1. : a person entertained in one's house. 2. : a person to whom hospitality is given. guests at a school banquet.
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guest. n. 1) in general, a person paying to stay in a hotel, motel or inn for a short time. 2) a person staying at another's residence without charge, called a social guest. An important distinction is that a non-paying guest is not owed the duty of being provided a safe boarding space, as is a paying customer.
Most hotels allow visitors, but there might be restrictions on the number of visitors and their duration of stay. Hotels typically allow guests to have visitors in their rooms, but they may have rules about the number of visitors and how long they can stay.
When Your Hotel Is Overbooked, You Might Be 'Walked' to Another. The term in the travel industry is “walked.” That's when a hotel tells a traveler with a confirmed reservation that it does not, in fact, have an available room and instead books a room for the guest at another hotel. “Walking” is not new.