What is the difference between an Hotel and Motel?

very little these days, but originally a hotel had an entrance you went through to get to your room and a motel was a 'motor hotel' where you entered your room directly from outside (i.e. the parking lot)What is the difference between an Hotel and Motel?
about 25 dollarWhat is the difference between an Hotel and Motel?
A hotel all the rooms are inside of a building. You enter your room from inside the building. In a motel the doors to the rooms are accessed from outside. You park right in front of your door and go in.