Travelling around New Zealand

My wife and I are traveling with another couple so will spit the cost of a rental car...about US$500 each for two weeks. We will cover about 2000 miles so our share of the gas is about US$400 at 18 mpg since we are getting a larger car. Without the other couple figure twice as much for the rental car for two weeks and about that much for gas if you get 36 mpg.. Then there is about US$90 for the ferry. They don''t allow rental cars on ther ferry; you exchange cars at each end.

I tried to get more information at New Zealand has a hole in the ozone and we have a hole in our POCKETS...but it sure is beautiful! who were taking a camper around NZ, so you can see what they wrote in reply (also see their following blog). If you have any further questions, you can comment on their blog.

We decided against a campervan since we were only going to be there two weeks, and there is a lack of privacy with two couples in a van. Our time is cut short in New Zealand becasue we are spending 18 days on a cruise from Honolulu to Sydney, visiting five South Pacific islands, and 3 days in Sydney.

You should be able to find the prices for each option you listed on the internet, but hopefully a fellow blogger will provide some information. Reply to this

I agree with Bob that you may not want to rent a camper van in the winter... although that may be the cheapest.

NZ has a good public transit system. You can get around fairly easily on buses and stay in hostels.

Many of the roads are narrow and have plenty of twist and turns.

John-- where are you starting out? what country?

Asia, India and South America will be the cheapest areas you travel to on your trip. Our time in NZ and Australia were more expensive than we expected and we did a fair amount of research.

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Hey,
Just a quick one on getting around and about, if your on a budget then I recommend doing some of the long trips you may have planned via intercity coaches. If you book in advance they can be really really cheap for the time spent on the road. Also you get to see the surroundings as someone else drives you :-) same as the greyhound service in America really, they were on time and yes sure its not the most space your going to get on a trip but it gets you there with friendly people to talk to. Based on my experience anyways :-)
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Yea when you get here they'll be loads advertised in the airport but if you do go with a coach company just to travel from here and there use intercity or naked bus :-) Reply to this