Home away from home…

This is certainly a very nice place to stay – Quest Wellington at the corner of Lambton Quay and Hunter Street…

It has been converted into a serviced apartment accommodation place  from an old building adjoining the old Bank of New Zealand…

…which now houses the Old Bank Shopping Arcade. It seems there is a clock in the tower at the top…

…but I never got to see it.

I was googling for some place that would take in 3 people in a room and I found this one. It is not cheap though (if you convert it into Malaysian currency) – if I remember correctly, it is around NZ$180 or 190 for 3, inclusive of breakfast. Well, breakfast isn’t much to shout about – just two slices of bread with butter, jam, peanut butter and Vegemite plus a fruit juice…all served in convenient packs to your room the day before.

But you can always buy your own foodstuff and cook your own breakfast or for that matter, all your meals yourself in the room as there is this kitchenette, complete with a refrigerator, a microwave oven and even a dishwasher…

They certainly are very generous with the complimentary stuff (including the toiletries)…

…unlike the hotels in our country where they will put up a sign to tell you it is free but you can always request for more…at a price!!! Tsk! Tsk!!!

This is the lounge area…

…and you get free internet connection as well…

The bedroom comprises two Queen-size beds…

…and is definitely big enough for four (or more) and this is the bathroom in which you can find a washing machine and a dryer so you do not have to bring a lot of clothes as you can do your laundry yourself.

It is ideally located in the central business district so there are shops all around and New World Metro, the supermarket, is just round the corner and so is Fix (their equivalent to our 7-Eleven).

I would say it is very nice, very comfortable – one would have everything that one needs, a home away from home indeed! The members of the staff are helpful and friendly too and are always smiling and cheerful (unlike those snooty ones that we find in the hotels in our country).

All things considered, if I were to come to Wellington, New Zealand again, I definitely would want to stay here, no doubt about it…