What is the difference between a motel and a hotel?

I am very confused because they seem the same to me... It's been bothering me my whole life.What is the difference between a motel and a hotel?
Well Tori...


The lines between these two entities have been blurred somewhat in the last few years... But, normally, a hotel is a bit more developed and offers a wider range of services to its guests.


Motels were developed as a convenience for travelers on roadways and were made far more available (at roadside) to the general traveling public.... Motels..being Hotels... for the --mo--toring public....


Within recent years, however... a good number of Motels have began offering numerous add-on services that rival some of the better hotels.. and.. there are a number of businesses that call themselves hotels that offer far less than one would ever think....





☼ ////What is the difference between a motel and a hotel?
mo⋅tel   /moʊˈtɛl/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [moh-tel] Show IPA Pronunciation





–noun 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.


ho⋅tel   /hoʊˈtɛl/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [hoh-tel] Show IPA Pronunciation





hotel


–noun 1. 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.
really?......well in that case a motel is sort of smaller than a hotel. Motel arent really fancy as compared to Hotels. I mean you doont see a Hilton motel or a Tropicana motel. Only a Hotel.
Motels were originally just for passing motorists/traffic...whereas a hotel is for anyone.





The word motel means motor/hotel.
A Hotel has elevatros.


Motel's have stairs.
the differance is price