wellingtron

[startinfromscratch]

im staying in welly next monday night, and visiting the house (of course)

any of you locals fellas/fullaessess recommend and decent motels that are :

*easy to find :pfft:

*easy access to shit

dont have to be flash, but somewere easily navigated would be good - never driven in welly before

[PeterDolan]

The backpackers next to the train station. Everything else I know of is upper class shit like the Duxton and the Intercontinental etc

[Chillicat]

If you want somewhere a bit more midrange than the hostel/Intercontinental extremes, you could try this place http://www.victoriacourt.co.nz/ which is very central, you can walk everywhere from there (the House would take you about 15-20 mins to walk to depending on your speed!), and there is also parking (you mention driving, so I'm guessing you'll have a car?).

My family and in-laws stayed there when we got married and couldn't accommodate them all, and they were all happy with it's cost and centrality.

[teamfatboy]

Motels right in town are quite rare, it's mostly hotels, and not all of them have parking (at any price) and a lot of them are hellish expensive.

The Ibis and the Holiday Inn on Featherston Street aren't badly priced (no parking at the Ibis). On Willis St, there's Trinity and the Abel Tasman (with parking nearby).

For motels, the Apollo in Mt Victoria (working distance to nightlife) and the Marksman at the Basin Reserve (miles from anywhere, but if you've got a car it's handy to everything). Marksman's not far from the 'House.

[BIGKIWI]

West plaza in the middle town is cheap good, around oriental parade Copthorn good view reasonably priced

[drizzt]

I've stayed at a few in Wellington (when I used to fly in from Auckland for business stuffs).

I'd probably recommend Holiday Inn as a well-located, moderately-priced, and decently-setup kinda hotel. Pretty sure they have parking but I never drove there so not 100% on that. It's not too far off the motorway (pretty much opposite the railway station) so it's easy to find, and it'd be about 30-40mins walk to the House from there, good way to walk through and see the town

As BK said, Copthorne is ok + reasonably priced. I've stayed there once, it's near the beach so if you catch a nice day it'd be a preem location for some playin up. It's also probably a little closer to the House than Holiday Inn is.

Others I've stayed at either aren't as good, or might be a bit of a pain to navigate to if you're a Welly newb

[tomsammce]

As BK said, Copthorne is ok + reasonably priced. I've stayed there once, it's near the beach so if you catch a nice day it'd be a preem location for some playin up.

What if he wants to play around and not play up... where do you suggest?

[drizzt]

Perfect location for that too, Courtenay place is the same distance away from the Copthorne as the beach is, just in the other direction....

Maybe not so good on a Monday night though :think:

[PeterDolan]

Maybe not so good on a Monday night though :think:

Could check out the mingas at Mermaids :-s

[Gasp]

Marksman at the Basin Reserve (miles from anywhere, but if you've got a car it's handy to everything). Marksman's not far from the 'House.

Marksman has good parking and is only 5 mins walk mto Courtenay Place or the"house" plus you can walk 20metres to the Basin to get a beer and watch the FIREBIRDS get a hiding.

[weener lad]

From memory the Holiday Inn doesn't do their own parking. They use a similar parking setup to the Intercontinental using Wilsons car park and costing you more money. In saying that the Intercontinental had a rate going yesterday for $169 including breaky and something else but I can't remember what it was.

[teamfatboy]

For last minute bargains check out the usual suspect websites including:

Wotif

Expedia

Rates do vary - I saw the West Plaza Hotel (right near the Town Hall) on offer for between $100 and $125 a night.

[Gym rat]

There the Richmond Guest house on 116 Brougham St stayed I have stayed good spot nice and close to Courtney place but not to sure on walking distance to the house 70 dollars per night plus your room comes with your bathroom including breakfast http://www.richmondguesthouse.co.nz .

[tomsammce]

There the Richmond Guest house on 116 Brougham St stayed I have stayed good spot nice and close to Courtney place but not to sure on walking distance to the house 70 dollars per night plus your room comes with your bathroom including breakfast http://www.richmondguesthouse.co.nz .

you have to be admitted there dont you?

cant just rock up and get a room...

[Gasp]

There the Richmond Guest house on 116 Brougham St stayed I have stayed good spot nice and close to Courtney place but not to sure on walking distance to the house 70 dollars per night plus your room comes with your bathroom including breakfast http://www.richmondguesthouse.co.nz .

does that mean you get your breakfast in the bathroom?

[Grover]

or does the breakfast taste like it came from the bathroom!