Hotels

Hotels are large buildings with several rooms and many other services. In the same city the hotels vary in the atmosphere, price and service. At the highest level are the luxury hotels that have graceful restaurants and glamorous ballrooms where many social events are held. At the next level are the hotels catering to the first class business travelers.

These are expensive and offer many services. At the next level are hotels offering who charge moderately. At the lowest level are the cheap hotels, which may not be very decent.

Hotels are generally more expensive than motels.

Motels

Motels are comparatively smaller establishments and less expensive than hotels.

Motels do not offer any services except rooms and perhaps pay-per-view TV. There are major chains of budget motels nationwide, such as Day's Inn, Red Roof Inn, and Motel 6, as well as thousands of individually owned motels. Over 90 percent of the individually owned motels, as well as many of the franchised budget chain units are owned by immigrants from India. Most of the chain motels and hotels have "800" numbers which allow you to make reservations. It's much easier to make a telephone reservation if you have a credit card.