"It's been the plan of the board for a while to have more transient guests," she said.

Stewart was staying at the Chelsea in the summer of 2011 when the hotel changed ownership and closed to transient guests.

On any given day, 15 percent of the hotel's 400 rooms are occupied by transient guests, paying a nightly rate from $85 to $250.

With a population of only 139, the town consists mostly of transient guests.

The hotel has always had a number of permanent residents, as well as transient guests.

Not to mention a fresh set of transient guests in constant circulation by the pool or at the hotel bar, just an elevator ride away.

A few of the Mission's transient guests often cluster on the sidewalk in the early evening, but they are a quiet and unobtrusive presence there.

To keep pace, the partners are working to attract more transient guests.

When we took control of the property in 1993, it was a single room occupancy place with a few transient guests.

Ms. Skipitares lives and works here; the rest are transient guests.