Travelodge or Travelodge by Wyndham refers to several hotel chains around the world. Current operations include the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and several countries in Asia. As of December 31, 2018, it had 435 properties with 31,005 rooms.
Travelodge in Raton, New Mexico
Travelodge in Sydney
Travelodge in Newquay
A motel, also known as a motor hotel, motor inn or motor lodge, is a hotel designed for motorists, usually having each room entered directly from the parking area for motor vehicles rather than through a central lobby. Entering dictionaries after World War II, the word motel, coined as a portmanteau of "motor hotel", originates from the defunct motel named Milestone Mo-Tel in San Luis Obispo, California, which was built in 1925. The term referred to a type of hotel consisting of a single building of connected rooms whose doors faced a parking lot and in some circumstances, a common area or a series of small cabins with common parking. Motels are often individually owned, though motel chains do exist.
A motel in Bjerka, Norway
The Star Lite Motel in Dilworth, Minnesota is a typical American 1950s L-shaped motel.
Motels frequently have large pools, such as the Thunderbird Motel on the Columbia River in Portland, Oregon (1973).
A typical motel lobby at the Rocket Motel in Custer, South Dakota
