What is the difference between hotels and motels?

Question

I have been wondering about this for a while.

Are there any differences or are they simply the names that they choose?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Motels have cups with plastic on them...

Yep yep. :]

Answer 2

motels are usually smaller and hotels are relaxing and are usually in big buildings

;D

Answer 3

hotels are tall, motels are short

Answer 4

Here's a visual for you.

Motel 6 ............. the hilton

it's all about the money

Answer 5

a motel is where you bring a hooker

a hotel is where you take your other girlfriend

Answer 6

well what ive always thought is that a hotel is more expensive and nicer and that a motel its cheaper and not as nice but i might be wrong

Answer 7

A motel is the combination of motor and hotel and implies its proximity to roadways. Motels are limited in the facilities that they provide (they are not allowed to have a restaurant in most place), and they target people who drive by and need short term accommodations. Hotels are multifunctional, target guests who use more than one mode of transportation, and are more flexible in the duration of a stay. Hope this helps!  

Answer 8

i think motels are more like houses.  

Answer 9

honestly....i have NO idea at all. ive wondered that too. huh. well if u find out tell me. lol

Answer 10

Umm, hotels have hallways and elevators on the inside to help you to your room, but motels have stairs and sidewalks on the outside. And I'm not sure about Inns, but I guess they have both... I don't know.

Answer 11

hotels are when you have to go in the building to get to your room

motels are when the door to yourroom is on the outside of the building

Answer 12

Motels you enter your room from the outside.

Hotels have a lobby and you enter your room from hallways. You understand what I'm saying? It's hard to explain.

Answer 13

A motel has the door to ur room on the outside and hotels u have to walk inside to get to the door of ur room...

Answer 14

one is spelled w/ a 'h' and one is spelled w/ a 'm'

Answer 15

Motels are "motor hotels". Which means you drive up to the door of your room. Hotels usually involve getting out of your car and going to your room through a lobby and hallway!!!!

Answer 16

In a hotel the doors open from a hall way and in a motel the doors open from the outside.

Answer 17

hotel as a noun, is a building where meals and rooms are provided for travellers. motel is a hotel designed for  the convenience of travellers with motor cars.

Answer 18

I'm gonna agree with baby d, Hotels are higher class and Motels are hole in the wall places to sleep or do the dirty

Answer 19

for me, in motels people go there for like a night and go on the other hand,   in hotels u stay there for days. motels are cheaper than hotels.

Answer 20

A motel is a building in which stands no more than 3 stories hi, where a hotel's can be multiple stories hi, they have class, Hotels are often found in town or on the outskirts, where motels are alone highways and interstates, I need a live. lol Hope it helped