Motel vs. Inn

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.

Innnoun

Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.

Innnoun

A tavern.

Innnoun

One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.

Innnoun

The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.

Innnoun

(obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.

Innverb

To house; to lodge.

Innverb

To take lodging; to lodge.

Innnoun

A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.

Innnoun

A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.

Innnoun

The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person; as, Leicester Inn.

Innnoun

One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers; as, the Inns of Court; the Inns of Chancery; Serjeants' Inns.

Innverb

To take lodging; to lodge.

Innverb

To house; to lodge.

Innverb

To get in; to in. See In, v. t.

Innnoun

a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

Inn

Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway; before the advent of motorized transportation they also provided accommodation for horses.