What is a "microtel"?

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What is a "microtel"?

Answer 1

A "microtel" can be the name of a particular chain of hotels or in some locations in Europe, simply a hotel that features tiny rooms with basic amenities and space conscious floor plans.

In the USA, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico and  Argentina Microtel is a specific chain of hotels. You can check out their website here:

http://www.microtelinn.com/

In Europe it is used as a general term for hotels with small rooms  (think tiny since European hotel rooms are small by western standards anyway). In many European microtels, all facilities are in one room. See

http://www.qbichotels.com/qbic-hotel-ant...

I have stayed in Microtel here in the USA. The hotel rooms are very basic with a platform bed. The bathrooms have no amenities - basic shower head and thin, hard towels, no hairdryers, etc. However, for a place to crash while on the road or a single night stay somewhere, it was a decent value.

Answer 2

It's a name of a budget hotel chain. Visit:

http://www.microtelinn.com/