Travelling To NZ

I plan to take touring holiday in NZ, driving myself and staying in B&B,s
does anyone know if I would be better off converting money from AU to NZ in
Australia or leave it till I get to NZ? also would someone be kind enough to
just post their "must see places" in NZ, no need to put details I will look
it up on the net. Oh, also does anyone have a good car hire company they had
a good experience with?
Thanks

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:18:31 +0930, "John H" <JohnH4999.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>One thing about hiring cars:
>If you are travelling on both islands, most hire car firms either wont let
>you
>or charge a massive surcharge if you take the vehicle from one island to the
>other.
>Better to hire a car in Sth Island and North Island independently of each
>other.
>Dropping off and picking up at exit and entry location.
<SNIP>

Hi

I too have been looking at car hire in NZ for a forthcoming trip.

What I have found is that that most large car hire firms will allow a
"single" car hire agreement covering both North and South Island
without the massive surcharge you mention.

But, the agreement is dependant on you using the Inter-island ferry.
How it apparently works is that you drop off the first car at the
ferry terminal, take the ferry across the Cook Strait and they have a
similar car waiting for you at the ferry terminal on the other side,
under the same rental agreement.

I stress that I have not actually done this yet, so do not know how
well it works in practice - hopefully without any problems. It could
be worth checking out if you were thinking of taking the ferry.


Regards

KGB