youth hostel

noun

Definition of youth hostelnext
as in tourist court

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Recent Examples of youth hostel Nordic Skiing with Aventure Rose-des-Vents Aventure Rose-des-Vents is a friendly, unpretentious youth hostel in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. — Outside, 3 Nov. 2025 Rajinikanth leads Coolie as Deva, a former labor leader who now runs a youth hostel. — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025 After all, youth hostels have been around for over a century. — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024 San Francisco supervisors Tuesday agreed to open a new homeless shelter for 250 people in a vacant youth hostel building just north of the Tenderloin. — J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2022 See All Example Sentences for youth hostel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for youth hostel
  1. tourist court
  2. motor inn
  3. motel
  4. spa
  5. motor lodge
  6. resort
  7. accommodations
  8. lodgings
Noun
  • 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
Definition of tourist court
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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
Noun
  • Other accommodations here include the Safari tents, which are more minimalist and only feature cozy beds, wood flooring, and wood stoves—the bathrooms for these units are communal and located nearby in the bathhouse.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Jackson Hole's first and only ski-in, ski-out ultra-luxury private club and residences, which opened in January 2026, has five-star amenities, personalized service, and accommodations that rival the swishiest rentals.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of accommodations
Noun
  • Upgrade your lodgings by booking a room with a fireplaces or even a covered terrace.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Dylan was reportedly so wasted that the burly Von Schmidt had to carry him back to his lodgings.
    — Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of lodgings

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