Tips for Booking a New Zealand Luxury Lodge
29 Jun 2020by Fine Travel
New Zealand's Luxury Lodges and Premium Properties are ideal destinations for a special occasion or a weekend away. Although they offer world leading quality, here are some tips for the current travel environment. Availability - plan ahead One of the interesting challenges we have found when working...
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How to Escape Winter...When You Can't Escape Winter
27 May 2020by Fine Travel
Quarantine measures and cases of Covid-19 still spreading in popular overseas winter destinations means that some travellers will be spending winter in New Zealand for the first time in a while. So how can you make the most of a chilly situation? Head to Northland for a Winter Retreat Although North...
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Fine Travel Expands to Domestic New Zealand and Bubble Travel
19 May 2020With our borders closed for the foreseeable future, the Government sent a clear message in the Budget that travel agents and the tourism industry have to "pivot" to Domestic and "Bubble Travel". Although we continue to book international travel for our clients who require it, this is how we are help...
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Planning Travel Around the 2020 School Holidays
29 Jan 2020by Fine Travel
When planning travel in 2020, taking into account the peak school holiday periods is a good idea. We’ve pulled together the New Zealand and Australian State and Integrated school holidays to help with your planning (for private schools please check with the school). New Zealand 2020 School Holidays ...
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WHY I LOVE NEW ZEALAND
8 Feb 2015by Irene Field
There are so many parts of New Zealand that are spectacularly beautiful, and that is not including its erstwhile citizens. Rumour has it that when God was creating the Earth, he had all of these crumbs left over – a part of each country that he had created. Thinking his work was done, he wiped his h...
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Day trips from Melbourne - The Dandenongs
15 Aug 2014If you want to get out of the hustle and bustle of Melbourne a visit to the Dandenong ranges cannot be overlooked. Located an easy 50 minute drive east from the central city, the Dandenongs comprise of a number of small villages set in a beautiful wooded landscape. The moment you start the ascent of...
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The Beauty of Daylesford Outside of Melbourne
21 Jul 2014The beauty of visiting Melbourne is that there are an incredible amount of day trips which can take you into wonderful countryside all within an easy hour and a half drive from the city. One of our favourite excursions was to Daylesford (northwest of the city) in Victoria's Spa Country. Originally s...
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