Just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to Wendy & Denis for being so hospitable & very accomodating.
We arrived in Taupo late on a Friday evening. Our original accomodation plans had fallen throught so we thought we'd do our due dilligence & shop around for a place to stay. Catelli's was one of the first places we stoped in at. I turned down Denis very generous offer of a last minute room at such a reasonable rate & so the search continued.
We went about our evening visiting family & then it dawned on me that we were now in desparate need of accomodation. I was begining to get tired, my little one was getting restless & my husband was so engrossed with his family catch up the fact we still hadn't made accomodation reservations conviniently parked itself to the back of his mind. Panic striken I manage to slip away from the family gathering at nans & head back down Riffle Range Rd & book with Catellis. Thankfully Wendy & Denis were kind enough to accept my last minute reservations (it must've been close to 11pm).
The room I was originally offered had since been taken & we was offered a room upgrade at the original price offered.
So inspired was I by Wendy & Denis hospitality we decided on staying another night.
Being a travel industry insider I must say Wendy & Denis are up there in terms of 'dream hosts'. They are well suited for the industry. They welcomed us as not customers but as friends, Wendy shared their personal stories & experiences. It really wasn't the immaculate room, or the lovely spa bath, nor the great location to town that got me but Denise & Wendys genuine love for what they do.
So thank you to Denise & Wendy you definitely have our vote of places to stay in 2012 & beyond.
Carlos's family are from Taupo so we will definitely be visiting again. I return to work today & couldn't stop plugging Catelli's. I have recommended it to all my collegues so hopefully you will see more of us coming through.
I trust your family picture board turned out fab. Thank you for the magazines you let me read. Sorry we didn't get to say horay.
I enjoyed my Catelli experience so much I'm visualising myself as Catellis back up host for when Denis & Wendy go away on holidays.. so inspiring.. Wendy you have my details.
Wishing you both well & best regards Carlos, Tia & little Sarai.
- Catellis Hotel Taupo
- Catellis Motel Taupo
