Always on short time basis (1-4h) and always with the "love" factor... perhaps the portuguese Wikipedia article translated to english [2] would help on clarifying that.
2: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=pt-BR&sl=pt&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpt.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMotel Cheers, 2009/7/29 Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> > 2009/7/29 Arlindo Pereira <[email protected]>: > > Hi there, > > > > here in Brazil, and in most of Latin America as I can see on Wikipedia > [1], > > so-called "motels" are short-time hotels or "love hotels", differing from > > the original concept in english (hotel for drivers). Do you think that we > > should tag them differently (such as amenity=lovehotel or whatever, > > tourism=lovehotel doesn't seems to fit) or keep it tourism=motel? > > > > It's a thin line, because some love hotels ("motels" here) call > themselves > > "hotels" but everyone (the locals) knows that they are, in fact, love > > hotels. > > > > 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motel#Short-time > > do you pay them on a short time basis or could you stay there the > whole night for the same price? If it's the first, I would tag them > differently, otherwise I think they could be tagged like normal > motels. > > cheers, > Martin > -- Arlindo Saraiva Pereira Jr. Bacharelando em Sistemas de Informação - UNIRIO - uniriotec.br Consultor de Software Livre da Uniriotec Consultoria - uniriotec.com Acadêmico: [email protected] Profissional: [email protected] Geral: [email protected] Tel.: +5521 92504072 Jabber/Google Talk: [email protected] Skype: nighto_sumomo Chave pública: BD065DEC
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