New Zealand Bed and Breakfast accommodation is unique, and provides travellers, especially baby boomer travellers, an experience of the New Zealand culture and hospitality that is often remembered long after they have forgotten the sights. Bed and Breakfast accommodation in the U.S.A. and Europe is often simply that, a bed and breakfast. They are often large operations where guests never meet the owners, and sometimes don’t meet other guests. There is rarely any interaction. Absentee owners who simply employ housekeepers to keep their properties clean own many of these businesses.
In New Zealand, the host is usually the owner and bed and breakfast guests are treated like friends of the family, which they soon become. Breakfast is at the hosts table with the other guests and is often a time for interaction and chatter about the days activities.
We frequently stay at the Booklovers in Wellington’s Mt Victoria. Here we meet writers and journalists from all over the world. Breakfast here is often a loud discussion about politics, books, and food. The food is homemade, or a selection of organic and local fresh foods from the market. All only a few minutes from downtown Wellington. We love it and the cost is about the same as staying in the impersonal dormitory style hotels in town.
In Wanaka, bed and breakfast accommodation is about providing owners with additional income and tax benefits. With so many travellers coming to experience the Wanaka lifestyle in winter and in summer, a home with several extra bedrooms becomes a way to afford living in a beautiful home in beautiful surroundings. And friends and relatives have somewhere to stay when they come to visit.
We have a great selection of bed and breakfasts, backpackers and motels for sale. The list is constantly changing as some are sold and more become available, so for the latest listings or more information please contact me. Click on the links for a glimpse of our selection:
The pool and views to the mountains at Missy's
Missy’ Bed and Breakfast: A big home, with separate wing for guests and friends, including a pool and stunning views of the mountains. A private rural retreat. All set on 10 acres, with chooks and alpacas thrown in! $NZD1,990,000
Wanaka Alpine Lodge: This property has 7 double bedrooms, all with ensuites, with 4 air-conditioned guest rooms and dining room in a separate wing to the owners accommodation. This is on a 6000m2 site only a few minutes from Wanaka. NZD1,190,000
The Hot Toddy: Up at Cardrona, a few hundred metres to the Cardrona Hotel and Ski field is the Hot Toddy Bed and Breakfast. A colonial home with 5 bedrooms set on 2 acres amid New Zealand Southern alps and halfway between Queenstown and Wanaka. $NZD1, 295,000.
Matterhorn South: Accommodation for up to 58 people, right in the heart of Wanaka, and only 30 minutes from Cardrona, Treble Cone, Snow Farm and Snow Park. Skiers in winter, backpackers in summer, here to enjoy the tramping and National Parks. A thriving business for sale at NZD785,000.
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