Motels
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A motel, short for motor hotel, is self-contained travel accommodation adapted for people who are travelling by car. Motels are usually situated along highways, on routes where the distances between population centers are long.
Motels are typically at 1 or 2-star level with few shared amenities. Guest rooms typically have designated parking spaces; lobby and community areas are absent, or very basic. If there's a pool, it will be outdoors and (depending on the climate) usable only seasonally. A minority have an on-site restaurant; there is no room service. As the original architecture had rooms opening directly onto a car park, rooms are self-contained with a private WC, wash handbasin and shower/bath "en suite".
Around the worldA motel building boom accompanied the expansion of highways in the United States and Canada during the mid-20th century.
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