Pluses: responsive, hospitable hosts; location near town on lake; friendly and accommodating hotel staff; ability to store luggage (although hotel disclaimed any responsibility during storage); free washer/dryer; fast internet
Minuses: small studio (considerably smaller than many two-person hotel rooms elsewhere in New Zealand); extremely limited view from studio is not as portrayed in the listing; walls and door are thin, so one hears everything going on near the room; hotel supply store/closet is just across the hall from studio and was accessed around midnight each night I was there, awakening me with clanging bottles, opening and closing doors, and other noises; hotel room next-door seems to operate as a ‘halfway house’ for hotel guests whose rooms aren’t ready, so lots of door opening/closing and conversational noise