Hostel vs. Hotel — What's the Difference?

A hostel is a form of low-cost, short-term shared sociable lodging where guests can rent a bed, usually a bunk bed in a dormitory, with shared use of a lounge and sometimes a kitchen. Rooms can be mixed or single-sex and have private or shared bathrooms.

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a refrigerator and other kitchen facilities, upholstered chairs, a flat screen television, and en-suite bathrooms.

A supervised, inexpensive lodging place for travelers, especially young travelers.

An establishment that provides lodging and usually meals and other services for travelers and other paying guests.

An inn; a hotel.

A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.

To stay at hostels while traveling.

An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.

A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel

(South Asia) A restaurant; any dining establishment.

(not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food

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(obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses. Category:en:Monopoly

(intransitive) To stay in a hostel during one's travels.

The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.

(transitive) To lodge (a person) in a hostel.

(Australia) A pub

An inn.

A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.

A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth.

A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

A building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

Inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)