wat do u mean by motel???????????????

Answer 1

Entering dictionaries after World War II, the word motel (from MOtorists' hoTEL) referred initially to a single building of connected rooms whose doors face a parking lot and/or common area or a series of small cabins with common parking. Their creation was driven by increased driving distances on the United States highway system that allowed easy cross-country travel. The concept originated with the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo, constructed in 1925 by Arthur Heinman. The motels are also found along highways in rural and urban areas across Canada.

Unlike their predecessors, auto camps and tourist courts, motels quickly adopted a homogenized appearance. Typically one would find an 'I' or 'L' or 'U' shaped structure that included rooms, an attached manager's office, and perhaps a small diner. Postwar motels sought more visual distinction, often featuring eye-catching neon signs which employed pop culture themes that ranged from Western imagery of cowboys and Indians to contemporary images of spaceships and atomic symbols.

The motel began in the 1920s as mom-and-pop motor courts on the outskirts of a town. They attracted the first road warriors as they crossed the U.S. in their new automobiles. They usually had a grouping of small cabins and their anonymity made them ideal trysting places (or the "hot trade" in industry lingo). Even the famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde were frequent guests, using motels as hideouts. The motels' potential for breeding perceived lust and larceny alarmed then FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover, who attacked motels and auto camps in an article he penned called "Camps of Crime", which ran in the February 1940 issue of American Magazine.

Motels differed from hotels in their emphasis on largely anonymous interactions between owners and occupants, their location along highways (as opposed to urban cores), and their orientation to the outside (in contrast to hotels whose doors typically face an interior hallway).

With the 1952 introduction of Kemmons Wilson's Holiday Inn, the 'mom and pop' motels of that era went into decline. Eventually, the emergence of the interstate highway system, along with other factors, led to a blurring of the motel and the hotel. Today, family owned motels with as few as five rooms may still be found along older highways. The quality and standards of every independent motel differ so it is always wise to cruise around for good motel before settling in a room.

In seedy areas, motels also sometimes are located near strip clubs. These motels sometimes charge an "hourly" rate instead of a "nightly" rate. Motels with low rates sometimes serve as housing for people who are not able to afford an apartment.

Answer 2

The word motel originates from the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo, first built in 1925 by Arthur Heinman. Entering dictionaries after World War II, the motel (aka the motor hotel) referred initially to a single building of connected rooms whose doors face a parking lot and/or common area, and their creation wasthe outcome of the creation of the United States highway system which predated the Interstate highway system and allowed easy cross-country travel.

Answer 3

This will do your brain in - you can have a hotel, a motel or a hotel/motel!!

A motel is a place to sleep/stay - usually on highway or main road into a town/city. You can eat there in a dining room or have room service.

Answer 4

The difference between a hotel and a motel is that you go inside to inner corridors and hallways with a hotel. With motels, the doors to the rooms open outside, so people can park their cars nearby.

Answer 5

A motel is a 1960's or earlier type word that came about with the advent of the automobile, I believe. Before, a "Hotel" was multi storied, (You kept your horse at the local Livery) but motels are single storied, so you can park your car right in front of the entrance.

Answer 6

As defined by Oxford dictionary a Motel is "a roadside hotel designed primarily for motorists, typically having the rooms arranged in a low building with parking directly outside."

Answer 7

It is the shortened version of Motor and Hotel combined,a Hotel or a Restaurant in a Highway is called as Motel,that is say Motor' first two letters and Hotel' last three letters as u can drive thro your car and eat away in the Highway Restaurant.

Answer 8

Motels are hotels on the highway which enable people who are travelling by that way to have a break.

Answer 9

Motel is a place something similar to a lodging house with boarding facilities.Motels are designed with excellent service facilities for rest and recreation where as commercial boarding and lodging houses are meant to provide the basic needs only.

Motels are located on highways or in some picturesque locations where as other boarding and lodging houses are located in utility and commercial considerations only.

Answer 10

It is a small hotel *** restaurant on highways. In Delhi, on GT Karnal Road, motels are making money by allowing marriages etc.