Geelong Hotels with Airport pickup service

Hard to do this review as there was nothing really wrong but there were a few misses. I got the feeling it is mostly a conference hotel - and one that has been retrofitted to update it! Staff were all really young and a bit too casual for a hotel. As it was Easter I had to book two nights and it was quite expensive given it is quite basic. Breakfast is included which is quite lovely. No lunch at Easter and a very small bar menu - Mainly pizza this weekend. Good wine list. Setting is not as nice as I hoped / I got a view of the car park and a bit of food course. It is in the botanic gardens but the gardens are very basic and mostly grass and trees! Nice pool area but mostly a bit overpriced for me.

We had a comfortable stay unfortunately the restaurant was closed being a Monday and didn't have time to go and enjoy the breakfast room which I think is a great idea. My husband had a hospital appointment so the location was great.

My wife and I stayed overnight at Holiday Inn & Suites for one night. We had a top floor suite with amazing views out to Port Philip Bay. The room was well appointed with lots of space and a very comfortable bed. The staff were very welcoming and helpful. We had prearrange car parking and we drove straight in as there was number plate recognition. We were able to park opposite the lift, which allowed us to get our extensive amount of luggage up to our room. We had a Continental breakfast in the morning which had all you need for a good breakfast. The Holiday Inn & Suites Geelong is a truly good accommodation, however we chose it as we were travelling on the Trans Tasman Ferry with a night sailing. We arrived early so we could do lots of sightseeing in Geelong. We were extremely disappointed as the area was totally empty of anything to do. While it was a Sunday, it was obvious many places were closed permanently. Geelong is a sad, rundown city. This is a double disappointment for me as I did my Uni Degree through Deakin University which is just a block or so from Holiday Inn! We ended up driving to Barwon Heads on the Bellarine Peninsular to fill in our day before we boarded the Ferry at 7-pm.

I booked the Novotel Geelong superior King room at $545, thinking that it would be a nice treat for my son and I, on a weekend away. The hotel is tired, and lobby is very ordinary. That however was the best part of the hotel. The room was a massive disappointment, looked onto a carpark, level 3 and terribly maintained, with filthy stained carpet. Marks on the walls, and a hole in the wall, the aircon duct was a health hazard covered in dust. They charge $40 a day parking, which on top of the price seems outrageous. Our aircon was not working, it was 27 degrees and outside a very mild 21. This wasn’t rectified, despite asking. No evidence of management overseeing running of the hotel. The staff seem overwhelmed and undertrained. The restaurant is well under standard. Decor was old and desperately in need of an upgrade. Like a run down office block. The service was terrible, staff asked twice for my room number. Ordered coffees on arrival, asked again if they were coming, then asked for take away, and they still didn’t arrive in the half in a hour we were there. I gave up waiting. Honestly the worst hotel experience I have had. For the price expectations were high. Extremely disappointing, and no idea how this place is still trading, just the location must save it.

Room was very well designed, however in the bedroom part when the doors are closed no air conditioning could access making nights uncomfortable. But the most uncomfortable thing of all was the bed. A marshmallow bed gave me no support and therefore a sore back. Tried the couch one night was much more comfortable but then I started thinking about hygiene and thought I could get pink eye or something so begrudgingly went back to soft-as bed for more achy sleep.

The beds were super comfy and the motel is a short walk to Geelong waterfront. It is also super close to the Gull bus office so really convenient to get to and from Melbourne Airport. Would stay there again.

Suitable for self-driving hotels, each room has a corresponding parking space, we arrived at the store at 6 o'clock, the hotel front desk has been off work, call the past and guide us to take the room card. Room facilities, health are very good, very close to the beach, there are restaurants nearby, there are supermarkets to cook their own meals, it is recommended

We arrived late at the hotel. We arrived at 8 or 9 o'clock. The front desk of the hotel left an envelope in the mailbox of the front desk, indicating the location of the room, but did not leave the key, and reminded us to check out the next morning at 10 o'clock ~ The room was early and late, and I stayed very nervous for one night. After finding the location of the house marked in the envelope, it was found that the door of the wooden house was unlocked and the key was placed inside. Feeling insecure. This house is a wooden house, but the taste in the room is really old, and the overall experience is very average.

It says that the kitchen is actually not the kind we imagined. If you need to cook it yourself, don't go here. The service was very good. The cigarette smell was very strong in my first room. I immediately changed my phone. Breakfast is milk, bread, juice and some cereals.

I came over and stayed for a work trip. I booked the Parkside Motel as it was only a 10 minute walk to work and the photos of the room online looked nice and clean. From the outside it was not overly appealing but the reception and room I stayed in was clean and tidy - what you would expect from a typical motel room. The first night was fine but the second morning I woke up in the middle of the night to see that my door had been opened and the swing chain on the inside was stretched to capacity. I knew the door was properly locked before I went to bed and the doors are opened by an older style key so no accidental swipe card could have been used. I went to check out the next morning as I felt uncomfortable staying there for the remainder of my trip (had 2 more nights). Lindy the Manager/owner instantly got defensive and rude and made me feel small for wanting to leave and said they would not offer a refund. There was no empathy or care for what happened, instead they were angry and somehow tried to put the blame on me. I rung Wotif who we booked through to advise the situation to try and get our money back. They said that the money would be returned once the Motel had confirmed I had checked out and why (I told Wotif what happened). Wotif rung be back advising they could not return the money as Lindy had denied my reasoning for checking out - stating that I told them nothing and simply checked out. It was a really horrible experience and would not recommend.