Motel 10

Motel 10 is a budget stopover on the Hume Highway in Greenacre, about seven kilometres from Bankstown Airport and five minutes from central Bankstown. It is a practical base for travellers moving through Sydney's south-west, and the draw for dog owners is simple: dogs are allowed to stay inside the rooms, not just in the car or a fenced yard out back.

Dogs at the Motel 10

Pets stay inside the rooms at a rate of $30 per pet per night, and food and water bowls are provided. Management expects pets to be well behaved, and pet-friendly rooms are not unlimited, so call ahead on (02) 9642 7555 before booking to confirm a dog-friendly room exists for your dates. Size limits and room restrictions are not published in standard booking details, so settle those details directly with the motel rather than assuming.

The rooms

The motel has around 32 renovated, air-conditioned rooms sleeping one to five guests, including larger family configurations with two queen beds or a queen plus singles. Smart TVs, free NBN Wi-Fi, microwaves, fridges and tea and coffee facilities come standard, and there is free on-site parking. Check-in runs from 2pm and check-out is by 10am, which suits an early start on a long drive with a dog aboard.

Pepsi: a highway motel that actually lets dogs into the rooms is worth $30 a night when the alternative is an early-morning guilt trip every time you hear a car go past.

Getting there and parking

The motel sits at 217 Hume Highway on the corner of Stacey Street North, a convenient pull-off for highway travel through Greenacre. Guests park on site at no charge, so unloading a dog, crate and bags is straightforward. Sydney Olympic Park is roughly a 13-minute drive north if you are heading towards an event or the parklands.

Close by with the dogs

For an off-leash leg-stretch, the Bankstown Salt Pan Lake Dog Park and the Punchbowl Craig Street Reserve Fenced Dog Park are both a short drive away. Bankstown Manoush and Co covers a human food stop. Another dog-friendly base in the same corridor is the Arena Hotel at Chullora.

More options are in the New South Wales pet friendly stays guide and on the Greenacre destination page.