Whats the difference between a hotel and a motel?

kersed: Whats the difference between a hotel and a motel?
I know motels are only two stories and hotels are like 10 (minumum) stories, but is there any other differnces?And whys it called a motel?

Answers and Views:

Answer by surfer grl
Also, I was told that in hotels you enter your room from inside and a motel you enter your room from the outside, Did I just make sense?

Answer by Frog
Hotels usually have indoor halways to the rooms—-motels have exterior doors to the rooms………………

Answer by Maybe???
Hotels are more luxurious than motels.
The word motel is a combination of the words Motor Hotel, which became Motel. At first, to combat high hotel prices, someone invented a “drive-in hotel”, with rooms on the ground floor, sometimes as high as 3 floors. Just like fast food, the basics, no service.
There is no minimum height for a property to be called a hotel, though.

Answer by Nik_smarty
motel is type of hotel in the form of a single building of connected rooms whose doors faced a parking lot and, in some circumstances, a common area; or a series of small cabins with common parking.

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis. Hotels often provide a number of additional guest services such as a restaurant, a swimming pool or childcare. Some hotels have conference services and meeting rooms and encourage groups to hold conventions and meetings at their location.

Answer by audioworld
Hotel has more items to make your stay better. Such services like cleaning service, valet, business centers, first class restaurants, clubs, shuttle buses to the airport, etc. The rooms are usually indoors. Hotels can have 3-10 floors, depends are the area

most Motels are just a room with usually a TV. A Motel was named because it was Motor (in older times, most were near a highway) hotel. Most are, as you state, two to three floors. The rooms tend to have outdoor enterances to the room

Answer by Dr Lickabitch
Motels are n inconvenient locations if your not driving. They are unlikely to be near anything of interest other than a road.

Answer by Blue Rose
All of the above answers are right, plus “motel” comes from motor – hotel, rather aptly named. Cars parked usually within sight / close proximity of the room. Access from the outside. Because they take up more space than hotels usually located outside major city centres and in cheaper areas. Good value. Do they have dining rooms? Can’t remember.

Answer by ryan@atlantis
The two main differences between hotels and motels are:
1. Motels are usually limited to 2 or 3 stories, where as hotels can be as tall as 30 stories or more… and
2. Most motels have exterior corridors, whereas most hotels have interior corridors.
Other noticeable differences are that motels usually aren’t as nice as hotels, and motels are usually cheaper that hotels.

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