If you've read this far then you deserve some light entertainment...real messages/comments we've received!
+ My wife is afraid of the dark - will she like it?
No
+ Can you put a sofa in the pod, and Mum and Dad sleep on it?
No
+ I know we were being tight and let the kids sleep on the deck..but the solar lights were too bright and they couldn't sleep well, was there anyway we could have turned- the solar lights off?
(Our first week we opened) Never.again.
---Same person "You should put some tape or something on the glass door, into the Pod, as I almost walked into it"
We could, but we wont.
+ Is there a Restaurant up here?
No
+ The noises the cows make in the paddock - is this them having sexual intercourse?
No - translate the moo-ing into "Mum-mum-mum-mum-muuummmmm" or "food food food food fooooood"
+ Can I get hot water to come out of any of the taps?
No, just the kettle. Once it's boiled.
+ The full moon was amazing!!! Did you plan that?
Yep :)
+ I heard that Lorde stayed here, is that true?
Yes and there is photographic evidence at reception to prove it! And then she put a out an album called Solar Power ...we'll take it.
+ Do you provide a Vegan Hamper?
No, Te Wepu is a farm.
+ I'm on a Keto diet, can you provide a Keto hamper?
No (admittedly the hampers are very much non processed but still...)
+ Will the tiger worms ever escape?
Only if they don't get enough to eat ;) (but no)
+ How big are the tiger worms?
Depends how much they've had to eat :)
(seriously though - about the length of a pin and twice as fat. They are given their name because of their stripy colours)
+ Where is the flush button on the toilet?
Nowhere.
+ We had to leave early and didn't eat the whole hamper so can we get our money back for it?
No
+ Is there water at the Pods?
Yes - vital for a hot tub.
+ Can I cook noodles in the kettle?
NO! Please no!
+ You say you are minimum two nights in the weekends. Can we stay one night and our friends stay the other night?
No
+ Is Friday part of the weekend?
Yes, yes it is the fun end of the weekend
+ Where is the shower?
Nowhere (but there is a camping solar shower available at all Pods, so you can heat the kettle to your desired temperature and you are good to go)
+ My wife's best friend would like to join us for the second night. We won't need a mattress as we can all squeeze in to the one bed. Is this ok?
NO. (Get two pods so we remain mentally pure).
+ Do I have to cook this Steak and Sausages?
Yes (sushime sausages.....?)
+ Can we bring our cat?
No (this person then got stuck into us for not allowing them to bring it. (Uhm sorry but allergies for the next guests/native birds/and our cat hating Jack Russell Louie...)
+ My daughter is a student and would like to stay but she can't afford it, can you drop the price?
No
+ Is there air conditioning in the Pods?
Yes, if you open the back window and the front door.... ;)
+ Do yous fullas live around these ways?
(as we are introducing ourselves in front of the house)
Yes, yes we do.
+ Sometimes I don't really like sleeping with my husband, is there anywhere he can go?
Can you leave him behind?
(we joke, but if anyone has sleep apnea we only have 12v so nothing to plug a machine into sorry. We can move the bed to the side though and pop in a mattress which is what we have done for someone)
+ My partner and I are both 17, do I have to get Mum and Dad to book for us?
Just get him a crate.
+ I know you are minimum two nights, but can you change it just for me?
No.
+ Guest "Why would you (us) come into the Pod site at night and take the wood out of the fire pit?"
Us: We didn't, we don't, we wouldn't!!
G "But it was gone in the morning..."
Us "Did you douse the fire when you went to bed?"
G "No"
Also same person "Why would you have a lantern that only goes on strobe?"
Us: (what we wish we could have said: Why would we buy a $200 Ledlenser lantern, that only has one setting?)