verb
BAD : Whenever we go to the seaside, we live in a hotel.
GOOD : Whenever we go to the seaside, we stay at a hotel.
BAD : At the hotel, we lived in room 101.
GOOD : At the hotel, we stayed in room 101.
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stay at/in a hotel, youth hostel, etc (NOT live in ): 'In London we usually stay at the Savoy.'