overnight accommodation

Meaning

This term refers to a place to stay for at least one night, typically used in formal, business, or travel industry contexts. It implies lodging provided during a journey, often paid for by an employer or airline due to delays. It sounds more professional than simply saying 'a hotel room' or 'a place to sleep.'

Examples

• The airline provided overnight accommodation after our flight was cancelled.

  The airline provided overnight accommodation after our flight was cancelled.

• Our travel policy covers overnight accommodation up to two hundred dollars per night.

  Our travel policy covers overnight accommodation up to two hundred dollars per night.

• Please ensure that overnight accommodation is booked well in advance of the conference.

  Please ensure that overnight accommodation is booked well in advance of the conference.

• We require overnight accommodation near the airport for our layover.

  We require overnight accommodation near the airport for our layover.

• The package tour includes all transportation and overnight accommodation.

  The package tour includes all transportation and overnight accommodation.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I need to book an overnight accommodation.

  ✓ I need to book overnight accommodation.

  Accommodation is typically uncountable in this context. It is better to use it without the indefinite article 'an' or say 'an overnight stay.'

• ✗ We stayed in an overnight accommodation hotel.

  ✓ We stayed in overnight accommodation.

  Overnight accommodation already refers to the lodging itself; adding 'hotel' after it is redundant.

Related Expressions

Practice

• If your flight is delayed until tomorrow, the airline must arrange ___ for you.

  💡 A formal phrase for a place to sleep for the night.

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  overnight accommodation

• The company will reimburse all meals and ___ during your business trip.

  💡 Lodging provided during travel.

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  overnight accommodation