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Recent Examples of motor lodge
In keeping with the old motor lodge theme, there’s no reception at the Green Room.
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Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025
If a lodging’s guest rooms open directly to the outdoors and there’s a parking lot handy, industry experts say, it probably was born as a motel or motor lodge.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Inspired by the classic American roadside motor lodge, Tourists is set on the banks of the Hoosic River in the Berkshires.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
Best historic hotels: Hotel Valley Ho and two Flagstaff motor lodges
Sunset recognized five historic Western hotels in its 2024 travel awards, and three of the honorees are in Arizona: Scottsdale's Hotel Valley Ho and Flagstaff's Americana Motor Hotel and High Country Motor Lodge.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 11 Sep. 2024
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Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025
If a lodging’s guest rooms open directly to the outdoors and there’s a parking lot handy, industry experts say, it probably was born as a motel or motor lodge.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Inspired by the classic American roadside motor lodge, Tourists is set on the banks of the Hoosic River in the Berkshires.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
Best historic hotels: Hotel Valley Ho and two Flagstaff motor lodges
Sunset recognized five historic Western hotels in its 2024 travel awards, and three of the honorees are in Arizona: Scottsdale's Hotel Valley Ho and Flagstaff's Americana Motor Hotel and High Country Motor Lodge.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 11 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor lodge
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Trixie found the motor inn, built in 1953, while scrolling through Zillow, and quickly began renovations in 2020 after purchasing it—a process documented on the show Trixie Motel.—
Mae Hamilton,
AFAR Media,
23 July 2025
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Built in 1939, this is a true motor inn, with garages between the rooms for parking your car.—
Catherine Garcia,
theweek,
19 July 2024
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No longer a tourist court, the building was reconfigured into a private home.—
Ray Hanley,
Arkansas Online,
19 June 2025
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By the 1930s and ‘40’s, cottage courts (also known as tourist courts) emerged as a classier alternative to dingy cabin camps.—
Andrew Wood,
Smithsonian,
30 June 2017
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Rajinikanth leads Coolie as Deva, a former labor leader who now runs a youth hostel.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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To further address youth housing affordability, the government will continue its Youth Hostel Scheme, which subsidizes non-governmental organizations’ renting of hotels and guesthouses for use as youth hostels.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
16 Oct. 2024
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Linda hustles the two of them to a nearby motel whose only employees are a surly young goth attendant (a glowering Ivy Wolk) and a sympathetic, mildly flirty super (A$AP Rocky, laidback and breezy).—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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An enormous hole opens up in the ceiling of Linda’s apartment, flooding the place and forcing her and her daughter to relocate to a motel.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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The spa floor felt like an oasis and the entire team takes pride in their ability to cultivate the most luxurious experience.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Oct. 2025
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The updates also include a new cliffside pool and expanded spa offerings.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, schools can provide appropriate accommodations when needed, ensuring all students are treated with respect without compromising the rights and comfort of others.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Oct. 2025
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L'Auberge de Sedona just got a massive renovation, including 70 new accommodations with panoramic views of Sedona's red rocks.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Enquirer first reported last summer that Blue Suede Hospitality, which owns a series of boutique apartment hotels in cities like Memphis, Miami and Ann Arbor, Michigan, purchased the Beaux Arts building for $1.9 million.—
Sydney Franklin,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Eliot and his family bought an undeveloped plot of land next to the Harvard Club and employed architect Harold Field Kellogg to design a nine-story apartment hotel that would loom majestically over the Back Bay’s picturesque skyline.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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The new buildings are designed to create a resort-like atmosphere where boat owners can work, work out or enjoy two separate bayside recreation areas.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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The alleged attack happened early Wednesday in Cascais, Portugal, a coastal resort town about 20 miles west of Lisbon.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Motor lodge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20lodge. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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