page_title: Lodging
hierarchical_section_title: Lodging
caption_attribution_description: English: A photo of a hostel dorm room in Budapest, Hungary. http://www.aboriginalhostel.com/
context_page_description: Lodging refers to the renting of a short-term dwelling. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging for sleep, rest, food, safety, shelter from cold temperatures or rain, storage of luggage and access to common household functions. Lodging is a form of the sharing economy.
  Lodging is done in a hotel, motel, hostel, inn or hostal, a private home, in a tent, caravan/campervan. Lodgings may be self-catering, whereby no food is provided, but cooking facilities are available.
  Lodging is offered by an owner of real property or a leasehold estate, including the hotel industry, hospitality industry, real estate investment trusts, and owner-occupancy houses.
  Lodging can be facilitated by an intermediary such as a travel website.
context_section_description: Lodging refers to the renting of a short-term dwelling. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging for sleep, rest, food, safety, shelter from cold temperatures or rain, storage of luggage and access to common household functions. Lodging is a form of the sharing economy.
  Lodging is done in a hotel, motel, hostel, inn or hostal, a private home (commercial, i.e. a bed and breakfast, a guest house, a vacation rental, or non-commercially, as in certain homestays or in the home of friends), in a tent, caravan/campervan (often on a campsite). Lodgings may be self-catering, whereby no food is provided, but cooking facilities are available.
  Lodging is offered by an owner of real property or a leasehold estate, including the hotel industry, hospitality industry, real estate investment trusts, and owner-occupancy houses.
  Lodging can be facilitated by an intermediary such as a travel website.
caption: Dorm room from a hostel in Budapest, Hungary
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