hotel = a pub
Example: Let's go to the Jubilee Hotel for a drink.
In the past, many pubs were also hotels, where you could stay the night during your travels across the country. Now they retain the word "hotel" in their title, but you cannot stay the night there.
The places where you can stay overnight, are also called hotels.
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Common Kiwi/Aussie words and expressions, links to my favourite websites for teaching and learning the English language, and my observations about my adopted hometown, Brisbane.
