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Hotels, motels, caravanserais, and inns are the world. For the abode of this world is also a kind of house of journeying. Every kind of building constructed for the purpose of temporary habitation is interpreted as a journey, a temporary desire, and becoming weary of possessions and property.

To see an inn in a dream signifies attaining comfort after toil and hardship; making peace and living well together after discord; and that promises given will not be kept. It indicates being deceived by beloved persons, being betrayed, and having one’s rights usurped.

To see an inn (hotel) in a dream acquires good or evil meanings according to the events encountered in the dream.

Entering an inn in a dream is interpreted as work, fortune, change, news, and travel. Entering an inn means that you will obtain a beneficial occupation and will be much loved in the workplace.

To stay in an old inn in a dream, to see oneself staying as a guest in an inn from former times, and to speak with the innkeeper indicate that you will undertake a business journey and meet virtuous people on this journey. It signifies that you will encounter a wealthy person and obtain very important benefits from him.

To see an innkeeper in a dream indicates a new occupation and matters concerning what the superior at work will be like.

According to some interpreters, to see an unfamiliar inn in a dream indicates that, if the person who sees it is ill, there will be new developments in his illness. If he is contemplating a journey, he will receive glad tidings at the place to which he is going.

According to Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, to see an inn in a dream signifies passing from hardship to ease, from solitude to company, and becoming friends with new people.

To see oneself in one of the inns where travelers lodge is not interpreted as a good sign; it is interpreted as receiving evil news. According to some, however, if the owner of this dream has grief, it will pass and he will attain relief; if he is unmarried, a blessed match will appear for him, he will marry, and he will attain comfort.

To see a commercial inn in a dream is interpreted as becoming the owner of a house, an animal, a car, or new clothing. To see an inn upon the road signifies that the person who sees it will experience sorrow and grief.

It can be read as a sign of easing, receiving support, gaining morale, or a fruitful development.

Underestimating opportunities, succumbing to comfort, or being late may reduce the positive effect.

In the interpretation, the themes of work and responsibility, home and environment, emotional life, spiritual signs, the emotional tone in the dream, and how the symbol concluded in the dream should be evaluated together.