Sea Haven Motel - Rockaway Beach, OR

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Sea Haven Motel
Jeff and Maureen Taylor
520 Hwy 101 North
Rockaway Beach, OR 97136

Phone: 503-355-8101
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Services

Motel with one bedroom units, queen beds
Close to beach - one short block away
Full Kitchens with coffee maker, toaster
Stoves, Microwaves and Refrigerators
Cable TV and Free Wi-Fi (Wifi, WyFi)
Outdoor seating, gas BBQ, crab cooker
Pet friendly motel, low pet fee
Guest House like hostel private bedrooms
Guest House pet free and non smoking
Available for Family and Group events

Fundraisers We Support

Tillamook Animal Shelter
Habitat for Humanity
Muscular Distrophy
Rockaway Beach Chamber of Commerce
Rockaway Beach Lions Club
Garibaldi Lions Club

Going Green Commitments

Both Motel and Guest House use High Efficiency (HE) Washer and Dryers throughout and incandescent lighting has been replaced with flourescent bulbs everywhere practical. The Guest House uses environmentally friendly laundry soap and fabric softener; has dual flush toilets in all bathrooms; is using recycled decking for a raised bed garden that will primarily be filled with compost from the Port of Tillamook Bay Digester, which recycles local cow waste by sterilizing it and converting it into high yielding bedding material.

Hours of Operation

"Open" hours are usually 8am-11pm, but even when we are not "open", we are not closed. We are family owned/operated and the owners are always available by cell phone: 503-341-5237 (Maureen).

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About Us

SEA HAVEN MOTEL and

Sea Haven's GUEST HOUSE

Motel:

Come enjoy our clean, non-smoking, pet friendly motel. Each unit has a fully stocked kitchen, flooring that is easy care (ceramic tile and laminate style) and a décor similar to a “bed & breakfast” (sorry, w/o the breakfast). Most rooms have two TV's with 60 channel cable television and every room has a DVD player plus access to free Wi-Fi and our Netflix account.

The average motel room sleeps 1-4 people, with a queen bed in a small bedroom and a living room futon sofa. The largest room sleeps up to six, with the addition of a bunkbed. The smallest room sleeps 1-2. Room rates change seasonally, and can be found on our website, www.seahavenmotel.net, or by calling the office at 503-355-8101.

Vacation Rental and Large Groups:

We have added a six bedroom Vacation Guest House on the north side of the Motel. The Guest House can be rented for private events, such as family reunions, club gatherings, educational groups, etc. The Guest House is non-smoking and pet-free.

The Guest House sleeps 18.
The motel sleeps a total of 24.
Together they will accommodate 42 guests.

The Guest House has five private bedrooms downstairs and one larger one upstairs. Most bedrooms have a queen bed, flat screen TV, DVD player, small desk and a closet, sleeping 1-2 adults. The largest bedroom sleeps 1-6, for a whole house total of 11 beds, 16 guests (5 queen beds, two full size bed and four twin beds).

Recent Trip Advisor Awards:

The motel has been rated on the travel website "Trip Advisor" as the number one motel in Rockaway Beach for six years in a row.
In 2015, we received our fourth "Certificate of Excellence" Award
We recently won the Trip Advisor 2013 "Traveler's Choice" Award, as one of the top 25 bargain motels in the United States.

Here are some of the comments from our motel customers:

"This is without a doubt the best place I have stayed since I left Ohio on April 4th (11 days ago). I have been thru N. Dakota, Wash., Idaho, Mont., and Wyoming and you are the #1 motel hands down". –Rick, Dayton, OH

"From the moment we arrived, we felt at home...the attention to detail here, you will never find at an impersonal hotel! This place is so clean & homey, absolutely the 1st time that I ever "took my shoes off at the door" at a hotel. A++++++." -K&E

"The loveliest motel so far on our Oregon Coast Journey! You have done wonders to a darling little place and the personal touches are the best! Will certainly be back." -N, M & "Pickles".

"As we prepare to head home, our smiles reflect the great pleasure we experienced here, at your beautiful place. Thank you so much for providing everything we could ever need, and so much more." –The M’s.

"What a joy this has been! We've felt like honored guests in someone's home. Thank you for good rest & all the lovely touches. See you again this winter!" - S&M, OR

"We want to thank you for a wonderful last minute find on a good, quiet, cozy place that we enjoyed. You’re rooms are awesome, cute, and we enjoyed every minute that we were here." –L & C, Portland, OR

"You just make it too hard to leave! I am so comfortable here. See you next time." -L, Calif/Mexico

"Dale & Pete stay here every year in October (Big Fish). No place better in this area. Great Clean rooms. Great friendly owners. Tell all your friends that this is the best." -P&D Fish on!

We'll Impress You

Sea Haven Motel has achieved a TRIP ADVISOR rating of "Five out of Five" by it's guests and therefore has been awarded a "CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE" For the Year 2012 and a "TRAVELER'S CHOICE AWARD" for the Year 2013.

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News

Locally Owned Motel Good Option (07/08/09)

The Oregon coast has many locally owned small motels that struggle mightily to get the word out of their existence in a national chain world.

The owner of the Sea Haven Motel in Rockaway Beach in Tillamook County took it upon herself to flag my attention: come stay in Rockaway Beach and see the north Oregon coast from there, she invited in her Oregon travel tip posted as a comment on my blog.

Alas, I had already made plans for nights in Seaside and Newport, but I told her I would stop by to visit.

The Sea Haven is a small, six-room motel, right on U.S. 101's east side at 520 Hwy 101. I don't usually like staying so close to a busy highway, but after looking over the Sea Haven, I think I would give it a chance. The phone number is 503-355-8101.

The rooms are furnished just like home, with a rental rate that is considerably less expensive ($59 to $109, depending on the day of week and the number of nights rented) than the big boys up and down the street.

All of the rooms have fully furnished kitchens and most have DVD players with the TV. An assortment of quick snacks await those who arrive famished, or you can use the gas barbecue or crab cooker to satisfy your appetite.

The pet friendly motel is owned and managed by Maureen and Jeff Taylor, who escaped from Portland after 30-year careers and settled on the coast to run a small apartment building. They converted the apartments to nightly rentals as occupants moved elsewhere. Each room got a major overhaul and upgrade before entering the nightly rental pool.

The Taylors own a dog and cat, who just might be your friend if you don't bring along a pet. If you do, the $10 extra fee is donated to the county animal shelter.

The best way to find a small motel is to look for yourself when you're visiting the coast. The owners won't mind if you ask to check them out. Also, every beach town has an Internet visitor site that lists lodgings. This will give you names, info and photos, but it helps when you stop by to meet the owners.

This blog post is part of my "Send Terry on the road'' summer series. Click on this link to learn how to enter a contest to win a deluxe weekend getaway to central Oregon, provided by visitcentraloregon.com and www.traveloregon.com, which is also running a promotion called the Oregon 150 Challenge.

-- Terry Richard; terryrichard@news.oregonian.com

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