This weeks featured unusual hotel is the Plane and Train Motel, located in Otorohanga, New Zealand. The plane motel is a 1950’s Bristol Freighter fully refurbished into 2 beautiful self contained motel units, whilst the train motel features a 1950’s rail car beautifully refurbished into a completely self contained motel unit.
Both of these hotels are located on the North Island, in the middle of a fantastic nature preservation called Woodlyn Park, and just 900 metres from Waitomo Caves. Apparently Lonely Planet listed the motels within it’s top 10 most unusual hotels in the World.
Accommodation on the train is £41 ($115) per couple per night. The Plane Accommodation is £45 ($125) per night per couple for the Plane Tail or £48 ($135) per night per couple for the Cockpit. Each area sleeps up to 4 in one double bed and one single bunk set.
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Lee Harrison (owner Select World Travel) | 4 January, 2007 at 10:38 am
What a great concept! Surely there’s a bargain to be found in the California desert where they park up hundreds of Redundant Planes?
Darren Cronian | 4 January, 2007 at 1:31 pm
I’d love to stay in the cockpit of the plane. I love searching for unusual hotels.
Kieran O'Shea | 4 January, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Looks a really cool idea. I wonder what made them come up with it in the first place?
Rohan | 7 January, 2007 at 4:53 pm
Excellent. I’m thinking of taking the family to New Zealand, to see my brother, but I think we might have to stop for atleast a night at the plane or train hotel. He lives not far from Auckland.
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