What is the difference between a hotel, a guesthouse, a hostel, and an apartment?

1. Different star levels:

Hotels: generally names and attributes above three-star hotels

Hotels: three-stars and below, medium accommodation institutions< /p>

Hotels: They are the most common ones, most of them are called general non-star accommodation institutions

Apartments: They are divided into staff apartments and commercial apartments. Commercial apartments can be used for self-use and are convenient for renting.

2. Different lengths of stay:

Hotels, guesthouses, hostels: the average stay time of guests is generally one to five days. Therefore, guests who stay for seven days or more are defined as long-term stays. Live guests.

Apartments: For commercial serviced apartments, the guest's stay can range from as short as one or two days to as long as one year, which is a very wide span. In serviced apartments, guests who stay for less than one month are generally called "short-term guests", and guests who stay for more than one month are called "long-term guests".

3. Different room types:

Hotel: Room types are generally classified into standard rooms, deluxe rooms, executive rooms, suites, deluxe suites and presidential suites. Except for suites, other room types are Single rooms, depending on the hotel star rating, generally have an area of ??28 to 45 square meters.

Hotel: Room types are generally classified into single-bed rooms, twin rooms, suites, deluxe suites, etc. The most commonly used are twin rooms. The size and facilities are not as good as a hotel, but better than a hotel.

Hotels: Generally, there are single-bed rooms, twin-bed rooms, and multi-bed rooms.

Apartments: Commercial serviced apartments are generally divided into studio apartments (single rooms), one-bedroom apartments, two-bedroom apartments, three-bedroom apartments and penthouse suites. The area is generally between 50 and 60 square meters. Ten square meters to 200 square meters for three bedrooms.

4. Different equipment functions:

Hotel: a base that provides services to tourists. For example: the guest rooms are clean and practical, equipped with various daily necessities; the restaurant is well-furnished and has multiple flavor restaurants; there are bars, cafes, shops, dance halls, swimming pools, gyms and other facilities in the hotel; tourists' food, accommodation, Shopping, entertainment and other needs can be met in the hotel.

Hotels and inns: Basically they can only solve the problem of accommodation, and eating is just a convenience.

Apartments: Commercial serviced apartments are composed of one or more functional rooms, and some even have independent living rooms, kitchens, restaurants and washing functional spaces. Compared with ordinary hotels, commercial serviced apartments emphasize home functions, short-term business functions and medium- and long-term leases.

Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia - Hotel

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