In Germany my experience is that actually most hotels in the cities
charge for parking. On the other hand you find very very few that call
themselves "motel". I can only think of one currently that does, and it
is located within a motorway rest area. The exception is the chain Motel
One which is a very typical _h_otel often located in city centers
offering only limited parking.
When I think of a motel I always picture those with doors opening to the
car park from US movies. Now that several comments here indicate that
the only practical distinction today is the name on the front sign I
come to think that we could abandon the tag altogether. What value does
it generate for the data consumer if tourism=motel and tourism=hotel is
all but the same and practical distinction could for both be made by
subtags parking=y/n, parking:fee=y/n, etc?
Tobias
Am 24.12.2018 um 01:12 schrieb Joseph Eisenberg:
In the USA, we would also assume a motel offers free parking. Hotels
may charge extra for parking, especial if located downtown or next to
an airport.
Is this also the case in Europe and Australia?
On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 8:55 AM Dave Swarthout
<daveswarth...@gmail.com <mailto:daveswarth...@gmail.com>> wrote:
"Today the main difference seems to be the sign out front. If a
hostelry calls itself a motel, it is a motel. If it calls itself
a hotel, it is a hotel. Local licensing authorities do not
differentiate between them and they are regulated identically, so
far as I can tell. I'd say the definition should be based on what
is written on the sign on the hostelry."
+1
That's my main criterion for tagging an accommodation as a motel.
I agree with Volker's points and Allan's view on this.
Happy Holidays
Dave
On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 6:27 AM Allan Mustard <al...@mustard.net
<mailto:al...@mustard.net>> wrote:
Motel = MOtor hoTEL
The major difference between a 'hotel" and a "motel"
originally was the configuration of the building with respect
to parking. At a traditionally designed motel, the cars are
parked outside the units, which typically open to the
outdoors, not to a hallway, so that patrons of the motel may
come and go freely to their automobiles. Length of stay is
immaterial.
The first motels appeared on the Lincoln Highway in the 1920s,
if memory serves, and had little carports capable of
accommodating a Model T Ford-sized automobile next to a cabin
(yes, the first motels featured cabins, not rooms in a larger
building).
Then along came Motel 6, so called because it charged $6 per
night back in the day (it featured coin-operated TVs and you
paid extra for everything but the bed, bath, and four walls).
Many Motel 6s had hallways, and that changed the design, but
they still catered to transients en route from Point A to Point B.
Today the main difference seems to be the sign out front. If
a hostelry calls itself a motel, it is a motel. If it calls
itself a hotel, it is a hotel. Local licensing authorities do
not differentiate between them and they are regulated
identically, so far as I can tell. I'd say the definition
should be based on what is written on the sign on the
hostelry. These are my two cents' worth based on 30+ years of
travel, including a few cross-country trips across America as
well as extensive on-ground travel in Mexico, Russia, and
central Europe.
Cheers and Merry Christmas to all!
apm-wa
On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 4:33 AM bkil <bkil.hu
<http://bkil.hu>+a...@gmail.com <mailto:a...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I've made a major rewording of this tag. Please review and
don't hesitate to comment or improve if I've mistakenly
changed the meaning of the tag:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag%3Atourism%3Dmotel&type=revision&diff=1755686&oldid=1561324
Source: based on Wikipedia and recent mapping experience:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/65702446#map=9/47.1412/18.6632
It also looks like some have used the word motel for what
should have been pensions and guest houses around here,
I'll also fix these later.
_______________________________________________
Tagging mailing list
Tagging@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org>
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
_______________________________________________
Tagging mailing list
Tagging@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org>
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
--
Dave Swarthout
Homer, Alaska
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
_______________________________________________
Tagging mailing list
Tagging@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org>
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
_______________________________________________
Tagging mailing list
Tagging@openstreetmap.org
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
_______________________________________________
Tagging mailing list
Tagging@openstreetmap.org
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
