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Recent Examples of motor lodge
So in January 2020, the couple bought a run-down Cayucos motor lodge called the Dolphin Inn and then spent the next two and a half years transforming it.
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Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
Lake Shore Resort first opened as a motor lodge in the 1950s, and today it's run by the third generation of its founding family.
—Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2024
On this trip, my friend picked us up—me and the baby—from our retro motor lodge on a hill.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
Calistoga Motor Lodge This funky motor lodge inspired by the Great American Road Trip has hula hoops, board games, and cruiser bikes, but the real draw is the mineral water that made this area a famous Napa Valley wellness destination.
—Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
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Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
Lake Shore Resort first opened as a motor lodge in the 1950s, and today it's run by the third generation of its founding family.
—Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2024
On this trip, my friend picked us up—me and the baby—from our retro motor lodge on a hill.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
Calistoga Motor Lodge This funky motor lodge inspired by the Great American Road Trip has hula hoops, board games, and cruiser bikes, but the real draw is the mineral water that made this area a famous Napa Valley wellness destination.
—Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor lodge
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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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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
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Fewer still remember the traditions of autocamps and tourist courts.—
Andrew Wood,
Smithsonian,
30 June 2017
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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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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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After all, youth hostels have been around for over a century.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2024
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Her body was discovered a few days later in a motel room rented by Rogers, according to the motion.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Since 2022, her Inside Safe program has been moving people off the street and into hotels, motels and permanent housing.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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The nearly 20,000-square-foot spa was another highlight, with its salt cave and cedar saunas.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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That review held up, too— though, to be honest, the entire resort experience felt like a spa to us.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
15 Apr. 2025
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Choosing wineries based on atmosphere, timing visits to avoid loud and boisterous crowds and booking accommodations nearby all help in making the most of a Hamptons wine tour.—
Rachel King,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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The big league experience extends to players, who enjoy better accommodations and better food, and to fans, who get to see some of the best athletes in the world in venues representative of some of the most iconic cities in North America.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 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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Palazzo Planeta One of Sicily’s most important winemaking families has turned their former residence into a comfortable apartment hotel with nine apartments and four suites.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Nov. 2024
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Downtime activities include horseback riding, bird-watching, and soaking in the resort’s saltwater pool.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
19 Apr. 2025
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The Maine resort’s East Coast Pond Skim Championship takes place this Saturday.—
Anna Fiorentino,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Motor lodge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20lodge. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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