HOTEL AND MOTEL

The word ‘motel’ is a combination of two words ‘motor’ and ‘hotel.’ In the old days, motels are invariably located on highways; they were mostly used by people who were traveling by car. Unlike a hotel, the rooms of a motel are not located inside a building. In the past a motel usually consisted of a single row of connected rooms built on a parking lot. Nowadays, we have motels, in the heart of cities, and they sometimes contain more than one floor. A motel is usually much cheaper than a hotel; the services it offers are rather limited; it usually doesn’t have a restaurant, and as a result doesn’t provide room service. – S. Upendran