What is the legal definition of a guest?


What is the legal definition of a guest? 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.


How is a guest defined?

1. : a person entertained in one's house. 2. : a person to whom hospitality is given. guests at a school banquet.


What are the four classifications of travelers?

Cohen (1972), a sociologist of tourism, classifies tourists into four types, based on the degree to which they seek familiarity and novelty: the drifter, the explorer, the individual mass tourist, and the organized mass tourist.