With a stay at Wayside Motel in St Ignace, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. .This motel is 7.3 mi (11.7 km) from The Jewel at the Grand Hotel and 9.1 mi (14.6 km) from Mackinaw City Ferry Terminal.
Star Line Mackinac Island Main Dock - St. Ignace - 5 min walk
Saint Ignace Chamber of Commerce - 7 min walk
Museum of Ojibwa Culture - 8 min walk
Castle Rock - 4 min drive
Kewadin Casino - St. Ignace - 6 min drive
Getting around
Pellston, MI (PLN-Pellston Regional) - 32 min drive
Restaurants
McDonald's - 5 min drive
Zodiac Party Store - 5 min drive
Great Turtle Brewery
Clyde's Drive-In - 5 min drive
The Wild Blueberry - 4 min drive
About this property
Wayside Motel
Motel with free parking, a short walk to Lake Huron
Wayside Motel offers 19 air-conditioned accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and microwaves. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations and complimentary toiletries.
This St Ignace motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 19 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and microwaves, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless internet access and a vending machine.
Featured amenities include express check-out and a vending machine. Free self parking is available onsite.
Languages
English
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Parking and public transport
Free self-parking on site
Family friendly
Microwave
Fridge
Conveniences
Vending machine
Guest services
Daily housekeeping
Front desk (limited hours)
Accessibility
This property does not have any lifts
Room amenities
Bedroom
Air conditioning
Bed sheets
Heating
Bathroom
Free toiletries
Hairdryer
Private bathroom
Shower/bath combination
Entertainment
TV channels
Flat-screen TV
Food and drink
Coffee/tea maker
Microwave
Fridge
More
Desk
Policies
Check-in
Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out
Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available
Special check-in instructions
The front desk is open daily from 8 AM - midnight
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Renovations and closures
The property is closed between November 1 and April 15.
Access methods
Front desk (limited hours)
Pets
Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available
Payment types
Important information
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
We should mention
This property does not have elevators
Property is also known as
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Wayside Motel Reviews
Reviews
9.4
Exceptional
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We spent two nights here. It was a wonderful stay. Walking distance to the Ferry to Mackinac Island. Our room was very clean, comfortable beds, clean bathroom and nice hot shower. Highly recommend and would stay again if we get back up there again.
Rooms are not cramped. There is a coffee pot, microwave and fridge. Right off the main street through town. A small hotel that isn't crammed full of people.
A friendly welcome by staff upon arrival to the older, one floor motel style accommodation that has been remodeled throughout. Room was very clean, spacious and comfortable. Hsk daily, unless requested otherwise. Reasonably priced and convenient to the Ferry Dock for trips to Mackinac Island. Will definitely stay again!
We had such a great visit and will be coming back. Having never been to St Ignace, we read reviews of this motel and went for it.
We had a friendly, informative check in, a super clean room and were pleasantly surprised with the chairs that let us relax after a long day of driving on the main road. The property was kept up and I wish we lived closer to return on a regular basis. Thank you, we had a wonderful stay!
Alana
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024
6/10 Okay
Frank
Travelled with group
1 Sept 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Basic, older motel but somewhat updated. Clean, comfortable, friendly owner, convenient location to ferry and restaurants.
This is an old-school motel that we always stay at when in St. Ignace. Don't let the outside looks fool you. Even though it looks outdated, the rooms are very spacious, clean, and comfortable.
Very quiet, clean and comfortable. Could have used a towel rack in the bathroom - no place to hang our hand towel. The location was perfect to catch the ferry to Mackinac Island. (The asthetics regarding the grass around the building needed to be taken care of.) Other than that, we'd stay again.
This place was a gem. It was very clean and quiet. Location was perfect and check in was a breeze. Staff was friendly and helpful. I would absolutely return again.
Very nice Motel very close to the Mackinac Ferries. You could walk from the Motel to the Ferries without too much trouble. Room was clean and check on was easy and friendly.