paying guest
Renter with meals
A paying guest is a lodger or boarder who pays for accommodation in a private home, distinct from a hotel guest.
The term emphasizes a more personal arrangement than commercial hospitality: They took in a paying guest to help with the mortgage.
Common in British English and South Asian English, where it's often abbreviated PG.
- spare roomExtra bedroom for visitors
- rental agreementContract for temporary occupancy
- boardingEntering a vehicle
- lodgingTemporary place to stay
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
homestay · home away from home · tenant rights · subletting · companionship · co-living · deposit · house rules · quiet hours · budgeting · bed-and-breakfast · student accommodations · guesthouse · room and board · communal living · service charges · dormitory · hostel