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#2 of 4 small hotels in Kaitaia
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Our Motel is centrally located in Kaitaia, a 5 minute walk to shops. Wonderful licensed restaurant across the road. Free parking, free Wifi and Sky Guest Select (50+ channels) in all rooms. Swimming pool, spa pool, trampoline for the children and BBQ all available for guests. Great place to stop and explore the Far North. We can book a day trip to Cape Reinga for you - a wonderful experience!
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HOTEL STYLE
Centrally Located
Family
Location
231 Commerce Street, Kaitaia 0410 New Zealand
Wayfarer Motel
78 reviews
Getting there
Somewhat walkable
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The rooms and beds are comfortable in what is a typical, standard (and slightly dated) NZ motel. Location quite good for walking into town, which is a limited experience! Staff were really helpful. Could be rather noisy.
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Date of stay: February 2020
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Room Tip:All standard rooms in what is a large complex.
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Stopped for 1 night and had a good nights sleep, Comfortable bed with lovely sheets, great hot shower and fluffy towels. The bathroom floor did look like it could do with a good clean and the internet is terrible. We could hear road noise and in the morning could hear people moving around upstairs. It is an older style motel but the price reflects this.
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Date of stay: July 2020
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Wayfarers Motel Kaitaia Old and cold $140 Handy if you like KFC. Not much else to say really - it's a shame owners or management don't put themselves into paying customers shoes to realise that their standards need to improve. We would not stay at the Wayfarers Motel again
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Date of stay: July 2024Trip type: Travelled with family
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The lady on reception was friendly and check in was easy. I drove round to the room to find a pillar in the way of my allocated car park. Not a problem until a car parked opposite me and a truck needed to get through. The room was awful. The dishes in the cupboard had old food attached. The bathroom was dirty, I mean really dirty and included the bonus feature of a spider nest on the window. The heater was not adequate for the cold ( and finding a plug for it involved serious furniture rearranging). I worked my way through the things, cleaned the dishes, bought food I could eat without using too many pans etc. Then we get to the noise. Not only did it seem that the water tank for everyone was in my room but you could hear everything in the rooms around, including people using the toilet. Just when I thought I’d made it through, I found the towel I had just dried my hair with was covered in mould. Stay somewhere else.
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Date of stay: July 2020Trip type: Travelled solo
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Location is the only redeeming quality. I should have read the other reviews before I booked. Cleanliness: mouldy smell in the bedroom, bedroom carpet felt tacky underfoot, oven knobs sticky with food residue. Maintenance issues: dining table rickety, front door lock insecure.
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Date of stay: July 2020
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The operator was friendly but the unit was awful. The carpet is filthy. In the bathroom and toilet and shower all the corners are full of filth and mould etc. Everything is VERY worn and very old. The beds were fine and the bedding clean. The whole complex needs a complete refurbish, including the asphalt paving which is full of holes etc.
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Date of stay: February 2021
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Was booked here on a work trip and really wish I hadn’t been.
The room smelt musty when I walked in, the bed was uncomfortable, the cutlery in the drawer had sticky stuff on it, and the toilet seat also required a clean before use.
Room was also very loud - could hear all the road noise, and walls were so thin I could hear the person in the adjoining room plugging a plug into the socket.
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Date of stay: July 2023Trip type: Travelled on business
Room Tip:Would avoid this motel is possible. However, if you find yourself here, make sure you’re sure of...
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So the staff at check in was fantastic, overall an easy check in experience, great attitude and easy to book last minute. As most reviews say the rooms are dated but that’s okay, I’m here for a minimum amount of time all I wanted was to jump into my nice clean bed and sleep..... well that’s where it went wrong, I always check for bugs etc as I work in aviation so I’ve learnt in the last 16 years of traveling to check and sadly there was a few moving bugs. Little yellow ones. Now to be fair I haven’t spoken to the owners yet and I understand these things do happen, but now I’m laying on top of the sheets trying to sleep, but wide awake scratching and unable to stop #firstworldproblems #getacampervan #imbeingdramaticbutitchy
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Date of stay: January 2020Trip type: Travelled with friends
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The service was outstanding. The lovely lady at the desk was accommodating and very friendly. I appreciate good ole friendly service.. my room was clean, particularly the bathroom. I arrived after a long day of travelling and whilst it looks as though the motel is under construction the room was comfortable, warm and clean inside.
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Date of stay: May 2021Trip type: Travelled on business
Room Tip:As it looks like the place is under construction be careful with parking
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Response from Isabelle Kern, Owner at Wayfarer Motel
Responded 19 Aug 2021
Thank you Riria16 for your kind review we are happy you enjoyed your stay and hop to see you again. Tanya
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This was the worst place we have ever stayed at! We booked it in May for Dec stay so would have hoped to get a decent room. We can’t believe the room was even allowed to be charged out. It absolutely smelt like it had been shut up for years and even the bedding smelt horrible. It was hard opening the windows as the latches were ceased up. Basically couldn’t wait to leave and glad it was only for 1 night
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Date of stay: December 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Stay somewhere else!
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PRICE RANGE
$121 - $154 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
New ZealandNorth IslandNorthland RegionKaitaia
NUMBER OF ROOMS
25
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