> usually featuring separate exterior entrances to each suite Having recently thought a lot about this after being tricked into staying in a place listed on bo

> usually featuring separate exterior entrances to each suite Having recently thought a lot about this after being tricked into staying in a place listed on booking.com as an "inn", but which upon arrival was clearly a motel, this is definitely the defining feature of a motel: if I can access the room through an exterior entrance without passing through the interior of the building (a lobby), it's a motel and not a hotel.