: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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Midcentury motels pay homage to their retro roots and recall hey-days of simple but sweet beach vacations.
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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
The motel had 30 rooms that once housed Pacific Coast Highway construction workers, providing an affordable beach getaway for families and serving as a popular location for filming movies and television.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
The department had been planning to restore 20 of the old motel’s cabins for public use.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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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
The motel had 30 rooms that once housed Pacific Coast Highway construction workers, providing an affordable beach getaway for families and serving as a popular location for filming movies and television.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
The department had been planning to restore 20 of the old motel’s cabins for public use.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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motel
noun
mo·tel
mō-ˈtel 
: a building or group of buildings which provide lodgings and in which the rooms are usually reached directly from an outdoor parking lot
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