Does anyone know the difference between a motel and a hotel?

A motels rooms face the outside. so u go in from the outside there is no indoor hallway.A hotel is inside so you enter from the inside.motels are usally thought as worse then hotels though bith can be very nice. look at a local hotel and motel.Does anyone know the difference between a motel and a hotel?
Motels have rooms that you access directly from outside, usually the parking lot. Hotels, you have to go inside to go to the rooms.Does anyone know the difference between a motel and a hotel?
originally, a motel was where you could drive up to your room (motor+hotel=motel). now there really isn't much difference.
Motor Hotel - contraction - Motel...originally started out as an overnight inn on a car trip; Hotel - meant for longer, more luxurious stays; usually have room service, shops, etc.
Motels were originally concieved to cater to those traveling by automobile, so they tended to be small, cheap, roadside establishments.





I don't know if there's a precise legal or hospitality-industry distinction between the two, today, though.
Think of it this way------A Hotel is like a house, where you can stay for a long period of time. A Motel is where you might stay for a night or two.
Hotels are uselly a building which you enter and stay inside to go to your room. As for a Motel you go to one place to sign in and then you go back outside to go to your room.
I think a hotel is pricier and upscale. You may stay longer. And motel--well, I guess the word is a combination of motor (car) and hotel? Like you drive off the highway to a smaller, cheaper, version of a hotel. And then, you stay a night or two and you are on your way.
motels are like a park and walk to you're room. hotels offer more like room service, door men, restraunts etc.
Hotel is where you go inside to access your room. Motel is where you can access your room from outside.
motel (portmanteau of ';motor'; and ';hotel'; or ';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.


Classically, though, a motel is a hotel which is made convenient for people who, for whatever personal reason, wish to be able to have quick access from the outside world (especially from their parked car) to the hotel room - without passing the scrutiny of a receptionist or fellow guests. This is usually arranged by having rooms (sometimes in individual chalets or even trailers) arranged around the car park with room doors opening directly to the outside rather than to an internal corridor.
i do! well a motel is not that nice as a hotel!!for instance...a hotel has elevators, fancy decoration,and it is huge(most of them!),but a motel is small and not that fancy(so of corse it doesnt have any elevators in it!)And besides...a hotel is ALOT more $ than a motel!
You can generally drive up to the door at a motel, where hotels are indoors. Motel was prolly short for ';motor hotel'; at one point.
Motels are a good place to take hookers.


(You know, you're in out, no questions asked by the front desk guy who is usually creepy and watching porn)





Hotels are a good place to take your supervisors daughter to.


(Cause usually you are both hungry after going at it after 5 hours and motels don't have room service like hotels do.
i think they r the same!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! one might be cliner then the other i don't know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A motel involves parking your car close to the room you will be staying in. A hotel has one big parking lot that has a lot of amenities inside that motels seldom have.
Motels are cheaper....
They are not really different... just a motel is a subcategory of a hotel





A motel is a hotel, but a hotel is not necessarily a motel





Motel - a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.





Hotel - a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.
I think that a motel is where the door to the room opens to the outside (Bates Motel) and a hotel is where you open the door to a hallway and have to take elevator or stairs downstairs to main entrance.
I think that a motel has one floor or maybe two at the most. Hotels are your highrise or skyrise ranging to many, many levels. Think of the hotels in Las Vegas, at the Casino's. That is what you call hotels. Big, big difference.
a hotel is nice and more expencive.
I think it's in the amount of service you receive. A motel is pretty much just a room. Hotel you get room service and stuff.
i think hotel is a big property in hotel industry you can say one room double room and suite its a part of hotel industry and motel means a part of one room and low fare property in hotel industry.i think motel means a part of one room is motel
Its easy. Motel= Move (nigthly rates) Hotel= Home (They usually have weekly and monthly rates)
One starts with a m and the other with a h