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Castle Hill NZ hostel 13-Mar-2008 At 4:36:10 PM JimboV10

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On 13/03/2008 alrob wrote:
>On 13/03/2008 dr_fil_good wrote:
>>There is already a hostel there and many many chalets. They are all
>resonably
>>priced during the climbing season and exhorbantly priced during ski season.
>>
>>If you underprice your neighbours you will more than likely upset the
>>locals - and I wouldn't be surprised if there is a council tenancy agreement
>>that restricts unfair competative pricing in the region as it is such
>a
>>tight knit community.
>>
>>be careful about how you go into it.
>
>yeah, 6 of us hired a house for about 2 weeks, and it worked out to be
>about $16 each per night. Thats pretty cheap, for a full house. i don't
>know if you could beat that. The only thing you could offer thats not available
>is a shuttle service to the boulders for people without a car.
>

We did the same thing.. It was so cheap that even if there was a hostel there, I would probably spend the extra 5 bucks a night to NOT have a heap of other people, my own room, kitchen, car park and everything else...

Probably better to open a climbing shop....