People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging mainly for sleeping. Other purposes are safety, shelter from cold and rain, having a place to store luggage and being able to take a shower.

They do that in a hotel, hostel or hostal, a private home (commercially, i.e. a bed and breakfast or guest house place, or non-commercially, with members of hospitality services or in the home of friends), in a tent, caravan/camper (often on a campsite). In addition there are make-shift solutions.

Sleeping is typically done lying in a bed, or more generally on a soft surface, such as also an air mattress, a couch, etc. Some trains have sleeping cars.

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Palin violated ethics law, inquiry concludes
By SERGE F. KOVALESKI Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:58:04 -0000
Sarah Palin, the Republican U.S. vice-presidential candidate, broke the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act as governor by pressuring subordinates to try to get her former brother-in-law, a state trooper, fired, an investigation by the Alaska Legislature concluded.
Obama aims for electoral edge, block by block
By Jeff Zeleny Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:51:57 -0000
Barack Obama is taking the get-out-the-vote effort to a new level, hoping to gain an edge in battleground states.
McCain, a candidate who embraces opposites
By Michael Cooper Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:07:47 -0000
John McCain's contradictory proposals are evidence to some of his independence, but others see opportunism.
U.S. dropping North Korea from terror list, officials say
By MATTHEW LEE Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:58:04 -0000
The United States is trying to salvage a nuclear disarmament deal before President George W. Bush's term ends in January.
North Korea reports another appearance by leader
By Choe Sang-Hun Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:53:21 -0000
More than a month after his absence from an important anniversary parade fueled theories that he had suffered a stroke, Kim Jong Il was reported by state media to have inspected a military unit.
Politics in Canada turn ugly - and dangerous
By IAN AUSTEN Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:58:04 -0000
Several supporters of the Liberal Party in Toronto found their cars sabotaged and their homes vandalized.

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