Hi George



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Everyone needs a place to lay their weary head. For travellers visiting Launceston, Hi George is an excellent choice for rest and rejuvenation. Well-known for its quaint environment and proximity to great restaurants and attractions, Hi George makes it easy to enjoy the best of Launceston.
The rooms offer a flat screen TV and a refrigerator, and getting online is possible, as free wifi is available, allowing you to rest and refresh with ease.
Hi George features 24 hour front desk and baggage storage. In addition, as a valued Hi George guest, you can enjoy free breakfast that is available on-site. Guests arriving by vehicle have access to free parking.
While staying at Hi George, visitors can check out The Old Umbrella Shop (0.2 mi) and The Town Clock (0.2 mi), some of Launceston's top attractions.
If you like cafes, Hi George is conveniently located near Sweetbrew, Cuccina, and Samuel Pepys Cafe.
If you’re looking for things to do, you can check out City Park (0.3 mi) or Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery (0.5 mi), which are popular attractions amongst tourists, and they are all within walking distance.
Hi George is sure to make your visit to Launceston one worth remembering.
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The location was very central and we found it easy to walk into the city and to the nearby pub where we had a good and reasonably-priced meal. Good, free off-street parking was a bonus, as was the excellent WiFi.
David and Fiona were delightful hosts, with nothing being too much trouble. David cooked us a lovely breakfast of bacon, eggs and tomatoes, supplemented by fruits and cereals, and toast with beautiful homemade blackberry jam. While cooking, David chatted away all the while and made us feel very welcome. A lovely man.
We would certainly stay here again whilst in Launceston, and would highly recommend “Hi George” to others.
Upon arrival we were informed that my booking was cancelled,which was definitely not the case.It was still active on my hotels.com site.
We were very upset and angry as we knew that accommodation in Launceston was heavily booked this particular weekend.
The owner said that he saw my original booking but also recalled that he saw an email cancelling our accommodation.
Upon me inquiring about this email the owner could not locate it,very interesting indeed!! There were no more rooms available.
I rang hotels.com who were very helpful attempting to find us alternative accommodation,which they were not successful in finding.They are refunding our money in full.
Fortunately,friends came to our rescue and we are staying with them for the duration of our stay.
This experience was most upsetting and certainly should not have occurred and the booking site I used was not at fault in anyway.
Later he said he couldn't look after 12 people in 6 rooms. Then why do you advertise and offer 6 rooms min 1 max 3 persons in each room. That's not peofessional!



Our room was up a narrow creaking staircase,in a high ceiling blank walled room. It had a musty old smell with no natural light except for the adjoining small sitting area window. Note the 2 chairs have past there use by date & quite stained. Note,there is no table. The really small tea/coffee station is in the cutout part of the cupboard. Note,there is NO fridge in the room,however,there is a shared fridge at the end of the corridor. The wooden bed is old,creaky & has a very firm mattress. We did not sleep well & woke with sore back & neck. There is alot of dust & cracks behind furniture etc. The wifi is strong & tv reception is good & there is a good heater in the wall. The bathroom is very basic & not alot of bench space. The shower is not very good. The towels are hard & crunchy & not pleasant to dry yourself with. There are no hand towels provided.
Breakfast was very basic & not very well done. Sad to say,we just could not stay & paid for the 1 night & said farewell,we needed to move on. At $140per night,we felt we could do bette & have a much better experience elsewhere & we have for $123...but that will be a seperate review. Thanks for reading this long review.
Breakfast was great (homemade blackberry jam was another highlight).
David's knowledge of the area (and Tassie in general) was very helpful in planning our activities.
I can't imagine we would stay anywhere else when visiting Launceston.
The car park is at the bottom level and is accessed through a narrow drive a short way up the road. There is plenty of room in the car park once down there but the entrance to the drive is quite narrow so needs care to negotiate at an angle, particularly for a large car. In essence, therefore, it means that you either walk up the slope from the car park or down the slope from street level to get to reception.
There are six bedrooms with 1 to 4 at street level while 5 and 6 are at mid-level by reception/breakfast. This means that those in rooms 1-4 have to go down and up many stairs to breakfast and back, while those in 5 or 6 will have to walk either up or down the slope when going out. Either way it means that those with mobility difficulties may find it less than ideal. Furthermore the location, while being conveniently close to the town centre, does involve walking downhill (and up again on return) so again something to bear in mind if mobility is a problem.
As for the accommodation, our bedroom (at street level) was comfortable and homely in an old-fashioned way. It also had a small sitting area off the bedroom which was nice. The bathroom had a walk-in shower, but it lacked the sophistication of toiletries such as soaps, shampoos etc. of most b&bs (for example, there was a plastic pump-action bottle of hand wash for all purposes). There are tea and coffee facilities in the room, with milk in a communal fridge our on the landing (near rooms 1 -4).
For all that the place has character, as do the owners, Dave and Fiona whose age I dare not speculate! Breakfast is taken at a large communal table, which is nice as it means you get to chat to other guests who are there. Either Dave or Fiona cook breakfast (eggs, bacon and tomato). Dave is very chatty, so when Fiona cooks the breakfast Dave will chat, get the coffee and chat, bring the toast and chat on so on. However, if it is Dave on his own then he still chats while he cooks, which means that you might find your eggs a little hard (especially if you ask for them over easy), or you may have to remind him for your tea, coffee or toast. But for all that he’s a lovely old character so nobody really minds.
If you require transfer to the airport Dave will telephone the airport shuttle service for you and they pick up outside the Balmoral hotel on the opposite side of the road.
In short, if you are looking for a modern, stylish b&b with all mod cons, or have difficulties with mobility then this might not be for you, but all in all we enjoyed our stay and meeting Dave & Fiona.
I would recommend this to anyone looking to spend a night or 2 in town.
"Rooms downstairs have easy access but you still have to go upstairs for milk fridge if you want tea/coffee during the day."Read full review
"Easy access from the front of the building to avoid lugging heavy suitcases upstairs"Read full review
"If there is a room available at the "Middle level" it might be worth thinking about."Read full review
"We stayed in room 1 but all rooms would be fine possibly 5&6 for extra quiet stay"Read full review
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