as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
in the old days, a traveler could spend the night at one of the hostels placed along the coach route
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About five hours north of the Elqui Valley, the tourist-friendly town of San Pedro de Atacama offers a mix of budget hostels and luxury accommodations in the Atacama Desert, such as the sustainable Explora Atacama Lodge.
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Nile Cappello, AFAR Media, 27 Dec. 2024
She had been reunited with an older sister at the hostel — a bittersweet moment because the sister had attempted suicide weeks earlier, following a difficult divorce.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Many hotels and hostels, and often the local grocery store, still have bulletin boards with postings for local activities, like free yoga sessions or group hikes.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 15 Dec. 2024
Mangione was arrested and charged in Pennsylvania on Monday after authorities were tipped off by a McDonald’s employee in Altoona, Pa.
Authorities found a gun, a silencer and a fake ID that matched the information Mangione used to check in to a hostel before Thompson’s killing took place last week.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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Nile Cappello, AFAR Media, 27 Dec. 2024
She had been reunited with an older sister at the hostel — a bittersweet moment because the sister had attempted suicide weeks earlier, following a difficult divorce.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Many hotels and hostels, and often the local grocery store, still have bulletin boards with postings for local activities, like free yoga sessions or group hikes.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 15 Dec. 2024
Mangione was arrested and charged in Pennsylvania on Monday after authorities were tipped off by a McDonald’s employee in Altoona, Pa.
Authorities found a gun, a silencer and a fake ID that matched the information Mangione used to check in to a hostel before Thompson’s killing took place last week.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Hostel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hostel. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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