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Big Five Motel

4.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
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Photo gallery for Big Five Motel

Fridge, coffee/tea maker
Exterior
DVD player
DVD player
Balcony

Reviews

9.0 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Room service
    Room service
  • Pet-friendly
    Pet-friendly
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Business services
    Business services

Explore the area

Map
154 Park Road, Palmerston North, 4410
  • Esplanade Scenic Railway
    11 min walk
  • Victoria Esplanade
    13 min walk
  • Te Manawa
    15 min walk
  • Palmerston North (PMR-Palmerston North Intl.)
    9 min drive

Room options

Standard Room, 2 Bedrooms

  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Beds

Deluxe Studio

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Studio

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Room, 1 Bedroom

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Luxury Studio

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Palmerston North

Located in Palmerston North (West End), Big Five Motel is within a 15-minute walk of Esplanade Scenic Railway and Victoria Esplanade. .This motel is 0.8 mi (1.2 km) from Centrepoint Theatre and 0.9 mi (1.4 km) from Te Manawa.
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What's nearby

  • Palmerston North Convention Centre - 17 min walk - 1.4 km
  • The Square - 17 min walk - 1.5 km
  • New Zealand Rugby Museum - 2 min drive - 1.8 km
  • Arena Manawatu - 3 min drive - 2.3 km
  • Palmerston North Hospital - 6 min drive - 4.4 km

Getting around

  • Palmerston North (PMR-Palmerston North Intl.) - 9 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Fishtown Takeaways - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪The Elm Cafe - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Columbus Coffee Palmerston North - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Carl's Jr. Palmerston North - ‬17 min walk

About this property

Big Five Motel

Palmerston North motel in West End with free parking
Big Five Motel offers 14 accommodations with DVD players and hair dryers. Beds feature Select Comfort mattresses. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and coffee/tea makers. Rooms have partially open bathrooms. Bathrooms include showers.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 14 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and DVD players. Your room comes with a Select Comfort bed. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards.
Make use of convenient amenities such as babysitting (surcharge), tour/ticket assistance, and barbecue grills.
Take advantage of the motel's room service (during limited hours). Breakfast is available for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Free self parking is available onsite.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

Afrikaans, English

Property amenities

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • Free off-site parking

Food and drink

  • Breakfast available for a fee
  • Room service available

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • DVD player
  • Laundry facilities
  • Fridge

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in reception

Guest services

  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Select comfort bed

Bathroom

  • Bathroom (partially open)
  • Hairdryer
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • DVD player

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Fridge

More

  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: USD 20

Pets

Pets stay free
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Late check-out fee: USD 20 (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts major credit cards

National rating

For the benefit of our customers, we have provided a rating based on our rating system.

Property is also known as

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Big Five Motel Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 34 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 52 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly and great location
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Aletta

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great pet friendly accomodation. Jenny was very hospitable checking if there was anything we needed daily. Definitely would stay there again
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Lorraine

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Advertised as luxury studio but fell far short of luxury.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Erin

Travelled with family, Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and tidy, plenty of room to park, quiet courtyard at back of room.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Will be nice once the renovations are finished. Staff was more the helpful and keen to lend a hand. Loverly stay. I felt my Ute and dogs were safe.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice and comfortable motel
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice facilities but the tvs are not hd. Nice to have a tv in the room as well as the lounge
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Vincent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Property was clan and tidy unfortunately a lack of kitchen facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Ashley, Canterbury

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
NIce Hotel, Close to the town centre.
Very Pleasant stay, would stay again and recommend to others.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Gregg, Te Awamutu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very Tidy
Handy location to restaurant, shops and park.. Clean room.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Barry, Tauranga

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very welcoming pet friendly motel
What a rarity to be welcomed with a smile, I got one here. I was asked if I had breakfast organised, I didnt have, so was given the option. I was asked how I would like the eggs and bacon cooked. The breakfast was great and exactly how we had discussed. I could not fault the place. I may have given it a more welcoming name, but that is just an opinion. One of the best moter experiences for years. Well done
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

Zjene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Not happy.
The motel looks lovely on the outside, the inside not so much. It has old uncomfortable beds, very outdated televisions. Also our tv kept glitching it was very annoying to watch!. The room was tiny for the price I think it was defenitly one of the worst in the area. I have paid less at a motel and got a way better experience. Sorry to say I don't have anything positive to wright about this motel.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Viti, Auckland, NZ.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable and Clean
Lovely staff and very clean room. The room was perfect for staying in solo and felt safe. Good off street parking and easy to find. A minutes drive to the CBD. Good value for money and the complementary chocolates were a pleasant surprise after a long drive.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
This is the 2nd time we've stayed and it's always very clean and comfy. Definitely come back again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great night and really appreciated being able to bring our (very) small dog with us to a lovely unit. We will be happily returning next time we are in town.

10/10 Excellent

Guo Sheng, Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything was just right. Will stay again

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
a pleasant one night stay. Easy to find, located near main roads (but difficult to get out of in the morning traffic). Rooms feel a bit close and there's a bit of noise bleed when your neighbour goes to the toilet or plugs things into the wall. Breakfast is cheap and generous, water pressure good and electric blankets are great!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Short stay
Was in palmerston North for one night with child entering the Wheetbix tri. Unfortunately other guests were very loud and we got very little sleep as a result. Rooms were nice but quite basic for the cost. service was great from motel owners who let me keep my car in the carpark till 2pm after check-out. Greatly appreciated.

10/10 Excellent

Rochelle, New Zealand - Hawkes Bay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Modern; Service: Go the extra mile; Cleanliness: Immaculate; Was right next to my triathlon event and allowed me a late check out

8/10 Good

Sharon, Australia - WA - Perth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Value: Affordable; Service: Friendly; close to Esplanade

8/10 Good

Sally, New Zealand - Hawkes Bay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Nice ; Value: Fair price; Only a few minutes walk to Esplanade and river