A Altoona, Iowa, motel is an accommodation designed for motorists, usually having direct access to an open parking area. The word motel is a portmanteau of motor and hotel, initially referred to a type of accommodation consisting of a single building of connected rooms faced a parking lot and/or a common area.
Altoona, Iowa, motels usually have a homogenized appearance and are designed to cater to motorists. Motels are typically constructed in a "I", "L", or "U" shaped layout that features guest rooms, an attached manager's office, a small reception area, and sometimes a small diner.
Other Altoona, Iowa, motels offer more visual distinction, often featuring eye-catching neon signs and themes from popular Americana.
Motels differ from hotels in their common location along highways, while hotels favor locations in urban cores. Altoona, Iowa, motels also are oriented to the outside, while hotels have their doors facing an interior hallway. Motels include a parking lot, while some hotels were not built with automobile parking in mind.
Find Lodging Motels in Altoona, Iowa:
- Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites ALTOONA-DES MOINES, 165 ADVENTURELAND DRIVE NW, Altoona, IA
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites ALTOONA-DES MOINES is a 2 star place to stay in Altoona, Iowa. Book a convenient motel room and make reservations for rental of lodging accommodations for your road trip.
- Heartland Inn Altoona, 300 NW 34th Avenue, Altoona, IA
Heartland Inn Altoona is a 3 star place to stay in Altoona, Iowa. Book a handy motel room and make reservations for rental of lodging accommodations for your road trip.
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Altoona News
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Since the cheapest motels here charge upward of $200 a week, Flynn ended up at the Reno ... "I figured this would be a great place for a job," said Max Perez, a 19-year-old from Iowa
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Oh-eight: Weekend wrap - First Read - msnbc.com
Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Tuesday, February 20, 2007 2:29 AM) ... folks in trailers with generators or moved them to a larger town and put them up in motels?
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... them for — these men coming with a toolbelt and backpack, living in little rundown motels ... reflected on the recent methamphetamine outbreak across the American heartland — Iowa ...
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'Tucker' for Oct. 10 - The Ed Show- msnbc.com
PRESS: In Iowa . CARLSON: Why not start in the fifth grade? Train a new generation. ... PAUL: We stay in motels like we do. We stay in the more modest hotels and I still do ...
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Hotels/Motels are awful. Our RV is our home on wheels. We're in our 40's, kids are gone ... Our sales to the RV companies in Elkhart, IN, Iowa, and the Northwest have declined since ...
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... motel along one of the busiest streets in the Valley is one of a half-dozen budget motels ... No. 5 K-State stunned by Iowa State in OT
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GOP watch: Sanford takes a hike - First Read - msnbc ...
Steven Boyd, Iowa (Sent Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:06 AM) ... Anyone checking the motels in the area?
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Giuliani rips Dems on debate - First Read - msnbc.com
Molly, Iowa City (Sent Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:24 PM) ... He in fact spoke the truth, Subways,Seven Elevens,Dunkin Donuts, Liquor Stores, Motels ...
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