Hotel vs. Motel

Hotelnoun

A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.

Hotelnoun

An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.

Hotelnoun

The letter H in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Hotelnoun

The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.

Hotelnoun

The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.

Hotelnoun

A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.

Hotelnoun

In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth.

Hotelnoun

a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

Hotel

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a refrigerator and other kitchen facilities, upholstered chairs, a flat screen television, and en-suite bathrooms.

Motelnoun

A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there.

Motelnoun

A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel.

Motelnoun

a motor hotel

Motel

A motel, also known as motor hotel or motor lodge, is a hotel designed for motorists, usually having each room entered directly from the parking area for motor vehicles rather than through a central lobby. Entering dictionaries after World War II, the word motel, coined as a contraction of , originates from the Milestone Mo-Tel of San Luis Obispo, California (now called the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), which was built in 1925.