Editing Inn (section)

==Usage of the term==
The term "inn" historically characterized a rural hotel which provided lodging, food and refreshments, and accommodations for travelers' horses. To capitalize on this nostalgic image many typically lower end and middling modern motor hotel operators seek to distance themselves from similar [[motel]]s by styling themselves "inns", regardless of services and accommodations provided. Examples are [[Choice Hotels|Comfort Inn]], [[Days Inn]], [[Holiday Inn]], [[Knights Inn]], and [[Premier Inn]].

The term "inn" is also retained in its historic use in many laws governing motels and hotels, often known as "innkeeper's acts",<ref>Innkeepers Act, RSA 2000, c I-2, Consolidated Statutes of Alberta; Innkeepers Act, RSNL 1990, c I-7, Consolidated Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador; Innkeepers Act, RSO 1990, c I.7, Consolidated Statutes of Ontario</ref> or refer to hôteliers and motel operators as "innkeepers" in the body of the legislation<ref>Hotel Keepers Act, RSBC 1996, c 206, Consolidated Statutes of British Columbia</ref><ref>Civil Code of Québec, LRQ, c C-1991, Division III: Deposit with an Innkeeper</ref> These laws typically define the innkeepers' liability for valuables entrusted to them by clients and determine whether an innkeeper holds any lien against such goods. In some jurisdictions, an offense named as "[[Dine and dash|defrauding an innkeeper]]" prohibits fraudulently obtaining "food, lodging, or other accommodation at any hotel, inn, boarding house, or eating house";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2010/title-43/chapter-21/article-1/43-21-13/ |title=§ 43-21-13 - Defrauding innkeeper :: 2010 Georgia Code :: US Codes and Statutes :: US Law :: Justia |website=Law.justia.com |access-date=2014-07-13}}</ref> in this context, the term is often an anachronism as the majority of modern restaurants are free-standing and not attached to coaching inns or tourist lodging.