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River Retreat
838 Puketona Road
Haruru, New Zealand

Longhouse Bed and Breakfast
3 Kaipatiki Rise
Haruru, New Zealand

Morepork Riverside Lodge
846 Puketona Road
Haruru, New Zealand

Baystay B&B
93A Yorke Road
Haruru, New Zealand


Hotel Tips

Most hotel offer a complimentary breakfast bar or even a full cafe meal with your choice of a full menu. Keep in mind that some offer nothing at all so it is a good idea to pack a few packets of instant oatmeal for a quick and easy meal before you head out for the day.

Always find a reason to email the front desk manager in hotels that you plan to visit again. Tell them what they did right and express your plans to stay again and ask what opportunities there might be for frequent discounts or upgrades on your next visits. If you become friends with the manager, you just might get the friends and family rate some day.

Elevators are notorious for being a nuisance so ask to be roomed on the top floor and as far away as possible. Most hotels book nearby rooms last so hopefully they have availability elsewhere.



Things To Do

Haruru shopping is better than online shopping so that you can touch, feel, smell and taste as an experience with an item before deciding to purchase it for yourself or as a gift. Local merchants have hand selected their inventory to provide a unique selection for your downtown.

Haruru has a great collection of barber shops to choose from if you want to take a little off the top, get a clean shave or to trim your moustache or beard. Take a moment to consider buying some styling gel, beard oil or wax and always tip well.

Haruru gives several options to find the right piece of art as it takes time and a diligent effort to get just the right piece. Shopping for art downtown is the best way to locate your next purchase.



Why Do You Love Downtown?

CJ
Great vibe to this town! My mom lives in Medford so when I come to visit, I like to stop in Ashland.

Alicia Hansen
I love the unique products and small town vibe.

Donna Damitz
great food, many little shops.

Jennifer Birmingham
Love all the local shops.

Janet White
Never been but I love discounts! Going Today!


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