Inn II,
LTD as of December 31, 1994 and 1995, and for each of the three years in the
period ended December 31, 1995, which report and financial statements are
incorporated by reference to the Company's Report on Form 8-K dated March 4,
1996, (iv) our report dated October 16, 1995, on our audits of the financial
statements of Welcome Inn America 89-1, L.P. for each of the two years in the
period ended December 31, 1994 and for the period from January 1, 1995 through
August 18, 1995, which report and financial statements are incorporated by
reference to the Company's 1995 Annual Report on Form 10-K, (v) our report dated
May 4, 1996, on our audit of the financial statements of Kipling Hospitality
Enterprise Corporation as of December 31, 1995 and for the year then ended,
which report and financial statements are incorporated by reference to the
Company's Report on Form 8-K dated August 12, 1996, (vi) our report dated June
25, 1996, on our audit of the financial statements of Apartment Inn
Partners/Gwinnett, L.P. as of December 31, 1995, and for the year then ended,
which report and financial statements are incorporated by reference to the
Company's Report on Form 8-K dated July 10, 1996, and (vii) our report dated
June 27, 1996, on our audits of the combined financial statements of Boulder
Manor, Inc., Melrose Suites, Inc., Nicolle Manor and St. Louis Manor, Inc. (the
"M&M Facilities") as of December 31, 1994 and 1995, and for each of the three
years in the period ended December 31, 1995, which report and financial
statements are incorporated by reference to the Company's Report on Form 8-K
dated July 23, 1996.


COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.

/s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

Spartanburg, South Carolina
August 14, 1996