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Schell Motel Express
About Schell Motel Express
Some trips need nothing more than a bed, a shower and somewhere to leave the car overnight. Schell Motel Express keeps an address on 32 Street in Vernon, which holds it close to the central grid rather than out along the water at Okanagan Landing.
A short stop still benefits from two or three questions at the point of booking. Say whether you want one bed or two, and whether stairs are a problem, since ground level rooms tend to go first. Ask how parking works if you are driving something long, towing a trailer or arriving with a boat behind you. Ask when the front desk closes and how a late arrival off the highway is handled, because that is the detail most likely to leave you standing in a parking lot at eleven at night. If you are staying more than a couple of nights, ask whether the room has a fridge or a kettle before you plan meals around it.
The geography of the north Okanagan makes an overnight stop here useful. Vernon sits where the valley widens and the vineyard rows give way to hayfields and pasture, with Okanagan Lake ending to the west at the old steamboat landing and Kalamalka Lake lying just east of town. It is the service centre for the region, the ski hill is a short drive up from the city in winter, and the run south down the valley to Kelowna is straightforward in either direction. Reach the desk at 250-545-2148 about a room, and phone ahead through July and August, when accommodation across the whole city runs tight.
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In the Downtown Vernon neighbourhood of Vernon.
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