Classification of Lodging Places
The tourist industry has its own system to classify different types of lodging places.
Five categories of lodging places:
1 1. ______.
They usually are multi-storied lodging facilities with twenty rooms to hundreds of rooms.
They usually are found in 2 . 2. ______.
They offer porter service, room service, and parking service.
Motor Inns
They usually are two to six-story holdings.
They usually have a restaurant or a bar, and some provide luggage and room service.
They usually are found near 3 and the interstate highway system. 3. ______.
Motels
They usually are small 4 . 4. ______.
They usually are found on smaller highways and roads.
They usually are run by 5 . 5. ______.
6 6. ______.
They may look like hotels or motor inns, but usually located at beaches or near the mountains.
They offer 7 , such as golf, horseback riding, skiing, etc. 7. ______.
They may be specialized.
Guest House
They are privately owned homes where the owners rent bedrooms to visitors.
Equipment in them is usually very simple.
In the U. K. , people call them B and Bs, which stands for 8 . 8. ______.
On the European continent, people call them pensiones.
Some other classifications of lodging places:
9 9. ______.
Small: up to 100 rooms
Medium: 100--200 rooms
Medium-large place: 200--500 rooms
Large: over 500 rooms
Clientele
Transient clients: vacation travellers or business travellers staying for a short time
10 : clients who lease rooms with weekly, monthly or even yearly rates. 10. ______.