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Reviews of Glenavys Waitaki River Motor Camp - Caravan Park

3 out of 5
Glenavys Waitaki River Motor Camp - Caravan Park
7-9 Cherry Avenue, Glenavy, Glenavy, South Canterbury

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 26 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 13 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 44 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Miranda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
mmmm
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Happy on 17 Mar 2024
Thank you Miranda.

8/10 Good

Correen

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Happy on 7 Mar 2024
Thanks for your feedback.

4/10 Poor

Catherine

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We found the standard at the property well below others on offer. It was noisy, no facilities with regards to towels etc. There was barely enough room in the cabin to move.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Happy on 22 Feb 2024
You would be one in a thousand with your negative comment. There is plenty of room in the cabins. We do actually hire towels out for guests. As for the noise im not sure what you are talking about.We are not a motel, we are a camping ground.

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely room and property.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Happy on 18 Feb 2024
Thank you Richard ! Hope to see you stay again. Michelle

10/10 Excellent

barbara

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We were pleasantly surprised by this well run campground. Andrew is great, clean and comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Happy on 15 Feb 2024
Thanks so much Barbara. We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay. Hope to see you back again.

10/10 Excellent

RUTH

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a self-contained motel unit that was roomy and had everything we needed. Also liked the outlook - a grassy playing area with things for children.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Happy on 12 Feb 2024
Thank you Ruth. Hope to see you back again one day.

8/10 Good

Brent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had only a night stay, so therefore my experience of the facilities, etc is limited. The set up is nice. The cabin, kitchen and lounge/tv area was clean . The gentleman was pleasant and.informative on arri
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Happy on 28 Jan 2024
Thank you Brent. Hope you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Malcolm

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Happy on 28 Jan 2024
Thank you Malcolm. Hope to see you back one day.

8/10 Good

Dudley

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Happy on 28 Jan 2024
Thanks for your feed back.

10/10 Excellent

Noni

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good stay
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Happy on 19 Aug 2023
Thank you. Sorry we missed you guys! Hope you had a good night.

10/10 Excellent

Jude

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Happy on 5 Jul 2023
Thanks Jude, I hope you enjoyed your weekend.

10/10 Excellent

Kay

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Outstanding place
Ive stayed here a couple of times before, its always clean and tidy. The beds in the cabins are so comfortable. The kitchens and bathrooms are always very clean and tidy.the grounds are kept absolutely beautiful. The staff are lovely and caring
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Happy on 27 Feb 2023
Thank you Kay for your lovely feedback. I am pleased you had a successful day. Look forward to having you stay again some time.

10/10 Excellent

Deb and Nige

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It had goats, a sheep, donkey and a pony kids could ride.. that was unique. A pub with excellent food in walkable distance... The pizzas yum... We stayed in a cabin. Highly recommended.
Stayed 17 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Happy on 19 Feb 2023
Hi Guys, We loved having you here! It was great to have a yarn in the camp & round the corner at the local. The pub is great. We love our animals and enjoy that guests enjoy them too. Good luck for your new ventures.

8/10 Good

Diane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Country escape
Very comfortable beds. Nice location. Great amenities. Tiny hut with no supplies at all. For the price we did expect tea n coffee n sugar sachets perhaps. Only 2 nice mugs and a kettle. Good size fridge but no milk. A few spider webs but otherwise very clean n tidy.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Happy on 15 Feb 2023
The cabins have ample room for a comfortable stay. You do pay a higher price when booking through a sales channel. We are a camp ground, not a motel. It is not economical for us to provide milk. Most people do not have a cuppa. If heading to a camp one normally has their own supplies. We are more than happy to provide extras on request. There are sachets on the office counter for people to take. The spiders work way faster than me, so hard to keep up with them.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean and tidy. Kitchen was too cramped - insufficient bench space.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2021
Response from M on 8 Jan 2021
Hi, Thanks for your feedback. Yes when the kitchen is busy, bench space may be limited. That's the joy of camping and fitting in with everyone else.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A handy location for our holiday plans. A nice stay. The only downside would have to be the distance to the toilet from the cabins (good thing it didn't rain overnight)
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2020
Response from Michelle on 3 Jan 2021
Thank you for your review. Yes we would have placed the cabins closer to the facilities if we had set them up.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from Michelle on 19 Oct 2020
Thank you very much.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Walking 50m through the campsite to the bathroom seemed fine in theory. But at 6am in the winter, it's dark and cold and wet and slippery and windy and you gotta go, and you get there, finally, and then you need a code to get in. And don't get too comfortable! The lights are on a timer. How awesome is it to have to come out of your toilet cubicle (or the shower) with parts exposed to the bitter cold just to wave around like a crazy person hoping to God that no other human is a.) stupid enough to book a stay here or b.) awake at 6am. Luckily, nobody is ever up before 8am in this country. It was too cold. There were many judgemental little signs around explaining the rules. One rule was thst you can have heat in the kitchen from 5-10am and pm. Not true. The heater did not work. I'm paying $70nz per night to cook and eat while fully dressed in my winter coat. Cabin heater was inefficient and i was cold during the day as i tried to get a few hours of work done while in the cabin. Beds were painful. I tried 2. Also, trains go by (quite close and loud) around 3:30am, so i had to go to sleep very early so i could at least get a few hours. Rain made it hard to sleep. Cabins are under trees, and the rain fell via the branches, which means the sound of rain on the metal roof was quite loud and random. Imagine trying to sleep with a pan of popcorn cooking next to you.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2020
Response from Anne on 1 Jul 2020
Isn't anonymous a wonderful name, except that you complained from the minuted you arrived. We allowed you to change cabins because the bed was too new. Really, and at no charge. On repeated occasions after that, I asked you if everything was okay, your answer was that the 2nd bed was great. Not once did you tell us that the heater didn't work in the kitchen, turning on a switch is all it needed. The lights are on sensors which last 20 minutes, this is to stop people having hour long showers as we are on a restricted water supply.. At least the showers are great. We are a small Motor Camp with 90% great reviews and most people appreciate value for money. We make no secret that you have to use communal facilities. Perhaps next time you need to pay for a motel. Somehow I think that you would find fault with that too. Safe travels back to the USA in August.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and tidy, facilities were great. Would come back and stay again
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Anne on 11 Feb 2020
Thank you, very much appreciated.

10/10 Excellent

Jacobus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great. Stay
Very comfortable and a great welcome. Well informed owners of the local area
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Anne on 3 Feb 2020
Thanks very much Jacobus. We loved having you, hope the rest of your holidays are just as good. Safe travels.

6/10 Okay

Anon, NZ

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Permanent residents were unfriendly and one of the hosts was rude. Wifi was poor quality and time-limited.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Anne on 4 Jan 2020
Thank you Anon, it is very easy to put in an anonymous review. We cannot control what other guests say to you and none of our Hosts, one of which is myself would have been rude unless you were rude in the first place. As for the Wifi, it is the fastest fibre you can get in NZ. If you are going to put in a bad review please be honest. Most of our travelers rate our Wifi as one of the best that they have had in NZ. You had unlimited excellent Wifi from the time you arrived until 8.30 in the morning. Safe travels

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Anne on 1 Jan 2020
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved that it was so clean and well maintained. Exceptionally great hosts.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Anne on 16 Dec 2019
Thank you and so pleased you enjoyed your stay and thank you for your kind words. We really enjoyed your stay too. Merry Christmas.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Anne on 11 Dec 2019
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very neat with excellent cabins.Anna and Joe were excellent hosts.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Anne on 19 Jun 2019
Thank you.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Anne on 1 Apr 2019
Thankyou

8/10 Good

wayne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stop off and lovely owner
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Anne on 11 Mar 2019
Thanks Wayne

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Anne on 1 Apr 2019
Thankyou

10/10 Excellent

Jackson

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable cabin and friendly staff. Kitchen on the campgrounds was stocked with pots and pans etc, available for guest use. Bathroom was clean.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Anne on 12 Dec 2018
Thank you Jackson for nice review of our property.

10/10 Excellent

Darren&Narelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from Anne on 10 Oct 2018
Thank you guys. Safe travels

10/10 Excellent

carla

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very clean, tidy and user friendly. Owners were lovely. Example, they closed curtains and turned heater on for us while we were out for the day. Bedding warm and comfortable.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018
Response from Anne on 5 Sept 2018
Thanks Carla. We would love to see you back our way again sometime.

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sufficient for my needs
Very friendly manager
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from Anne on 9 Aug 2018
Thank you Robert

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Glenavy
Really nice people and neat/clean cabin. One can see the extent to which the place is managed well.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018
Response from Anne on 21 Mar 2018
Thanks very much. Really glad that you enjoyed your stay.

6/10 Okay

Clare

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Ok for a stopover
Ok for the price. Kitchen available in a separate block. Bedroom is small and quite a distance from the bathroom. By a noisy road and railway line.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
Response from Anne on 19 Jan 2018
Thank you Clare. Glad the price was okay.

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great cabin. Good, clean amenities. Friendly staff
Great cabin. Good, clean amenities. Friendly staff. We enjoyed our stay. Thank you.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017
Response from Anne on 8 Jan 2018
Thanks Ian, So please that you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Was very tidy, efficient and well managed Will stay again for sure
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017
Response from Anne on 9 Nov 2017
Thank you for your lovely review, we would love to see you back again.

10/10 Excellent

juz, melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic
Fantastic hosts, very accomodating and friendly.. Little cabin was very comfortable for me and my 2 sons.. wifi was flawless... definitely worth a stay... the pub around the corner was great food and friendly vibe... big love from Australia. Would stay longer if didn't have to scoot. 5 stars Big smiles
Response from Anne on 29 Oct 2016
Thanks so much Juz for your glowing review. Really pleased that you enjoyed your stay. See you again some time.

10/10 Excellent

Yahsien

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
設備來說都可以,但我覺得餐具不夠多,沒有吹風機,網路有設限早上8:30就關閉...整體上來說還好,就是睡覺,不過是乾淨的
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Anne on 13 Jan 2019
Thank you Yahsien, WiFi is turned off at 8.30am so that people will check out by 10am, which you struggled to do, leaving at 10.45am. That is why the WiFi is turned off. Unfortunately the hairdryer was stolen so we no longer supply one. Safe travels.

8/10 Good

yuki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
あまり予定を決めずに旅行する人におすすめ
シンプルで対応も早く、とりあえず宿を探している方におすすめかなって思いました! 移動に時間が掛かるので、チェックインの時間が遅くなっても対応してくれているところも良かったです。
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Anne on 9 Jan 2019
Thank you for your reviewYuki

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Très bien et propriétaires très sympathiques et efficaces
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Anne on 21 Mar 2018
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sehr guter Campingplatz. Super nette Gastgeber, die viele Tipps geben. Alles super sauber, sowohl Toiletten, Dusche und Küche.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
Response from Anne on 19 Jan 2018
Thank you for your lovely review. Safe travels

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice et quiet
super accueil, installations propres et pratiques, cuisine équipée, bbq, douches chaudes, wifi illimité. c'est convivial et reposant. la rivière juste a côté offre une super ballade
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017
Thank you very much for the lovely review.