autohotel

English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ hotel.

Noun

autohotel (plural autohotels)

1. A love hotel in South or Central America.
   • 1987, Fodor's Central America:

     Motels and autohotels rent by the hour in this part of the world and are no place for weary tourists.

   • 2008, Richard Arghiris, Richard Leonardi, Nicaragua:

     Autohotels are for making love; they serve no other purpose. Rooms are sold in two- or three- hour blocks and include fresh towels, sheets and a condom.

   • 2009, Eliot Greenspan, Frommer's Guatemala:

     Autohotels are not self-service affairs—except for the most desperate.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:love hotel