Abstract: A hotel automated processing station is placed within the outside wall in close proximity to the entrance to the main office of a hotel. In this manner, should the attendant be unavailable for a duration, the automated customer processing station could handle the customers who arrives during that duration. Alternatively, hotels or motels may be designed to be totally automated without the need of an attendant. The hotel automated processing station identifies the variety of rooms available at the time and their price per night. Further, the station has the ability to perform the monetary transaction after a particular room is chosen by the lodger. The station automatically dispenses the proper key to the lodger after the monetary transaction has been completed.