Flights and bikes

Hi all,

possibly the most requently-asked question of them all ! I'm looking
to fly in to Auckland in mid Jan 04, staying for 4 weeks being a
tourist. I've done the trudge around the usul websites - expedia,
opodo, travelbag etc, and have so far come up with a price of £700
ish. Does anyone know of anything better?

Secondly, I was vaguely thinking of hiring a motorbike to get around
the country - what do I need to look out for - eg easy to hire, how
much etc (i'm 22 so insurance may be a problem)

Thanks in advance


Pauline )

"Pauline" wrote in message
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Hi all,

possibly the most requently-asked question of them all ! I'm looking
to fly in to Auckland in mid Jan 04, staying for 4 weeks being a
tourist. I've done the trudge around the usul websites - expedia,
opodo, travelbag etc, and have so far come up with a price of £700
ish. Does anyone know of anything better?


Try a couple of decent travel agents

I suggest STA, who specialise in youth and student fares
and Trailfinders.

Secondly, I was vaguely thinking of hiring a motorbike to get around
the country - what do I need to look out for - eg easy to hire, how
much etc (i'm 22 so insurance may be a problem)


This company hires bikes to those over 21
but they wont rent you anything bigger than 600cc
if your under 25

http://www.motorcycle-hire.co.nz/

Keith

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wrote on 18/10/03 3:49 AM:

Hi all,

possibly the most requently-asked question of them all ! I'm looking
to fly in to Auckland in mid Jan 04, staying for 4 weeks being a
tourist. I've done the trudge around the usul websites - expedia,
opodo, travelbag etc, and have so far come up with a price of £700
ish. Does anyone know of anything better?

Might help if we knew where you were travelling from - oh the 700 thingies -
I guess its UK, right? That is peak season so you probably can't go much
cheaper. In August we'd find it hard to go under $NZ2000 to the UK, whereas
off-season they'll just about pay you (I wish). Have you tried the usual
suspects for web-deals - Thai, MAS, Emirates etc?

Vicki

On 17 Oct 2003 07:49:21 -0700, (Pauline) wrote:

Hi all,

possibly the most requently-asked question of them all ! I'm looking
to fly in to Auckland in mid Jan 04, staying for 4 weeks being a
tourist. I've done the trudge around the usul websites - expedia,
opodo, travelbag etc, and have so far come up with a price of £700
ish. Does anyone know of anything better?

Secondly, I was vaguely thinking of hiring a motorbike to get around
the country - what do I need to look out for - eg easy to hire, how
much etc (i'm 22 so insurance may be a problem)

Thanks in advance


Pauline )

Try your local travel agent first.
From him/her, if he/she cannot find you a suitable price, you will be
able to have obtained the names of airlines that fly the route.

Alternatively, scan through misc.immigration.australia+nz as there are
often people posting to find out where one can obtain good price fares
particularly from the UK.

Cath

"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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"Pauline" wrote in message
om...
Hi all,

possibly the most requently-asked question of them all ! I'm looking
to fly in to Auckland in mid Jan 04, staying for 4 weeks being a
tourist. I've done the trudge around the usul websites - expedia,
opodo, travelbag etc, and have so far come up with a price of £700
ish. Does anyone know of anything better?


Try a couple of decent travel agents

I suggest STA, who specialise in youth and student fares
and Trailfinders.

Secondly, I was vaguely thinking of hiring a motorbike to get around
the country - what do I need to look out for - eg easy to hire, how
much etc (i'm 22 so insurance may be a problem)


This company hires bikes to those over 21
but they wont rent you anything bigger than 600cc
if your under 25

http://www.motorcycle-hire.co.nz/

Keith

Anyhoo, you don't need a bike bigger than 600cc as the roads are windy
(yeah!) and the police are very active. If you are tall enough, an XT600
Yamaha is perfect. There are several firms who hire these. Good on road
manners, and you can explore the gravel roads and tracks. Me and the
Pillion-in-a-Million put in about 15,000km a year two-up and mostly on a
F650 BMW which is quite similar to the Yamaha. A bike is the BEST way to see
NZ.

Regards

Nigel in NZ

--"Have you hugged your bike today?"--

Thanks so much everyone for the suggestions - particularly about what
type of motorbike to hire !

Pauline.

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On 17 Oct 2003 07:49:21 -0700, (Pauline) wrote:

Hi all,

possibly the most requently-asked question of them all ! I'm looking
to fly in to Auckland in mid Jan 04, staying for 4 weeks being a
tourist. I've done the trudge around the usul websites - expedia,
opodo, travelbag etc, and have so far come up with a price of £700
ish. Does anyone know of anything better?

Secondly, I was vaguely thinking of hiring a motorbike to get around
the country - what do I need to look out for - eg easy to hire, how
much etc (i'm 22 so insurance may be a problem)

Thanks in advance


Pauline )

Try your local travel agent first.
From him/her, if he/she cannot find you a suitable price, you will be
able to have obtained the names of airlines that fly the route.

Alternatively, scan through misc.immigration.australia+nz as there are
often people posting to find out where one can obtain good price fares
particularly from the UK.

Cath