The Best Hotels for First Time Visitors in Hastings

Where to Stay on Your First Trip to Hastings

If it's your first trip to Hastings, New Zealand for the activities and sightseeing, then you're in for a treat. But the biggest question is often where to stay for a first time visitor to Hastings. With so many amazing hotels to choose from, it can be tough to make a decision to make the most of your first trip here. That's where we come in! In this comprehensive guide, we'll help you find the best hotels for first-timers in Hastings. After analyzing all of the hotels based on price, location, amenities, ratings, and more, we have come up with our list of the best hotels in Hastings for first time visitors. We'll cover everything you need to know about these hotels, including the amenities, location, prices and ratings. So, whether you're traveling solo, with family, or as a couple on a romantic getaway, you'll find the perfect hotel if you've never visited Hastings beofre. So check out these terrific hotels, many of which have sparkling swimming pools, delicious restaurants, and top-notch amenities, along with the perfect balance of comfort, location, and affordability. So, let's get to it and discover the best hotels in Hastings for your first trip!

(Prices are listed in U.S. Dollars.)

Mangapapa Hotel

5-star Hotel with prices starting at $184 (before taxes) - See All Prices
Perfect for Your First Visit to Hastings
  • High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

Located at 466 Napier Road, Mangapapa Hotel has great rooms from $184 (before taxes). It offers an outdoor pool, room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, and a bar. It has a terrific 9.30 rating out of 10 from previous guests who have stayed here. Only 3.8 km from the city center, first time visitors will especially love breakfast, hiking, rooms with kitchenettes, laundry services, and golf at this relaxing hotel. We love the convenience of room service, and it's really nice here.

First Time Trip Hotel Amenities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Room service
  • Breakfast included
  • Spa
  • Horse riding
More Great Amenities
  • Restaurant
  • Fitness center
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Hiking
  • Kitchenette
  • Laundry service
  • Hot tub
  • Free parking
  • Bicycle rental
  • Fishing
  • Tennis
  • Refrigerator
  • Luxury


Village Motel

Motel with prices starting at $148 (before taxes) - See All Prices
A Good Stay for Your First Trip
  • Family-Friendly

A great place to stay is Village Motel which has nice rooms starting at $148. Offering room service, mountain views, rooms with kitchenettes, child care, and laundry services, it also has a great guest rating of 8.60 out of 10 from many previous guests. It's located at Corner of Te Aute Road & Porter Drive. This convenient hotel is also nice because it offers pet-friendly rooms, city views, a hot tub, a spa and wellness center, and free parking which visitors will enjoy. Also, it's just 4.2 km from the city center. You'll love relaxing in the hot tub at the end of the day, too.

First Time Trip Hotel Amenities
  • Room service
  • Family-Friendly
More Great Amenities
  • Kitchenette
  • Babysitting / Child Care
  • Laundry service
  • Pets allowed
  • Hot tub
  • Free parking
  • Bicycle rental
  • Family rooms
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator


St Andrews Escape

Motel with prices starting at $150 (before taxes) - See All Prices
Perfect for Your First Time in Hastings
  • Family-Friendly

We found St Andrews Escape to be a great place to stay, and the price starts at $150. We loved that is has hiking, mountain views, rooms with kitchens, rooms with kitchenettes, and a hot tub, and it also has a terrific guest rating of 8.70 out of 10 from previous guests. It's located at 172 St Andrews Road. You'll also find a spa and wellness center, free parking, laundry facilities, bicycle rental, and family rooms which travelers will love. And this fun hotel is just 4.2 km from the center of town. We find the kitchenette here to be a great way to get a good breakfast and save time and money.

First Time Trip Hotel Amenities
  • Kitchen
  • Family-Friendly
More Great Amenities
  • Hiking
  • Kitchenette
  • Hot tub
  • Free parking
  • Bicycle rental
  • Family rooms
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator
  • Saltwater pool


Te Mata Lodge

Motel with prices starting at $125 (before taxes) - See All Prices
Perfect for First-Timers
  • Great Value: the price is lower than average for first time trip hotels.
  • High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.
  • Family-Friendly

With terrific rooms from $125, Te Mata Lodge, at 21 Porter Drive provides room service, rooms with kitchens, rooms with kitchenettes, laundry services, and a hot tub. Its terrific guest rating is 9.10 out of 10 from previous guests staying here. New visitors will really like this amazing hotel which also offers a spa, free parking, laundry facilities, bicycle rental, and family rooms. It's located just 4.2 km from the city center, too. And with the ability to cook your own meals in the kitchen, you can save money and time. It's a great value, as the price is less than the average for first time trip hotels.

First Time Trip Hotel Amenities
  • Room service
  • Kitchen
  • Spa
  • Family-Friendly
More Great Amenities
  • Kitchenette
  • Laundry service
  • Hot tub
  • Free parking
  • Bicycle rental
  • Family rooms
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator
  • Breakfast in the room


Frimley Lodge Motel

Motel with prices starting at $90 (before taxes) - See All Prices
Among the Best Places to Stay for a First Visit to Hastings
  • Great Value: the price is lower than average for 2-star hotels.
  • High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

Frimley Lodge Motel has a great guest rating of 9.99 out of 10, and offers an outdoor pool, room service, rooms with kitchenettes, laundry services, and free parking. The great rooms here start at $90 before taxes and depending on the season. It can be found at 311 Pakowhai Road. Furthermore, it also offers laundry facilities, family rooms, air-conditioning, a microwave, and a refrigerator, which is nice for first time visitors. Just 1.7 km from the city center, this fantastic hotel is a terrific choice. The swimming pool is fantastic and lots of fun, too. We found the price of this hotel to be a great value because the price is less than average for first time trip hotels.

First Time Trip Hotel Amenities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Room service
More Great Amenities
  • Kitchenette
  • Laundry service
  • Free parking
  • Family rooms
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator
  • Playground


Cumberland Court Motel

Motel with prices starting at $120 (before taxes) - See All Prices
Perfect Hotel to Make the Most of Your First Visit
  • Great Value: the price is lower than average for 4-star hotels.
  • Family-Friendly

The great guest rating of Cumberland Court Motel is 8.93 out of 10. This place has room service, a restaurant, rooms with kitchens, rooms with kitchenettes, and child care. Prices for the terrific rooms are from $120, and it's located at Cnr Omahu & Maraekakaho Road, New Zealand. We also love the golf, a spa and wellness center, free parking, car rentals, and laundry facilities which are great for visitors. And since it's just 1.8 km from the center of the town, the location is great, too. The restaurant serves delicious food, too. The price of this hotel is less than average for first time trip hotels, which makes it a great value.

First Time Trip Hotel Amenities
  • Room service
  • Kitchen
  • Family-Friendly
More Great Amenities
  • Restaurant
  • Kitchenette
  • Babysitting / Child Care
  • Free parking
  • Fishing
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator
  • Breakfast in the room


Portmans Motor Lodge

Motel with prices starting at $127 (before taxes) - See All Prices
Great Hotel for First Time Visitors

A cool place is Portmans Motor Lodge because it has great rooms that start at $127. It has an outdoor pool, hiking, rooms with kitchens, rooms with kitchenettes, and child care, it also earned a great guest rating of 8.90 out of 10 from people who have stayed here before. It's found at 401 Railway Road. Only 1.1 km from the city center, travelers will especially love laundry services, golf, free parking, laundry facilities, and fishing at this convenient hotel.

First Time Trip Hotel Amenities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Kitchen
  • Airport shuttle
More Great Amenities
  • Hiking
  • Kitchenette
  • Babysitting / Child Care
  • Laundry service
  • Free parking
  • Fishing
  • Family rooms
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator
  • Breakfast in the room
  • Saltwater pool


Wine Country Motel Havelock North

Motel with prices starting at $84 (before taxes) - See All Prices
Perfect for Your First Visit to Hastings
  • Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.

Wine Country Motel Havelock North offers an outdoor pool, room service, rooms with kitchenettes, pet-friendly rooms, and free parking which we really like. The terrific rooms here start at $84 (before taxes). It's located at 2 Arataki Road Havelock North Hastings and has earned a guest rating of 8.90/10. This fun hotel is also nice because it offers laundry facilities, bicycle rental, family rooms, air-conditioning, and a microwave which new visitors will enjoy. Also, it's just 5.7 km from the city center. It's a great value, too, because it's less than the average price for first time trip hotels.

First Time Trip Hotel Amenities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Room service
More Great Amenities
  • Kitchenette
  • Pets allowed
  • Free parking
  • Bicycle rental
  • Family rooms
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator
  • Breakfast in the room
  • Saltwater pool


Valdez Motor Lodge

4-star Hotel with prices starting at $112 (before taxes) - See All Prices
A Good Stay for Your First Trip
  • Great Value: the price is lower than average for 4-star hotels.

Located at 1107 Karamu Road North, Valdez Motor Lodge has great rooms from $112 (before taxes). It offers an outdoor pool, rooms with kitchens, child care, laundry services, and free parking. It has a terrific 8.60 rating out of 10 from previous guests who have stayed here. You'll also find laundry facilities, family rooms, air-conditioning, a microwave, and a refrigerator which first time visitors will love. And this amazing hotel is just 0.8 km from the center of town. It's a great value, as the price is less than the average for first time trip hotels.

First Time Trip Hotel Amenities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Kitchen
More Great Amenities
  • Babysitting / Child Care
  • Laundry service
  • Free parking
  • Family rooms
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator


Harvest Lodge

Motel with prices starting at $131 (before taxes) - See All Prices
Perfect for Your First Time in Hastings
  • Great Value: the price is lower than average for 5-star hotels.
  • High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.
  • Family-Friendly

A great place to stay is Harvest Lodge which has nice rooms starting at $131. Offering room service, rooms with kitchens, rooms with kitchenettes, laundry services, and free parking, it also has a great guest rating of 9.10 out of 10 from many previous guests. It's located at 23 Havelock Road. Visitors will really like this fantastic hotel which also offers laundry facilities, family rooms, air-conditioning, a microwave, and a refrigerator. It's located just 4.1 km from the city center, too.

First Time Trip Hotel Amenities
  • Room service
  • Kitchen
  • Family-Friendly
More Great Amenities
  • Kitchenette
  • Laundry service
  • Free parking
  • Family rooms
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator
  • Breakfast in the room


Also, you might be interested in the nearby first time trip hotels in Napier.

For more terrific hotel ideas in Hastings, make sure you also see Best Family-Friendly Hotels in Hastings, Best Hotels for a Weekend Getaway in Hastings, Best Hotels for One Week in Hastings, Best Hotels for One Night in Hastings, or Best Romantic Hotels for Couples in Hastings.


How much do hotels for first-time visitors cost in Hastings?

Hastings Average First Time Trip Hotel Price
$125

After analyzing 11 first time trip hotels in Hastings, New Zealand, we found the average first time trip hotel price to be a remarkably economical $125. Naturally, this destination has many fantastic first time trip accommodation options with a variety of prices. The price will vary by the hotel's amenities, available dates, and the general location. If you're interested in more information about hotels here, see our guide to hotel prices in Hastings.

The average prices of our suggested first time trip hotels by star rating:

  • 5-star hotels: $158
  • 4-star hotels: $127
  • 3-star hotels: $120
  • 2-star hotels: $98


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