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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
Best Roadside Lodging High Country Motor Lodge This new motor lodge off Route 66 in Flagstaff melds vintage style, contemporary design, and an adventurous spirit.
—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
Best Roadside Lodging High Country Motor Lodge This new motor lodge off Route 66 in Flagstaff melds vintage style, contemporary design, and an adventurous spirit.
—Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor lodge
Noun
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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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Keller purchased that property last year to keep a developer from putting a motel next to Basswood Elementary.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2025
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There’s a smattering of hotels, inns, and motels in the area, but rental houses—either plopped directly on the shore or located within easy walking distance of one of more than 40 public beach-access points—are the primary draw.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2025
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Massage The show’s favorite spa director Belinda is back from Season 1 in Maui, and now on a foreign wellness exchange program at the hotel chain’s outpost in Thailand.—
Tanya Akim,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The White Lotus season 3 also stars Aimee Lou Wood, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Jason Isaacs, Leslie Bibb and Walton Goggins, as well Natasha Rothwell, who is reprising her season 1 role as spa manager Belinda Lindsey.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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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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The money will pay for airfare, cultural excursions, transportation, food and hotel accommodations.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
Journal Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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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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The resort’s manager also pointed to the reduction in hours of operation for the nearby North Troy, VT border crossing.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
15 Mar. 2025
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While Jekyll Island is best known for its beaches, resorts, and landmarks like Driftwood Beach and Horton House, its beachfront bars are what visitors are most excited about right now.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Motor lodge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20lodge. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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