Lodging Establishments

 
Types of Lodging Establishments Consulted
Full Service University-Related Hotels
Select Service All-inclusive Resorts
Limited Service  Recreational and Therapeutic Spas
Extended Stay Executive Conference Centers
All-suite Convention Hotels and Resorts
Luxury Marina Hotels
Recreation (cabins and lodges) Meeting/Banquet Halls
Destination Resorts Casino Hotels
Condo-Hotels  
 
Brand Affiliations Consulted
Luxury  Upscale Midscale without F&B
Fairmont Hotel Adam's Mark Amerihost
Four Seasons Amerisuites Baymont Inns & Suites
InterContinental Courtyard by Marriott Candlewood Suites
Loews Hilton Garden Inn Comfort Inn & Suites
Preferred Crowne Plaza Country Inn & Suites
Starwood Luxury Collection Hawthorn Suites Drury Inn
Ritz-Carlton Homewood Suites Fairfield Inn
W Hotels Radisson Hampton Inn & Suites
  Residence Inn Holiday Inn Express
Upper Upscale Sheraton Inn La Quinta Inns & Suites
Doubletree Hotels Springhill Suites Mainstay Suites
Doral Staybridge Suites Sleep Inn
Embassy Suites Summerfield by Wyndham Townplace Suites
Hilton Hotels Woodfield Suites Wellesley Inn & Suites
Hyatt Woodfin Suites Wingate Inn
Kimpton Wyndham Hotels & Resorts  
Marriott Hotels & Resort   Economy
Marriott Conferece Centers Days Inn
Midscale with F&B
Econo Lodge
Omni Best Western
Extended Stay America
Renaissance Clarion
Homestead Studio Suites
Sheraton Hotel Doubletree Club
Howard Johnson Express
Westin Four Points by Sheraton
Jameson Inn
Hawthorn Inn & Suites
Microtel Inn
Holiday Inn (Select)
  Ramada Limited
Howard Johnson
Red Roof Inn
Quality Inn & Suites
Rodeway Inn
Ramada
Super 8
Sunspree Resorts
Travelodge
Wyndham Garden Hotel

Different types of lodging

Hospice - A place of refuge for travelers, often operated by a religous order.

Hostel - A lodging supervice by adults, planned for the use of young hikers or bicyclists; also youth
hostel. A student residence or dormitory.

Hotel - A building or establishment which provides living accomodations for transient visitors and
sometimes long-term residents, and which often offers other facilities such as meeting rooms,
restaurants, entertainment, and shops, available to its guests and to the general public.

Motel

You might be confuse or sometimes you might mix the meaning of hotel and motel. Motel is also a place
where you can lodge, they will serve you food and other services but Motel as different from Hotel. A
Motel or Motor Hotel is a Hotel for short stay especially for motorists on long travel. Some motels
especially in the Philippines, they offer a per hour stay. Some offers a 3-hour package more or less.

Backpacker's - An establishment, commonly, a house that offers lodging for backpackers, travelers or
youth hikers in cheap price. It is like a dormitory where there is a room with many beds where opposite
gender may stay even without knowing each other and only one bathroom is shared.
Transient House - A for rent house where people having a vacation can rent for short-term. This is where
they can use all the house's facilities. Transient houses are very common and popular in Bagiuo,
Philippines.

Hotel Classification
Stars – this is probably the most known in Russia method of classification of hotels. However, in the world not all the
countries use such a system. It is often a surprising fact for the tourists that there is no entire certification system for
the hotels in the world. Though, the attempts to combine the existing ratings into a common system have been made
repeatedly. For example, the World Tourist Organization developed a document with detailed instructions for the
certification of the hotels rated from 2 to 5 <<stars>>. However, it was more a recommendation, than a basic rule, so
many hotels decided not to change the existing order of things.

Today, the hotels often use literal and symbolic denotation to determine their status. Thus, until recent time literal
classification was widely used in Greece. In Sweden today as a symbol of class <<key>> is used instead of <<star>>,
in Britain - <<crown>>, and the hotels on the coast of Goa receive points. 

In addition, there are two types of hotel on the so-called price poles, which usually stay outside the most
classifications. These are: on the one hand, the luxury-class hotels, and on the other – economy hotels,
accommodation in which is limited by Spartan minimum of services.

If to talk about the <<star>> classification adopted in the most European countries, even here a common system of
comfort determination cannot be guaranteed. This can be well-illustrated using an example of the most common type
of the hotel in Europe with 3* rank. Often the owners of the private 3* hotel in France, England and Austria do not
follow the parameters recommended for the hotels of that rank. The set of services in such hotels is often more than
modest. The reason for that type of behavior of the hotel owners is simple – their countries are traditionally popular
among the tourist during the whole year, and they won’t face a problem with a lack of occupied rooms even with the
fairly low level of service. At the same time such countries as Turkey, Hungary and Bulgaria in the 3* hotels often
organize service even better, than it is required by the standards. Sometimes these hotels lack the bigger room size
to obtain 4* rank. All the other services, including expensive cosmetics in the rooms, swimming pools, air conditioners
and mini-bars are available to the guests.

Regarding hotels of the highest price category, even here everything is unclear. For example, in some Arab countries
because of the prohibition law many hotel of 5* rank are not allowed to have mini-bars in rooms, so that is why they
get 4* rank.

Among the main criteria of hotel classification are as follows:

- The room size. For hotel of the lowest segment the maximum size is about 10 meters, 3* hotels – from 10 meters,
4* hotels – from 14 meters, 5* hotels – from 16 meters.
- The quality of hotel services. The bigger the <<star>> rank of the hotel, the more frequent cleaning can be
expected. The quality of meals can be also considered in this criterion.
- The hotel location. The area of tourism is important for this criterion. Thus, for the excursion tours the proximity to
the historical center is important, for the sea resorts – the proximity to the sea, for spa hotels - privacy and
harmonious surroundings.

<<Hotel Classification>> section will tell you in detail about each of the 5 <<star>> standards of hotels, and also
familiarize you