Guest Book

Thank you for the great time! You all were very helpful! We were warmly welcomed and enjoyed our time here! Wonderful breakfast! Loved our stay!

Thank you for the warmth and lovely conversation. Will gladly recommend to friends and family.

We've thoroughly enjoyed our stay in your wonderful home. Thank you for all the advice and concern for our welfare. The trips were excellent! Breakfasts scrumptious and you introduced us to some fine local restaurants, especially 'Food@Wharepuke". We leave with very happy memories

You have made this 4 days just perfect - making sure we didn't miss anything, your hospitality is legendary, attention to comfort, breakfasts, and so on - Geoff & Chris you treated us like Royalty (or those African Diplomats!)

A wonderful experience, love the gardens, the Lodge, the breakfast and particularly the friendly welcome, support and conversation. We will be back!! Will recommend to family and friends

We had a great time, fantastic & friendly hosts.

Thanks for your hospitality. We enjoyed our visit. Thanks especially for the wonderful intro into The bay of Islands and opportunity to explore it. The lodge is superbly located and presented. We loved the garden.

Thank you so much for your hospitality. We had a wonderful time. We enjoyed the breakfast and the garden very much. Also the bus tour to Cape Reinga was excellent. We will recommend your B&B to our friends

Thanks so much for the fabulous stay. Warm welcoming and friendly feel helped make our stay relaxing& enjoyable. Thanks for sharing your passion in the garden and talent in the kitchen. see you again.

Thank you, welcoming us into your home and making us feel comfortable staying here. We hope to come back to see you again.

Thank you very much delicious breakfast. I really enjoyed stay. Thank you for your hospitality. Will be back one day.

We really enjoyed our stay in your lovely home, thank you both. Delicious breakfasts and nothing too much trouble. We were made to feel very welcome and a most relaxed atmosphere.

Thanks for a lovely stay in your beautiful home. The comments others have made in this book have all been true. What a wonderful location and great hospitality you've shown us during our stay here. Look forward to returning in the near future.

We had a lovely weekend - much needed R&R after all the stress & work in the Big Smoke!! We really loved our 'Majestic' room. We really liked the privacy and sense of space. The breakfast was brilliant and we really look forward to coming again soon.

Thank you for making us so welcome in your home and for the attention to detail that made our stay pleasant and memorable. We hope to come back to see your renovations in the not to distant future.

A lovely 3 days in the Bay of Islands highlighted by warm, engaging yet respectful hosts set amongst a picturesque backdrop off the beaten track.

Friendly and fun hosts. Thanks to Chris & Geoff for a relaxing stay. Your local knowledge and recommendations made our stay so much easier - even with the rain.

You are doing a fantastic job - thank you. The rooms and accommodation are wonderful, very comfortable clean and luxurious! Gardens and breakfast also excellent. Thank you for making our stay so enjoyable.

Thanks for a great stay

Have had the most enjoyable stay thanks to the assistance of Geoff & Chis.

Thanks for an excellent 'getaway'.

Thanks so much for your splendid hospitality and the inside track on Northland's hidden gorgeousness! Your lodge is choice - can't wait to share it with the American world.

Thank you for all, it was a brilliant stay and the breakfast is excellent.

Spectacular setting, great service, excellent food, and very friendly! Thank you for helping make our first trip to NZ great.

A beautiful B&B with extremely friendly and helpful hosts. We enjoyed our stay very much.

A fantastic couple of days in Northland - hosted wonderfully by Geoff & Chris. Given lots of tips on what to do and where to go which really helped make our stay special. thank you both.

A brilliant stay in a brilliant lodge surrounded by brilliant hosts (and guests as well)! What else?

Thank you very much for welcoming us into your home & making us feel comfortable staying here. Your house, garden & pool is gorgeous and you two are fantastic hosts! Will definitely recommend to friends & Colleagues.

Thank you for a wonderful few days - we've really enjoyed ourselves & have fond memories of our stay at 88

Thank you for the most delightful few days. What fun we had, talking, laughing and learning about this area. The room was great and breakfasts were a real sensation. Your expert travel advice was superb. This was a memorable visit.

Thank you very much for your fine welcome, the marvelous breakfasts and a wonderful start for our NZ holiday.

Thank you so much for welcoming us to your home. This was the first time we have ever stayed in a bed and breakfast and because of your great hospitality we will stay in other B&B's Chris's breakfasts were great. Thank you for everything.

Thank you for your hospitality. The environment you have developed is just heavenly. It makes a difference when your traveling to have the home comforts. We will certainly recommend.

Stayed for 4 nights as part of our honeymoon and had a fantastic time. We were made so welcome and can not fault anything about the place. Echo Denise & Neville's comments that Chris's breakfasts & Geoff's trips/places of interest tips were brilliant. Restaurant suggestions were spot on particularly Cilentro & Ake Ake. Thank you so much for a wonderful stay.

Thanks Guys - all wonderful!!

Thanks guys for the wonderful hospitality. Chris the breakfasts were wonderful & Geoff the restaurant & tour organising were terrific. A very enjoyable stay, thanks for making us so welcome.

We thank Geoff & Chris for their wonderful hospitality. The room was very comfortable overlooking the beautiful gardens. Everything you have done here is beautiful and both of you are lovely guys. thanks for making our stay so great.

We stayed for 3 nights in this beautifully furnished guest house. The gardens here so nice to sit and read a book and just enjoy the relaxing time that we came for. Geoff & Chris were the perfect hosts and I am sure our next stop will also be very nice, but will take a lot a lot of beating. Thank you Chris for breakfast and thank you Geoff for the funny stories you told. See you in Brisbane.

Thank you for a wonderful 3 days. You looked after us so well and even baked a walnut loaf for breakfast to go with the delicious passion fruit yogurt. Thanks Geoff for the recommendation to walk to Taronui Bay, however there were at least 2 others there! Hope to be back some day.

This was the best possible end to our holiday. We've had a truly wonderful time and much enjoyed your beautiful home, gardens, breakfasts and - most of all your company. Thanks so much for everything you've both done to make our stay so memorable.

A most enjoyable stay. A terrific first stop for our New Zealand trip. It will be a hard act to follow. Thank you Chris & Geoff for such a warm & friendly welcome - to me the most important factor. The exquisite setting & good accommodation also makes it so special.

We have a short stay, just 1 day, but wonderful stay at 88 Lodge. The hosts are most friendly. Breakfast is unbelievable. We certainly recommend this place to our friends.

Lovely people and surrounds. breakfast was just delicious, enough for the whole day. Would recommend.

Extremely comfortable. Nothing too much trouble. The breakfasts are extraordinarily good. Even our locked suit case was opened without fuss. Great location/advice.

Wonderful stay. Faultless, beautiful location and wonderful hosts. Magnificent breakfasts!! Would unhesitatingly recommend.

What an amazing way to spend valentines weekend! So spoilt you both make it so easy to have a magical & romantic retreat.

What a delightful spot to come to! Thank you for your service, the pleasant gardens are a joy. we hope to see you again

Very charming & welcoming hosts. cannot do enough for you. Breakfast delicious, accommodation comfortable & well looked after. garden an added bonus. Will return if in this area again.

Thanks for this wonderful stay with you at your so beautiful place, with this wonderful garden, the pool and the nice and neat room, and all the great company and the good abuse. Looking forward to coming back.

One of the best B&B's we've stayed in - even the abuse was 5 star.