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What is the main difference between a hotel, a motel and an inn?

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Question added by Lamya Adam , Front Desk Team Leader , Mariott
Date Posted: 2016/06/05
Huda Alshumrani
by Huda Alshumrani , Public Relations Manager , Mohamad Ehsan Arif Est

  • A hotel is a big hospitality place where is has all the rooms in one or several buildings and be a more luxurious that the other hospitality places and also has within it a lobby, a restaurant and other recreation services.

 

  • An inn is hospitality place, where is a smaller version of a hotel but is more cozy and affordable. A motel is focusing on the food marketing and offers an open buffet for its customers as part of their stay charges. An inn has also less recreation services or none compared to what a hotel has.

 

 

  • A motel is a hospitality place where it serves travelling people on high roads or in the entrance of cities. It has rooms aligned to each other and exposed to the car parking or recreation services like pools and has the least of service and luxuries atmosphere.

Hussamedeen Smadi
by Hussamedeen Smadi , Hotels General manager , Swiss Blue Hotels

we use the word Inn when we talk about  less than Mid-scale hotels and they are very near in meaning but less facilities ,services and sure less luxry in the Inn

Motel we are taking usually about low rise buildings in roadsids located in big highways and sure with a good space for car parking

By the way the term Hotel is used as a general term for motels, hotels, inns suite hotels, conference centres and other lodging properties .

however you can check this

http://traveltips.usatoday.com/difference-between-hotels-motels-.html

 

Shanen Bernadette Kunz
by Shanen Bernadette Kunz , Female Personal Trainer / Receptionist , BMI Fitness Gym

Hotel is a building where people can pay for lodge, have meal and other services. Hotels have rooms with beds and some useful furniture like chair, TV, telephone, small table, and some modern facilities like air conditions, computer and climate controller. Some rooms are attached with bathroom where visitors can bathe and get refreshed. There are some additional features like mini-bars, gaming, swimming pools, child-care center, gym, spas, conference hall and service of social gatherings. while an inn is generally a building located along a highway or countryside where people can seek lodging and food. Inns were the first commercial buildings for lodging and boarding. Inns were established at time of Romans, to help travelers in lodging, food and drinks including alcohol. Not only do they used to provide service for the travelers, but horses were provided with stable and fodder. Until now, aside from providing lodging, it also provides good services to customers like drinks and food. Inns do not have separate restaurants instead it has small section for food and drink. It does not provide a large food variety unlike in hotels.

EMAD ElKHBIRY
by EMAD ElKHBIRY , مديرمشروع , ----------------------hospitality industry

HOTEL: A PLACE/ BUILDING THAT HAS ROOMS IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN STAY WHILE TRAVELING, IT PROVIDES SERVICES SUCH AS FOOD, LODGING AND CO FOR PAYING.

INN: A HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE CAN EAT, RENT A ROOM TO SLEEP IN.

MOTEL: A PLACE THAT IS NEXTBTO A ROAD AND HAS ROOMS FOR PEOPLE ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE TRAVELING BY CARS

 

GUESTHOUSE: A PRIVATE HOUSE THAT ACCEPTS PAYINGGUESTS, ALSO MAY BE CALLED a small Hotel.

Mahmoud Amayem
by Mahmoud Amayem , General Manager , Golf Saudi

The number of rooms, service and facilites offered..

Ann Michal Recto
by Ann Michal Recto , Cabin Crew , Jazeera Airways

The difference between a hotel, a motel and an inn is mainly the type of amenities and service they give. In a hotel is a more formal more flexible type of service since hotels do consider cultural differences and that people who lodges in a hotel or i would say who chooses a hotel more than a motel or an inn generally considers meticulously the quality of service and expects excellent amenities which will not be found in motels and inns. Such as a casino, a golf course,valet parking. Not to mention security services. Hotels provide more amusement facilities and are more sensitive to the impression that they leave to the guest with the aim of bringing them back in. It is the largest scale operation. While a motel has less amenities and would just a little bit less than how their guests view them since their operation is much smaller than that of a hotel. The motel operation isn't as much sensitive when it comes to the quality of customer service while an inn is a place to keep you warm or hidden depends on what your cause is. You just pay and leave and don't leave your things unattended. lol

victoria oluokun
by victoria oluokun , Tutor , Ministry of Education

Well,the difference is not much because the three deals with people and the hospitality, they all cater for the needs of people.

In an hotel,you can book room,apartment or suite for the night or stay for longer period, and you can at the same time go into an hotel for only breakfast, lunch or dinner without booking a room.

Motels as its name implys are mostly for travellers, you go in and refresh yourself after a long drive or you can stay for the night and continue your journey the next day.most Motel rooms are with its own garage.also,some are with room service.while some are with common room .

Inns are very common in the country side,it also common for travellers and also for the country people that love home made food,there the atmosphere is always homey and lively. They are common with resorts centres.

Zambra Andoy
by Zambra Andoy , Sales Representative , Tradewings Tours & Travel

Aside from they're all one consideration to a boosting tourism of a place these three are all accommodations with different specifications: A hotel operates largely as when it comes to services, hotel offers extensive facilities and amenities for a tourist staying with family and may consider it a home away from home. hotel also accommodates business tourism as it holds conferences, meetings and functions. when it comes to standard, hotels are more likely to offer a quality of not just an accommodation but a human resource and diversification. I think they are the bodies that consider it quite expensive but framed the value of your money. Motels (motor hotel) are acommodations which offers short stay for tourist with a car or some, it is designed more accessible and comfortable for adventure tourists. It can be more useful for dropping by's and a rest for a long travel along the way, and it is more cheaper than the latter for it only comprises of the basics, bed, comfort room, a unit of tv and some are aircons. Inns just like motels that are accommodations for short staying guests, they are also located roadside but Inns were more traditional of its structure. A cheaper one and simply distinguishes forms from hotel and motels. You can buy food and drinks in their cafeteria.

hesham ebrahim
by hesham ebrahim , Operation Manager , Wisam international group

A hotel provides paid lodging to tourists and may also provide a number of other services or amenities, such as a restaurant, swimming pool, and/or spa. Many hotels are also arranged to hold conferences and meetings, thus making them useful locations for business meetups. A rating system of one to five stars exists as a means to compare the quality of hotels and their amenities. Motel is a word derived from the term "motorist's hotel." This was a term used to indicate when a hotel provided ample parking, a feature that is particularly useful to Americans and Canadians who frequently travel long distances on major highway and interstate systems. Initially, motel rooms had doors that faced the parking lot, making coming and going especially easy. Today, this may or may not be the case, as some motels now have inward-facing doors that connect to common areas.

Mustafa Abdel Rahman Fahmi
by Mustafa Abdel Rahman Fahmi , hospitality and tourism management professor , Saudi German Hospital

There is a big difference between them to the presence of many of the services offered in the hotel and motel in terms of number of rooms and space and features

hotel is give more access to the client plus the  areas of hotel most situated in town,

Motel is mostly situated in out town and gives the client accessablity of parking the car and it is only gives exterior hallway ,

it is more as guest house with facility offered

 

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