Lodging or a holiday accommodation is a type of residential accommodation. People who travel and stay away from home
for more than a day need lodging for sleep, rest, safety, shelter from cold temperatures or rain, storage of luggage, and
access to common household functions.
They do that in a hotel, hostel or hostal, a private home (commercially, i.e. a bed and breakfast or guest house place,
vacation rental, or non-commercially, with members of hospitality services or in the home of friends), in a tent,
caravan/camper (often on a campsite). In addition there are make-shift solutions.
Sleeping is typically done lying in a bed, or more generally on a soft surface, such as also an air mattress,
a couch, etc. Some trains have sleeping cars.
Sometimes people sleep sitting, because lying is not possible, e.g. in a train (if not in a sleeping car), a bus,
a seat in a waiting room, a bench on the street or in a park, etc. Inclinable seats allow something between
sitting and lying. Whether lying on a row of seats is possible and comfortable depends e.g. on the presence
of arm rests, and whether they can be moved up. In some public places lying would be possible but is not permitted.
Lodging may also refer to when cereal crops fall over, often due to wind or rain pressure, making grain harvest difficult.
See also Growth regulators.
A guest house is a kind of lodging. In some parts of the world a guest house is similar to a hostel or
bed and breakfast. In other parts of the world guest houses are the only kind of accommodation
available for visitors with no local relatives.
Among the distinguishing features that distinguish a guest house from a hotel or
bed and breakfast is the lack of full time staff.[1][2] Bed and breakfasts are usually family owned,
with the family living on the premises. Hotels maintain a staff presence 24x7. A guest house
on the other hand will have limited staff presence. Because of the limited staff presence
checkin is often by appointment.
