youth hostel

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Recent Examples of youth hostel 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 The three of us ended up in some very dodgy youth hostel. Devon Ivie, Vulture, 30 May 2024 The defendant, who'd been staying at a youth hostel in Kensington and Chelsea in southwest London, was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £134 (or about $167), according to Sky. Patrick Smith, NBC News, 19 Apr. 2024 After all, youth hostels have been around for over a century. Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for youth hostel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for youth hostel
Noun
  • No longer a tourist court, the building was reconfigured into a private home.
    Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Built in 1939, this is a true motor inn, with garages between the rooms for parking your car.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 19 July 2024
Noun
  • The department also will close 13 Pathway Home motel sites by the end of next fiscal year, and use one-time funding sources to find housing for the people who must leave.
    Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The organization is also restoring a motel at 5100 Linwood Blvd.
    Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Therapists in the spa do an excellent job, and I was thrilled to be wiped during a massage.
    Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The spa’s lounge takeover a day earlier combines short treatments, DIY scrubs and chocolate treats.
    Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Anchored by a giant neon sign, Supai Motel is a basic motor lodge that offers a more traditional hotel-style experience.
    Daria Bachmann, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
  • This erstwhile motor lodge that glowed up to become one of the most historically hip boutique hotels in Atlanta is an unmistakable landmark in Poncey-Highland.
    Su-Jit Lin, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The town is also a popular second home for out-of-staters because of its ski resort and atmosphere, making housing very unaffordable.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • But when legs are tired, or temperatures drop, what really sets the resort apart is its massive indoor water park, an off-slope perk that elevates the entire experience.
    Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • With 65 bedrooms, 20 apartments and four lofts, the range of accommodations suits groups of varying sizes.
    Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The Balearic Islands Joshua Ellis, a bar owner from Brooklyn, New York, who has traveled for several solar events since 2017, booked his Mallorca accommodations in February 2025—18 months before the eclipse.
    Ryan Craggs, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Historically, lodgings outside the capital have contented themselves with hosting the budget-conscious backpacker crowd.
    John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Likewise, Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco provides posh lodgings all year long.
    Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026

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