motor inn

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Recent Examples of motor inn Built in 1939, this is a true motor inn, with garages between the rooms for parking your car. Catherine Garcia, theweek, 19 July 2024 This retro spot opened in 1956 as a motor inn and today offers modern amenities along with vintage charm. Catherine Garcia, theweek, 2 May 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 And there’s no better way to do so than visiting some of California’s classic motor inns. Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 22 May 2023 The property sits on 2.8 acres of land and was previously a 1950s-era motor inn. Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2022 Lindsey Kurowski, owner of the Springs Motel in New Ashford, turned the parking lot in front of the rooms of her motor inn into a yard for games and relaxing. Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022 Our family of five relocated from Connecticut and stayed in a North Hollywood motor inn while my parents looked for a home. Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022 Located along Main's Midcoast region, the Lincolnville is a refreshed roadside motor inn dating back to the 1950s. Mia Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor inn
Noun
  • Fewer still remember the traditions of autocamps and tourist courts.
    Andrew Wood, Smithsonian, 30 June 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • After all, youth hostels have been around for over a century.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Midcentury motels pay homage to their retro roots and recall hey-days of simple but sweet beach vacations.
    Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The motel was built by newspaper legend William Randolph Hearst in 1929 and once housed the construction workers who built the Pacific Coast Highway.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There’s a spa and swimming pool, but the drinking and dining are standouts.
    Shivani Vora, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The lower level of the home featured a massive wine cellar, a spa and meditation room, a massage room, and a full bar with a billiard table.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Perfect Perch In Milan Part of an exclusive collection of Park Hyatt hotels and resorts worldwide, the hotel is ranked at the top of the 26 categories managed under the umbrella of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation brand.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • As swimwear and resort categories continue to outperform, Celandine is building on Anthropologie’s success, offering a complete lifestyle wardrobe from beach to dinner and activities in between.
    Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Perhaps that sounds didactic; rest assured that her novels foreground richly specific narratives about individual characters.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • But rest assured, the real Bialik promises that the fake Bialik is a not a violent stalker.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The money will pay for airfare, cultural excursions, transportation, food and hotel accommodations.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • No accommodations were offered, and so kids that needed learning help simply didn’t get it.
    Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024

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