Discover the Charm of New Zealand Your Tailored Adventure Awaits!

First off, even if you don’t live in the West LA area where the office is located, thanks to modern technology, you could most of the planning with Best of NZ over the phone or email. I highly recommend it!

Anyway, I usually like planning my own trips, but with planning my own wedding I got overwhelmed planning such a big trip to NZ on my own! Luckily, I found Karen (a Kiwi herself!) at Best of New Zealand. She prepared the most wonderful honeymoon for my husband and I. My husband and I have very busy work schedules and with a wedding, we had a budget so Karen was great with listening to our timeline and budget needs. She started off with the basics: where do you want to go (North and/or South Island), what types of activities do you want to do, approximately how many days, any specific dates, what is your budget, and travel style. After answering these questions, Karen was able to give us advice about what a feasible time to do everything with a certain budget and when the best time to go.

Within a short time later we had our itinerary planned for our review and she adjusted as needed based on the possible excursions we wanted to do. From there, she booked all flights and hotels, then slowly added our excursions. The trip was amazing and memorable AND met our goals, budget, and timeline. She sent us our flight information, complete daily itinerary (including when to call to confirm bookings) on paper and on an app on my phone, booking vouchers, NZ travel information, and a map all in the mail.

Hotels were either first rate and/or in the best locations so we did not have to spend our time driving in the city and searching for parking, also even had laundry here and there which was helpful! It was efficient as we saw some cities and some countryside and explored much of the island and never drove more than 3-4 hours a day (unless we decided to visit something extra). It was a nice balance of some travel (but not too much) and short stays when appropriate (but not too long in any one place). It was also a nice balance of scheduled activities vs a day for you to explore on your own so that we weren’t overwhelmed with doing too much or doing too little.

We could not have been more pleased. Many thanks to Karen for making a memorable trip. We are so glad we sought help from someone so knowledgeable and helpful.