Security Review

Is villagermotel.ca legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 81/100

Established small-town motel in Burstall, SK with 11-year domain history, active business registration, and positive reviews on Booking.com and Kayak.

villagermotel.caScanned 1h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 79·MT 82
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
11 years old
Registered Jul 8, 2015
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 92% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust82/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
The domain villagermotel.ca is nearly 11 years old and resolves to a real motel at 433 Martin Street, Burstall, Saskatchewan. Our antivirus network and browser blocklists show no malicious flags, and the hosting IP has zero abuse reports. Business registration data confirms the motel is active and listed in official directories and emergency response documents since at least 2017. Guest reviews on Booking.com and Kayak praise the cleanliness and friendly staff, with consistent contact details (phone 306-679-2044, email villagermotelsk@gmail.com) appearing across multiple booking platforms and local records. No scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative reviews were found in our web research. The site content is straightforward — room listings, pricing ($77–$99/night), and amenities targeting workers at nearby Empress Gas Plants — with no suspicious CTAs, countdown timers, or credential-harvest patterns.
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Page Content

The site presents a standard small-business motel homepage with room types (Single Suite, Single Kitchenette, Double Kitchenette), pricing, amenities (WiFi, laundry, RV parking, BBQ grill), and a booking call-to-action. The copy emphasizes proximity to Empress Gas Plants (Plains Midstream, TransCanada, Pembina, ATCO) and targets corporate group bookings. No urgency tactics, countdown timers, or suspicious forms are present.

Infrastructure

Domain registered 3996 days ago (~11 years) via Go Daddy Domains Canada. SSL certificate valid (DigiCert/RapidSSL, 80 days to expiry). Hosting IP 72.167.64.243 has zero abuse reports and a clean reputation score. No redirects or homoglyph tricks detected.

Domain History

Long-standing domain with consistent business presence. Phone and address have appeared in official directories, booking platforms (Booking.com, Kayak, Agoda), and emergency response documents since 2017. No evidence of domain hijacking, repurposing, or sudden ownership changes.

Web Reputation

Listed on major OTAs with positive guest feedback: Booking.com notes friendly staff and comfort; Kayak shows a 7.1 score with clean rooms noted; Agoda rates 7.0 from business travelers. No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews found. Business registration is active and verifiable.

Risk Factors
2
  • Email contact uses a free Gmail address (villagermotelsk@gmail.com) rather than a domain-owned email — unusual but not uncommon for small rural motels.
  • Page loads Google Tag Manager and Google Maps externally, which is standard for booking sites but worth noting for privacy-conscious users.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain is 11 years old with consistent business registration and presence in official directories since 2017.
  • Listed on major booking platforms (Booking.com, Kayak, Agoda, TripAdvisor) with positive guest reviews praising cleanliness and staff.
  • Phone number and address verified across multiple independent sources and match official business records.
  • Zero antivirus detections, zero browser blocklist flags, and zero abuse reports on the hosting IP.
  • Business registration is active in Canada with matching contact details and physical address in Burstall, SK.
AI Recommendation
This is a legitimate small-town motel. You can safely book a room through the site or major OTAs like Booking.com or Kayak. Standard travel precautions apply (read recent reviews, confirm pricing before checkout).
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for villagermotel.ca, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
10 yrs
Registered Jul 2015
Business registration
Active · Canada
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
2 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • Domain villagermotel.ca is 3996 days old (~11 years) and resolves to a site for a budget motel at 433 Martin Street, Burstall, Saskatchewan.
  • Phone number 306-679-2044 and email villagermotelsk@gmail.com are consistently listed across the official site, ZoomInfo, Booking.com, Kayak, and a 2017 AltaGas emergency response document.
  • Listed on major OTAs including Booking.com (positive guest quote on comfort and friendly staff), Kayak (7.1 score, clean rooms noted), Agoda (7.0 from business travelers), and TripAdvisor (no reviews yet, 5 photos).
  • Site promotes affordable rooms ($77–$99/night), kitchenettes, corporate/group stays for workers at nearby Empress Gas Plants (Plains Midstream, TransCanada, etc.), with amenities like free WiFi, laundry, RV parking.
  • No scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative reviews found in searches for scam/fraud/complaint combined with the domain, name, phone, or address.
  • Separate Burstall Motel exists at a different site; this is Villager Motel with its own Facebook page and Reddit promotional posts.
  • Homepage appears as a standard small-business motel site with booking form, room details, local focus, and no urgent or suspicious CTAs.
Positive reviews (2)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Booking.comopen

    "this is a small town lodging that was quite comfortable for my stay. The staff was very friendly."

  • Kayak / Agodaopen

    "The hotel rooms are clean and well supplied, providing a comfortable place to spend the night."

Business registration
Status: active · Canada

Listed at 433 Martin Street / 433 Main St, Burstall, SK S0N 0H0 with phone 306-679-2044; appears in business directories, emergency response plans, and booking sites since at least 2017

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for villagermotel.ca and found no scam reports or complaints. Instead, we found positive guest reviews on Booking.com (praising friendly staff and comfort) and Kayak (7.1 rating, clean rooms noted). Business registration data confirms the motel is active and listed in official directories and emergency response documents since at least 2017. Phone and address details are consistent across Booking.com, Kayak, Agoda, and local records.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
Has contact info, but not on the site's domain
Emails on site's domainNone
Free-mail addressesvillagermotelsk@gmail.com
Phone numbers306-679-2044
Postal addressPresent
Linked social profiles1
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No email uses the site's own domain — legitimate shops usually do.
  • Contact address uses a free-mail provider (gmail.com) — unusual for a real business.
  • Page impersonates Google on a non-official domain.
  • Phone number listed (306-679-2044).
  • Postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age11 years old
RegistrarGo Daddy Domains Canada, Inc
RegisteredJul 8, 2015
ExpiresJul 8, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.2
IssuerDigiCert Inc · RapidSSL TLS RSA CA G1
ExpiresSep 5, 2026 (80d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingGoDaddy.com, LLC
Server locationUS
Web serverApache
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://villagermotel.ca/
  • 2200https://villagermotel.ca/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPGoDaddy.com, LLC
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on villagermotel.ca and not a lookalike like v-illagermotel.ca.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
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Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on villagermotel.ca. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • villagermotel.ca passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 81/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. villagermotel.ca presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · RapidSSL TLS RSA CA G1, expiring in 80 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • villagermotel.ca is 10.9 years old, registered on 7/8/2015 through Go Daddy Domains Canada, Inc. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report villagermotel.ca as clean.
  • No. villagermotel.ca is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • villagermotel.ca resolves to an IP operated by GoDaddy.com, LLC in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 17, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around villagermotel.ca have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·villagermotel.ca
SAFE

Villager Motel is a legitimate budget motel in Burstall, Saskatchewan, operating for 11 years with consistent business registration, positive guest reviews on major booking platforms, and no scam reports or complaints.

This is a legitimate small-town motel. You can safely book a room through the site or major OTAs like Booking.com or Kayak. Standard travel precautions apply (read recent reviews, confirm pricing before checkout).

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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