Hostel vs. Guesthouse

Hostelnoun

A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel

Hostelnoun

(not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food

Hostelnoun

(obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

Hostelverb

to stay in a hostel as part of a travel

Hostelnoun

An inn.

Hostelnoun

A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

Hostelnoun

a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

Hostelnoun

inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)

Hostel

A hostel is a form of low-cost, short-term shared sociable lodging where guests can rent a bed, usually a bunk bed in a dormitory, with shared use of a lounge and sometimes a kitchen. Rooms can be mixed or single-sex and have private or shared bathrooms.

Guesthousenoun

A small house near a main house, for lodging visitors.

Guesthousenoun

A private house offering accommodation to paying guests; a boarding house; a bed and breakfast.

Guesthousenoun

a house separate from the main house; for housing guests