New Zealand at Christmas - any MSE ideas

pandora205

Hi

My daughter and boyfriend are living in New Zealand and planning to stay until next year, so I'd love to visit and my 15 yo daughter wants to come too. Trouble is we're limited to school hols as she is doing GCSEs and want to go when it's hot, which means Christmas and New Year.

I've just started looking at prices of flights to Auckland which seem to be from around £1300 upwards, with no reductions for a 15 yo. I'll also need car hire and accommodation (daughter lives in Ahipara), which is going to cost a fortune.

Any ideas from seasoned travellers welcomed, thanks.

ailuro2

probably better to delete this and post it on the overseas travel board, there'll be more overseas veteran travellers there.;)

Christmas is always a nightmare, the earlier you can go the better, once the schools are off the prices increase dramatically.

Mum_of_3_3

pandora205 wrote: »

Hi

My daughter and boyfriend are living in New Zealand and planning to stay until next year, so I'd love to visit and my 15 yo daughter wants to come too. Trouble is we're limited to school hols as she is doing GCSEs and want to go when it's hot, which means Christmas and New Year.

I've just started looking at prices of flights to Auckland which seem to be from around £1300 upwards, with no reductions for a 15 yo. I'll also need car hire and accommodation (daughter lives in Ahipara), which is going to cost a fortune.

Any ideas from seasoned travellers welcomed, thanks.

Like Ailuro2 said you're better off posting over on the Overseas Holiday & Travel forum

However I thought I'd reply to you here as you mentioned not wanting to go when it's hot which left Christmas/New Year time. Do you mean hot here or hot over there?? As New Zealand & Australia have their summer when we have our winter, so Nov-Feb is the hottest time of the year for New Zealanders

This may give you more scope to go during the August school holidays (& maybe go for longer!)

Hope you have a fab holiday

M_o_3

EDIT: Doh! I misread your post! I thought you said you didn't want to go when it was hot, not you do want to go. Have a great time x

pandora205

Thanks - I'll post on the Overseas board.
I do want to go when it's hot, so December and Jan is fine for that. I know it would be cheaper in the summer but I'd really like a nice hot holiday this time!

(I must have posted in a hurry as I know New Zealand is not part of the UK!)

kitchpoo

As I am not at all a seasoned traveller and not knowing exchange rates, but when we were planning to see relatives over there, we sent them money to bank for us over there because they had better interest rates? Worth checking this out....for spending money etc.

crockpot

We went for xmas a few years ago and the only way to get it cheaper is to go out at the end of November if you can?

Weather at its best Jan/Feb