Does Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel pet-friendly?

No, only service animals are welcome at the property.

How much is parking at Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel?

Self-parking is available for AUD 6 per night.

What time is check-in at Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: 9 PM.

Where is Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel located?

Situated near the beach, this hostel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Airlie Beach Lagoon and Port of Airlie. Airlie Beach Market and Proserpine River wetlands are also within 15 minutes.

Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Peter

23 Aug 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

We had a dbl cabin, old and spacious gorgeous

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

4/10 Poor

Rachel

8 Jul 2022

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

This is essentially a backpackers and really should say in the wotif details, as I would never have booked to stay. Queen room. 1 x single bed blanket. Went to reception and the could only get 2 knee rugs. Another guest was playing loud rap until 4am.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

22 Oct 2022

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Give it a miss

This is not a motel or resort. It’s a broken down backpackers. Window coverings do not cover windows even nearly. Dirty bathroom. Door lock barely hanging on so left valuables in the car which is parked in their camping ground area. All in all the worst place I’ve stayed in 40 years including Asia.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

18 Oct 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Basic but comfortable

Was a bit apprehensive booking this after reading a lot of bad reviews about the cleanliness, however my room was perfectly clean. It’s very basic and definitely a bit tired but is pretty much what I’d expect for the price and type of accommodation. Shower was very bad though, at some points just big drops of water. Events at Boaty’s made for fun evenings and good food there too, although due to the size / setup doesn’t lend itself so easily to solo travellers meeting people apart from in the dorms / if you’re already coming with others.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

FUMIKO

18 Jul 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

部屋は4人部屋でしたが狭いと感じることはなく、ベッドや床だけでなく水回りも清潔で各家屋の施錠システムもあり、金額を考えるとシャワーと寝るだけの部屋として十分な機能が揃っていると思いました！強いて言えば、シャワーの水圧が(日本と比べると)やや弱い点(それでも十分利用できます！)と２段ベッドの柵がやや揺れやすく、下の人が寝返る際の揺れが上のベッドにもダイレクトに来やすいのと、登る際に少々不安定な時があった点です。ですがちゃんと登り降り出来ましたし怪我は一切していないので、感じ方はあくまで個人差があると思います！　総合的には大満足しています！

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Douglas

15 Feb 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Our room was terrible, broken window with wood over it, broken door lock, mold and asbestos warning labels. This is a cheap back pack hotel and not a resort-look elsewhere in town.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Nikkola

2 Jan 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Just one night seemed pretty good. Thank you

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Stephanie

11 Dec 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities

Lovely treed property with lots of birds. Close to shops and restaurants.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Lea

25 Sept 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Disliked: Staff & service

Overall it was a very lovely stay, the 6 mixt dorm room were big with airconditioning. Nice little resort, it's fairly big with campers area, tents and dorms. The biggest down point is the staff. They work badly and they are disappointingly rude. The way they clean the dorm is very incongruous as they over water the tiles which is not only hazardous but definitely unsanitary as puddles of water stay for hours on end before to dry. I put a sheet around the bottom bunk to get myself cozy, which wasn't disturbing anyone and the cleaning staff literally ripped it off and remove any form of configuration. First time a backpack does that, still wondering why. The kitchen is way too small for the number of people and the appliances are overly worn, particularly the pans which are in beyond bad condition. I would recommend to bring your cooking gears. If you don't take in consideration the very rude staff, it's a great place to say!

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

Alan

18 Aug 2022

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities

X Base Resort is primarily a cheap backpackers resort catering to young travellers who share rooms to keep costs down. Regular adult travellers or families booking rooms alone are not financially better off and the resort is highly geared for the teenage backpacker with an abundance of nightly noise.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Basil

15 Aug 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Enjoyed my 13 nights stay recently. Liked the place, comfortable and convenient at a reasonable cost.

Stayed 13 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Brian

3 Jul 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Very good value and position is excellent walking distance to all the shops clubs beach and marina rooms very spacious Only mugs spoon plus tea coffee sugar, everything else is great. Staff are really helpful

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Phillip

1 Jul 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

For the money it’s well worth staying

Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2022

4/10 Poor

David

24 Jun 2022

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

Yes its a backpacker place. But the rooms and the whole area needs bit TLC. We had unpleasant view of some male backpackers have a shower in donga next to us cause the bathroom window was smash and the glass was not really private.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

2/10 Terrible

Aurelie

31 Dec 2021

Disliked: Staff & service

Staff very unfriendly, not professional, when they work because it suppose to be open in a morning but is no one there or just a note saying " im back in 1h", the receptionists are not organised at all. The worst camping and hostel I stayed. I very do not recommend this place

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

4/10 Poor

Michelle

3 Nov 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

I booked a stay in a female only room and during the night 3 people entered late and one was male which made me quite uncomfortable.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Courtney

9 Oct 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Good vibes, quiet rooms. The workers were very accommodating and lovely to talk to. Only downside was that the bathroom didn't have a drain, or shower curtain to stop shower water going all over the floor. Also didn't have a plug for the spa bath. The spa bath was also not working.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

29 Jun 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

17 Jun 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Right place for the price

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

3 May 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Don’t be fooled by the relatively nice images on their website. The moment I walked through the door was when I realised I made a massive mistake staying at the ‘resort’. The room was nothing more than 4 brick walls and patches of falling roof. thankfully we had our own shower and toilet (which looked like it has never been cleaned). Being somewhat cool at the time I stayed at the accomodation, I was provided a ‘blanket’... which was probably a 40cm by 40cm square piece of cotton fleece... Overall, put it this way... I’d sooner sleep in my car than stay here again...

Stayed 1 night in May 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

13 Jan 2021

Liked: Staff & service, amenities

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Very affordable right in the heart of Arlie beach

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021

4/10 Poor

Savina

23 Dec 2020

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Get what you pay for Thank you to the friendly girl on reception

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2020

2/10 Terrible

Rachelle, Mackay

3 Oct 2020

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

It’s hard to find words to describe this place. Late check in, reception area was filthy, stained couches that we were asked to sit on while waiting for our room to be ready. Husband and I walked into the room noticed stains on the sheets and two of our pillows straight away. No blankets. One towel was full of holes, other towel had stains. Absolutely no amenities except for dirty coffee cups. Save yourself the money, it’s just not great, nothing like the photos that is posted on the website. Felt like I was in a horror movie.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

2/10 Terrible

Lynne

1 Sept 2020

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Don’t stay here unless you’re a backpacker

This place was awful and I would not recommend it to anyone except backpackers. Apart from the dirty shower etc there was no blanket in the room, only a sheet on the bed and no remote for the TV. So we walked to the office which was quite a walk, ( this was a cabin in a caravan park) and asked for a blanket and she gave us 2 cot size blankets as per the photo. We said we didn’t think that would be enough, so she gave us ONE more of the same. She found a remote, so back we came. On the way out another girl saw the blankets and felt sorry for us so found us a couple of single bed size ones!! The remote didn’t work so we took it back and they put new batteries in it. It still didn’t work so we gave up! They seem to be associated with a pub/club next door which had very loud music until 3am. Fortunately we were far enough away that it didn’t bother us too much. One of the steps to our room was rotten and broken off. They told us there were coffee making facilities in the room. That consisted of an electric kettle. No cups or spoons. The receptionist was polite at best. Certainly not friendly, welcoming or helpful. The whole place us run down and awful. The only thing going for it is the location.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

2/10 Terrible

Ya Ting

14 Mar 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

bad conditon and noisy

Nomad 4 share rooms are very old and you can hear voice from another room

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

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