tourist court

noun

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as in motor court

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Recent Examples of tourist court Other than a rebranding from Goodnight Court to Classic Inn, little has changed over the past eight decades at the tourist court. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026 No longer a tourist court, the building was reconfigured into a private home. — Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025 Fewer still remember the traditions of autocamps and tourist courts. — Andrew Wood, Smithsonian, 30 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tourist court
  1. youth hostel
  2. motor inn
  3. spa
  4. motel
  5. motor lodge
  6. resort
Noun
  • The pair had spent the previous night talking for hours after meeting by chance in the elevator of a youth hostel in Munich in May 1998.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • Home to a youth hostel and folk museum, Glencoe is mostly a destination for outdoorspeople looking to kayak, mountain climb, go trekking, or pitch tents.
    — Timothy Latterner, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of youth hostel
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  • In the not-too-distant past, the building at the west end of Hart Lane was a former mid-century motor inn that had seen its best days.
    — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • Penny Lane The Lark Hotel Group has taken over a former motor inn that had seen better days.
    — Nancy Kane, Curbed, 25 June 2026
Definition of motor inn
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  • Its 37 rooms are flanked by living room-like communal spaces, a restaurant and a spa drawing from Ottoman hammams and Caucasian palazzos.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Condé Nast Traveler readers also picked the best spa resorts, cruise lines and hotels in the world.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of spa
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  • Sanders rebuilt it, adding a motel, and reopened the complex as Sanders Court & Café in 1940.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Finnie is a high school student, and lives at an extended stay motel in north Charlotte, about six miles from the crash scene, records show.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of motel
Noun
  • Inspired by the American roadside motor lodge of yore, Tourists is built for contemporary design lovers with lots of light wood on the banks of the Hoosic River.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Down the road, Hotel Willa, which occupies the site of a former 1960s adobe motor lodge, reopened in May 2025 as a 51-room luxury boutique hotel.
    — Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of motor lodge
Noun
  • More retreat than resort, the 17-room lodge leans into its eco-conscious cred, maximizing the natural beauty of the surroundings and bringing those elements indoors to create a fully restorative experience.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The layoffs are limited to the experiences division, which includes Disney’s theme parks, cruise line and Aulani resort and spa in Hawaii.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of resort

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