motor inn

noun

Definition of motor innnext
as in motor court

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Recent Examples of motor inn Another solid New Mexico option is Arrive Albuquerque, which opened in 2025 as a 137-room boutique hotel set in a former mid-century motor inn. — Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026 Book a room at either Arrive Albuquerque, a motor inn reimagined as a boutique hotel, or El Vado Motel, a white adobe property that was restored and reopened in 2018. — Matt Kirouac, AFAR Media, 29 Jan. 2026 Built in 1939, this is a true motor inn, with garages between the rooms for parking your car. — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 19 July 2024 It’s partly set in 1955 in a fictional Southwest town, a lonely four corners with a diner, gas station and motor inn. — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for motor inn
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor inn
  1. tourist court
  2. youth hostel
  3. motor lodge
  4. motel
  5. spa
  6. resort
  7. rest
  8. accommodations
Noun
  • Other than a rebranding from Goodnight Court to Classic Inn, little has changed over the past eight decades at the tourist court.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
  • No longer a tourist court, the building was reconfigured into a private home.
    — Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
Definition of tourist court
Noun
  • The pair had spent the previous night talking for hours after meeting by chance in the elevator of a youth hostel in Munich in May 1998.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • Home to a youth hostel and folk museum, Glencoe is mostly a destination for outdoorspeople looking to kayak, mountain climb, go trekking, or pitch tents.
    — Timothy Latterner, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of youth hostel
Noun
  • Down the road, Hotel Willa, which occupies the site of a former 1960s adobe motor lodge, reopened in May 2025 as a 51-room luxury boutique hotel.
    — Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2026
  • The hotel itself, which had opened as a motor lodge in the 1950s and then transformed into a Southwestern roadside hotel, had also fallen into disrepair.
    — Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of motor lodge
Noun
  • For example, hotel and motel prices are up more than 4% over the past year, too, according to CPI data.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Damage from Hurricane Isaias WESH 2 News in Orlando reported that a motel in Pensacola had its roof blown off.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of motel
Noun
  • The interior is spacious and light-filled with floor-to-ceiling windows on all sides and a gorgeous double-sink bathroom that feels like a mini spa.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026
  • This is all without compromising the skin barrier, and offering a massaging action that enhances relaxation and turns a functional step into a spa-like treatment as a small wellness ritual.
    — Laura Sandroni, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of spa
Noun
  • The fest, held in the Red Sea resort roughly 250 miles south of Cairo, also announced the composition of the other jury rosters for its ninth edition.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • And there is the profiteering from death — the talk of resorts on the shores of Gaza, the government money saved by Elon Musk cutting off aid to starving children.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of resort
Noun
  • The carbon covers the grip, the thumb rest, and the soft-release button, the spots a photographer touches most.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Peralta could pitch Game 2 in Milwaukee on regular four days' rest or Game 3 next Monday back at Tropicana Field.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of rest
Noun
  • Rooms There is a kind of fierce vitality at play in The Warbler’s accommodations.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026
  • World-class accommodations and dining, wellness facilities, and an array of indulgent activities and events are transforming harbors into truly lavish havens.
    — Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of accommodations

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