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#56 of 68 hotels in Cairns
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Finding an ideal budget friendly hotel in Cairns does not have to be difficult. Welcome to Cairns Holiday Lodge, a nice option for travellers like you.
Given the close proximity of popular landmarks, such as McLeod Street Pioneer Cemetery (0.4 mi) and St Monica's Cathedral (0.9 mi), guests of Cairns Holiday Lodge can easily experience some of Cairns' most well known attractions.
Cairns Holiday Lodge is a budget friendly hotel offering air conditioning, a refrigerator, and a minibar in the rooms, and it is easy to stay connected during your stay as free wifi is offered to guests.
The hotel features a concierge. Plus, guests can enjoy a pool and an on-site restaurant, which have made this a popular choice among travellers visiting Cairns. For guests with a vehicle, free parking is available.
When you’re feeling hungry, be sure to check out Bushfire Flame Grill, Odyssey Kitchen, and Riki Yakiniku Dining Bar, which are some barbeque restaurants that are popular with locals and out-of-towners alike.
If you’re looking for things to do, you can check out Cairns Botanic Gardens (1.0 mi), which is a popular attraction amongst tourists, and it is within walking distance.
Cairns Holiday Lodge looks forward to welcoming you on your visit to Cairns.
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HOTEL STYLE
Budget
Family
Languages Spoken
English
Location
259 Sheridan St, Cairns, Queensland 4870 Australia
Cairns Holiday Lodge
30 reviews
Getting there
Somewhat walkable
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Now I understand why the reviews for this place are so contrasting. The owners are lovely and can't do enough for you. The location is close to town but also a short distance from the airport.
However, our particular room is in need of maintenance. The door lock is only home style and you need to remember to push the lock in. The kitchen equipment was not clean. There is a sign saying you will be charged $10 if you don't was dishes. Our room had an overwhelming odor of cleaning chemicals. The room is only cleaned every 6 days and towels replaced every 3 days..
There are no lifts so you need to lug the bags upstairs. Ask for ground floor if stairs are an issue.
Wifi was patchy even if you stood under the router. But patchy wifi is common in cairns. I stay in cairns often and still can't find accommodation with wifi that is good enough for work purposes.
Overall this place is ok if you decide to overlook some discomfort but I do not think they can justify the room rate. There are better facilities for the same price nearby. Having said that, some travelers need to stay where they feel love and companionship and support - if that is the case, stay here. I can imagine that if you came to Cairns for health treatment, this place would be ok.
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Date of stay: July 2013
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Room Tip:No lifts so ask for ground floor if this is an issue. Stairs are steep and can be slippery if it...
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This motel is a little outside the centre of Cairns (about 30 minutes walk). Very helpful and nice owners, and reasonable sized room. The downside is the air-con which is very loud, but you really need to use it in Cairns.
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Date of stay: April 2010
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Booked into this motel after booking out of an absolute abhorent lesuire park (that had 4 stars). Managers couldn't have been more helpful, I was on my own with four children attending a soccer carnival. Rooms were more than adequate, infact my room was the central room for early morning meetings with the boys. Central to everything...even night markets. Only complaint was the lack of off street parking. Recommend this hotel
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Date of stay: September 2008
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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Booked under the impression that security was up to snuff for this day and age. All photos on the web show private balconies. Our unit has a dodgy door lock that a 2 year old could pick, and no private balcony. Instead we have this all accessible sliding door that is open to anyone to walk by and snoop in. When we complained the owner gave us a stick to secure the door. How safe and sound we felt with a trusty stick. We expressed calmly our concerns and the owner responded with anger, and said we where attacking her, and that all the Chinese love it here so we should too...I what a random and rude statement to make. We asked for our money back, and the owner gave all sorts of excuses. Meanwhile her friend was waiting for her to go our to the yacht club, which was explained to us to try and distract us. Also, the free wireless is not working at all, which we needed in order to conduct business. This place blows, and the service was brutal. 3 words DON'T BOOK HERE.
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Date of stay: July 2013
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Trip type: Travelled on business
Room Tip:Anywhere but here
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Our room was so damp the door chain was rusty, the bath was so disgusting my son refused to use it, and bath water flooded up through the drain when the bath emptied. When we were advised not to walk on certain streets at night, we relocated! My advice ?.....don't bother.
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Date of stay: July 2009
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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I wanna complain about the costomer service. The female manager named Suzie is exceedingly rude. She never care about the costomer’s feeling, only interested in arrange activities for the guests and get commissions. Every time we talk to her, she always show us an impatient attitude. Her tone and manner made us very uncomfortable. She is a nightmare. Don’t expect her give you a hand when you need any kind of help unless you book activies via her. Whenever we come to the reception, her face looks like someone owns her money. Besides Suzie, the room is also terrible (but not as sucks as Suzie). No toothbrushes, no slippers, and no housekeeping. The shower temperature controller is useless and annoying, just like Suzie. Besides, you need wash and dry all the dishes before you checkout, or you will be charged. The worst hotel I have ever experienced. And the worst people I have ever met. I won’t spent one more cent on this “hotel”.
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Date of stay: August 2018Trip type: Travelled with family
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Located a fair way away from town in what felt like a rather shady neighbourhood. Luckily we had a rental car, would definitely NOT feel safe walking here from town in the dark.
The whole place is very dated and could do with refurbishment. Old style bath, old tapware. Did not feel clean.
On the plus side - Beds were firm and the shower pressure good.
No lifts, though did offer help with the bags.
The couple at reception were okay if rather terse. Not too happy with us having pre-booked our day trips.
Wouldn't stay there again.
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Date of stay: March 2015
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Friendly people, very nice welcome. Organise trips for you, very informative. Some noise at the week-ends but we called them and they sorted the problem. Called us and helped us with our luggage at 3am for our flight. Could not have asked for a nicer more relaxing stay.
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Date of stay: July 2009
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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We have stayed at the Cairns Holiday lodge a few times and always enjoy our stay. It is a solid double brick building with a lovely tropical garden in the centre, fantastic pool and water feature and undercover BBQ area. The pool was crystal clear and refreshing in the hot climate. The room had a kitchen with oven and full fridge, table and chairs and a desk for computer. There was a comfortabl queen and double bed as well as a lounge. Bathroom included a bathtub with shower and hairdryer. Lovely quiet clean rooms with all you need. The kitchen had everything you need to cook and was clean and tidy. Mike and Suzie (the managers) are very helpful. Suzie cleans the rooms and they even clean room after 3 days stay and supply towels etc for stay. This is a comforyabl, safw and quiet place to stay in North Cairns. 5 minute walk to a choice of excellent restaurants including Thia, Pizza, Seafood fish and chips, chinese, healthfood cafe, coffee shops, laundrette, Annabels Bakery, supermarket, tavern, pub, bottle shops, newsagency, petrol stations and more. 20 minutes walk to the centre of town. 10 minutes walk to the Esplanade south or the Botanical gardens north. So much to see and do. Mike and Suzie will help book any sightseeing tours, hire cars etc to make a memorable holiday. Complex is safe with Security gates and plenty of parking. Lovely stay. Will come back again.
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Date of stay: December 2018Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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I stayed for 3 weeks and in that time on a number of occasions I heard the female hotel manager gossiping about the state of guests rooms to other guests staying here. She has a particular disdain for Indian guests. Terrible showers, once you set the temperature the water keeps changing from scolding hot to freezing cold. Loud airconditioners and no ventilation in kitchenette.
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Date of stay: August 2017Trip type: Travelled on business
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PRICE RANGE
AU$138 - AU$181 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
AustraliaQueenslandCairns RegionCairns
NUMBER OF ROOMS
35
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