Babe and Bondi's Instant Hotel: Meet the Mother-Daughter Duo

May 2024 · 4 minute read

Netflix's new 'Instant Hotel' had audience swooning over Babe and Bondi's margarita heaven. Here's what you need to know about the iconic duo.

Australia's hit truth show, Instant Hotel, which follows five teams of homestay hosts as they open their "instant hotels" to be rated by means of different display contestants, simply hit Netflix a couple of days in the past and it's utterly binge-worthy. Picture TLC's Four Weddings meets Survivor, with a little bit of an Australian twist.

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Who are Babe and Bondi?

Before making it large on the at first Australian, Channel 7 sequence, Babe and Bondi have been just another mother-daughter duo hustling their Bondi Beach (the daughter's namesake) margarita palace for visitors. 

And if audience have picked up on Bondi's unusual sometimes-on-sometimes-off Australian accent — which admittedly bugged me — that's as a result of Bondi spent over a decade of her youth stateside, in New York. When she returned to Sydney a couple of years ago, she felt right at home and worked laborious to open her space to the public, which has been a longstanding hit amongst visitors and Instant Hotel contestants alike. 

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And although the two keep busy with their Bondi Beach getaway, mom Babe is something of a multitasker and has dipped her feet in numerous tasks aside from her ventures in hospitality. 

In truth, Babe — who calls herself "the real housewife of Hall Street" — is something of a prolific author, with 3 books beneath her belt to this point. Man Candy and Cupcakes, The Lazy Hostess and Delicious Dating duvet cupcake recipes, relaxing internet hosting and "what you can tell about a man’s bedroom style from his dining style," in step with her site.

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Kind of unusually, she hasn't but penned a willpower to her favourite cocktail, the margarita, despite the fact that she reputedly forces her visitors to enjoy the drink, if her episode (and image above) was once any indication. She's decently energetic on social media and won't leave out any alternative to dazzle fans with topless men eye candy. Check out her Instagram feed here.

As for her daughter, the 21-year-old is surprisingly quiet on the 'gram, despite what a loud gossip she was on the display. She turns out to enjoy travel and selfies (who does not) and of the Forty people she follows, her mom didn't appear to even make the lower.

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Bondi's weight loss revealed!

Bondi has also lost over 50 pounds since showing on Instant Hotel, leaving her almost unrecognizable in present-day selfies. "While we were filming, I lost weight because we were running around all the time. When we came home, I quit my job and stopped eating junk food," she stated to New Idea about her transformation. 

"Quitting got me back into a regular sleeping and healthy eating pattern. I started walking and cooking for myself. I drop weight really fast for some reason. Mum's always like: 'I'm so jealous of you!'," the young Bondi Beach resident endured. 

Stay up-to-date on Bondi's adventures, here.

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Here's how you can book Babe and Bondi's "Instant Hotel."

One of the funnest portions about Instant Hotel is that the contestants' properties, which are rented immediately by means of their owners, can most often be found on-line with a bit bit of sleuthing. Babe and Bondi's beachy blue townhouse isn't any other, even though it took me a little of hopping around on-line to locate an up-to-date list.

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According to Babe's AirBnb profile, the mom-daughter team are self-proclaimed "Vacation Vixens" and boast a "boutique hotel apartment" they call "a haven of serenity, very quiet yet only a short stroll away from the sand and surf, restaurants, cafes and all the main action of Hall Street."

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As viewers already know, her stunning condo's decor was heavily inspired by means of the margarita cocktail. "It represents the ultimate in margarita chic with inspired artworks, luxurious furnishings, a big deck and private tropical garden," Bondi Oasis' description reads. "It's only a short stroll from iconic Bondi Beach and minutes from an ice cool margarita (we provide all the ingredients to concoct this liquid Nirvana). It’s the ultimate destination to enjoy a little tequila therapy, tell tall tales and escape the mundane."

Instant Hotel enthusiasts may even be mindful their stunning spot used to be unusually affordable, so in addition to being the funnest place to stay in Bondi Beach, it's going to additionally ship the very best bang on your greenback. Book the 125 Hall Street location on your next journey down below on the Sydney Hotels Collection web site, here.

Until then, do not pass over the alternative to observe Instant Hotel and swoon over the contestants' Aussie real property on Netflix.

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