East Marion accommodation from NZ$182

Amazing

Clean room and easy parking

This is a lovely motel located right on the Sound and all rooms face the water. The room was clean and relatively spacious, though most of the space was devoted to the kitchen and living areas. The bathroom was a bit small, as was the sleeping area. My family, including an elderly relative, traveled here for a family wedding in mid-April. The wedding was initially set to begin at 3:30 PM; check-in time is 4:00 PM. When I tried to arrange an earlier check-in time in advance, I was told that I would just have to take my chances because the motel was unwilling to guarantee an early check-in unless I also stayed the night before the wedding or paid a high hourly fee (i.e., roughly 1/3 of the room rate per hour of early check-in). Given that a significant percentage of the overnight guests were there for the wedding, and that one of the four rooms I reserved was for an elderly relative of the couple, I was taken aback by the motel management's rigidity. Fortunately, the couple was able to push back the time of the ceremony to accommodate their guests because the motel would not do so.