Wikidata classes many of its hotels more precisely — as an inn, a ryokan, a motel or a parador. Innpedia has a list for each kind with at least 15 entries:
| List | What it is | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| List of inns | An inn is a lodging house that traditionally offers food and drink as well as rooms. | 3,981 |
| List of guest houses | A guest house is a small lodging, often in a private home, that lets rooms to paying guests. | 3,184 |
| List of apartment hotels | An apartment hotel, or aparthotel, lets self-contained apartments with some of a hotel's services. | 562 |
| List of resort hotels | A resort hotel provides leisure facilities — pools, sports, beaches or spas — so that guests can spend their whole stay there. | 402 |
| List of pensions | A pension is a small, usually family-run guest house, common in continental Europe. | 330 |
| List of villa hotels | A villa hotel is a hotel in, or built in the style of, a villa. | 274 |
| List of country house hotels | A country house hotel is a hotel in a former country house, usually in its own grounds. | 237 |
| List of motels | A motel is a hotel for motorists, typically with rooms opening onto the car park. | 165 |
| List of lodges | A lodge is a small hotel or inn, often in a rural, mountain or wilderness setting. | 108 |
| List of ryokan | A ryokan is a traditional Japanese inn, typically with tatami-floored rooms and communal baths. | 104 |
| List of bed and breakfasts | A bed and breakfast offers a room for the night and breakfast, usually in a private house. | 99 |
| List of boutique hotels | A boutique hotel is a small hotel with a distinctive design or character. | 66 |
| List of palace hotels | A palace hotel is a large, luxurious hotel, or a hotel in a former palace. | 62 |
| List of destination spas | A destination spa is a resort built around health, fitness and spa programmes. | 44 |
| List of coaching inns | A coaching inn was an inn on a road served by horse-drawn coaches, where coaches stopped and horses were changed. | 44 |
| List of railway hotels | A railway hotel is a hotel built by a railway company, or next to a station, for its passengers. | 26 |
| List of casino hotels | A casino hotel is a hotel with a casino on the premises. | 22 |
| List of paradores | A parador is a hotel in Spain's state-owned Paradores chain, often in a historic building such as a castle or monastery. | 22 |
| List of capsule hotels | A capsule hotel offers bed-sized capsules instead of rooms, a type of hotel that began in Japan. | 18 |
| List of onsen ryokan | An onsen ryokan is a ryokan with baths fed by a natural hot spring. | 16 |
| List of hotels garni | A hotel garni serves breakfast but has no full restaurant. | 15 |