1. The Best 50 Motels in Australia: giveaway terms
The promoter is Retro Motels Pty Ltd, ACN 700 480 011, 92 Acanthus Avenue, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220, in partnership with Scout Magazine.
Entry is open to Australian residents aged 18 and over. To enter, follow @retromotels and @scoutmagazinegc on Instagram and comment on the giveaway post tagging an independent motel, hotel or accommodation provider in Australia. Multiple comments are permitted; each eligible comment is one entry.
Entries open 6:00pm AEST Wednesday 16 September 2026 and close 11:59pm AEST Friday 16 October 2026. One winner will be drawn at random from all eligible comments and contacted by @retromotels via Instagram direct message by Friday 23 October 2026. If the winner does not respond within 7 days a redraw will occur.
The prize is a two-night weekend stay for two people at the property named number one in The Best 50 Motels in Australia, redeemable within 12 months of the announcement and subject to availability, plus a $1,000 flight voucher. Total prize value up to $2,000. The prize is not transferable or redeemable for cash.
The Top 50 list is decided by the judging panel on five criteria (Character, Arrival, Experience, The Perks, Community) and is separate from the random prize draw; Retro Motels membership is not a judging criterion.
This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram or Meta. The promoter’s decision is final. Personal information is collected to administer the giveaway and handled under the Retro Motels privacy policy.
2. About these terms
These terms govern your use of best50.retromotels.com (the “site”) and your participation in The Best 50 Motels in Australia (the “campaign”), run by Retro Motels Pty Ltd, ACN 700 480 011 (“we”, “us”). By nominating a property, entering the giveaway or joining the waitlist, you agree to these terms.
3. Nominations
- Nominations are free. There is no entry fee at any stage, and no payment can secure or improve a place on the list.
- Anyone may nominate a property, including its owner or operator. Self-nominations carry no advantage and no penalty.
- Nominating a property does not guarantee it will be shortlisted or included.
- Nominations that are abusive, defamatory, or clearly vexatious will be discarded.
- By nominating, you confirm the information you provide is accurate to the best of your knowledge.
4. Judging and the final list
- The final 50 is decided by the judging panel applying the published criteria: Character, Arrival, Experience, The Perks and Community.
- Retro Motels membership is not a criterion for inclusion and confers no advantage. Members appearing on the list do so on merit alone.
- The panel’s decision is final. We will answer a reasonable written request from an operator about how their property was assessed, but we do not enter into correspondence about the panel’s judgement.
- We may correct, amend or withdraw an entry where information later proves inaccurate, or where a property ceases trading, changes ownership or no longer meets the eligibility criteria.
5. Your content
When you submit a nomination, comment or photograph you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use, reproduce and publish that material in connection with the campaign, in any medium, with attribution where practical. You confirm you own it or have permission to give us that licence.
6. Property imagery
Photography of listed properties is supplied by operators or used with permission for editorial coverage of the campaign. If you are an operator and believe an image has been used in error, contact us and we will remove or replace it promptly.
7. Outbound links
“Visit / Book” links take you to the property’s own website. We are not a booking agent, take no commission on those bookings and are not party to your booking contract.
8. Liability
The site and the list are provided for general information. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude liability for loss arising from your use of the site or your stay at any listed property. Nothing in these terms excludes rights you have under the Australian Consumer Law.
9. Changes
We may update these terms. The version published on this page at the time you participate applies to that participation.
10. Contact
Questions about these terms: jeremy@retromotels.com.