Room Rates:

(Basic rates above for one night stays, for 2 nights LESS 10%, for 3 nights LESS 20%.)

Today the elderly TRM Manager went off shopping to Taupo – nurseries again – and even returned the same day! Hence I didn’t get out on the river. So you will have to endure a “Commercial” instead – prepared yesterday. For the last three years we have been slowly refurbishing all units and are now nearing completion.

TRM recently had an enquiry from some prospective guests – why don’t we feature any photos of the individual units on our web site? Pip’s pitiable excuse was that all our fishy guests want to know is “warm comfortable accommodation with a clean pillow and latest info on which pools are performing”. So the following are some indicative photos and descriptions which will be stored on the Link “Tariff” so they can be referred to at any time. The difficulty today is that all units are occupied – again – so I had to pop in between guests. That can also be interpreted as confirmation that “the fishing is pretty good”. Naturally the moment I decided to take photos it turned gloomy and rained. If I knew what I was doing I would have put the interior lights on.

UNIT 10 So here are some photos of our low cost budget studio – Unit 10 – under the car port. I hope they all get better from here. You may imagine the exteriors look rather plain and functional but this is a disguise so we can keep room rates very competitive.

We prefer (in motel PR speak) “clean, warm, comfortable and well equipped”. The diagonal interior sarking looks very colonial 1970’s retro style but Pip’s age group just love it. Pip tries to jazz up their external appearance with her pot plants and flowers as first impressions are still important – even for Fishos.

We find these studios are mainly occupied by tourists for overnight stops and are not really suitable or used for longer stays by anglers, unless there is nothing else available. But even then they have a fully equipped kitchen with full size oven, microwave and beer fridge. The small bathroom has a shower box. Most importantly they have wall mounted electric thermostat controlled fan heating plus a portable electric oil heater – which is quieter. For warmer summer temperatures you have an electric fan, or open the ranch sliders!. I hope you noticed the new wall to wall carpets too. The double queen size bed and single bed share the same room as the Sky TV and small dining table and two seater couch. They have a warm northerly aspect with concrete terrace and have a large carport over the entry into the kitchen.

Room rates – these usually let for $95/night for couples, $15 for an extra person, $85 for two nights, $75 for three nights. But anglers will be delighted to know they are usually upgraded anyway at the same room rates as they need more time and space for tying flies and telling lies.

You will be relieved to know the four x one bedroom and five x two bedroom units are all occupied by fishos at the moment – all here to get into the early brown runs and boating at Lake O. – we will get back to those later…

UNIT 3 Next, the only vacant unit available for photos – Unit 3 – is a basic larger two bedroom unit with a double and single bed in the main bedroom plus two single beds in the second bedroom. This is much more spacious and suitable for longer term tenancies. When bookings allow, we often upgrade guests from studios to the one or two bedroom units. The living area has two couches and larger dining table for four or five, and Sky TV.

The fitout includes electric wall heaters plus portable oil store heaters. For air conditioning you have a large electric fan or leave the windows open. I am sure you will have noticed the swish new carpet here too. Also a much larger fully equipped kitchen with full size oven, microwave, and a new fridge and freezer so Anglers can freeze their trout. (Most smoke their trout overnight in the TRM electric smoker).

The bathroom is similarly more spacious with shower box, heated towel rail, separate WC. etc.

You may not notice in the photos some of the nice little touches like rod holders and copies of Target Taupo and FIsh & Game and other fishy magazines and Tongariro River Maps identifying all the pools – considered very important at TRM.

Room rate for Unit 3 is $155/night for four persons and $15 for an extra person. But for longer stays, beyond the peak Friday and Saturday nights, we can slash these rates to less than backpackers. i.e for three nights for four fishos LESS 20% = $120/night. (For Fishos that calculates out to $30 per person per night).

If bookings permit we often have only two anglers in a two bedroom unit so they have their own sleeping space as some have been known to zzzzzzzzz… Then the cost is reduced to the same as a one bedroom unit at $105/night for one night or $95/night for longer stays.(It is now the next day so I have popped into Unit 8 before new guests move in. Yes, we are booked out again. So please note that today, 13 February, we have had to reluctantly move two parties who arrived expecting a one bedroom unit – again – Hwang, a regular Tongariro angler from Korea and David, regular fishos from Australia. Both arrived assuming we would have vacancies. So the message is that you must book ahead. Even when we phoned around on their behalf it was difficulty finding them similar accommodation for two nights. Since preparing the above TRM have been booked out for eleven consecutive nights so you need to book ahead)

UNIT 8 is at the western end where it enjoys good late afternoon sun. Anglers will note the Didymo bottles hanging outside each unit. If you want one feel free. As seen it has a wide carport and is popular with boaties as they can park their boat next to the unit. The ranchslider entry opens directly into the open living space with fully equipped kitchen having a full size oven, microwave and fridge (see image). The living space has Sky TV with a large couch plus a day bed. The bedroom has a double queen size bed and a single bed. That is a lot of bed space to provide for various configurations. Unit 7 is identical. Ditto – similar electric wall fan heaters plus portable oil storage heaters and fans for summer.

The one bedroom unit room rate is $105/night for two persons, $15 for each extra person, LESS 10% for 2 nights, LESS 20% for 3 nights. That should be enough to give you an impression of what to expect in the meantime. The best units are still to come. We will save those for a sunny day.

UNIT 6 which has been “done up” by the Australian owners (Some individual units have been sold to guest/anglers) with extra toys like a DVD player, Sky TV in the main bedroom, air conditioning, more furniture for the fly fishing library, etc. The basic specification is a double queen size in the main bedroom, two single beds in the second bedroom and another day bed in the living area. The kitchen has full size oven, new fridge/freezer, microwave, plus all usual equipment. The genuine replica Italian marble formica bathroom has the usual shower box, vanity unit & WC pan. Last is a locker outside in the carport for drying waders due to the resiting of the hot water cylinder in the cupboard.. The standard rate for unit 6 for four persons is $160/night plus $15 for an extra person. Usually we can do a good deal with fishos as they usually stay longer and are always scrupulously clean and tidy….