The upbeat pair won't get to the South Island as planned but hope to travel to Australia and return if transtasman routes are opened up.
"It's been a good thing, being in lockdown here because New Zealand managed the coronavirus much better than other countries," Christian said.
"We've had a unique experience," added Marvin. "We still have time to see everything we want to in the North Island and places will be more lonely now, with no other tourists - just more kiwis."
But the campervans have not arrived in numbers just yet, according to information centres.
Whangamatā Information Centre volunteer Kay Baker said while the town had got busier with the return of bach owners during level 2 pandemic alert rules, she believed domestic visitor numbers were still very low and the need to open was not urgent.
"Ideally, we will reopen in level 1. We have to be careful because we're volunteers and a lot of our volunteers are over 70.
"Until we see campervans coming into town, there isn't the rush."
Waihī Information Centre is open 10-4pm seven days and while inquiries for bike hire had begun, only a few people had entered on Monday.
Waihī Gold Discovery Centre owner Eddie Morrow said the centre was on reduced hours of 10am-4pm and optimism was not a strategy.
"As tourism people we tend to be an optimstic group but at the moment we need to be real.
"The in-vogue word at the moment is 'pivot'. If you had a whole lot of international visitors before, how can you appeal to the domestic market?
"It's certainly going to be challenging times. Plan for the worst, hope for the best, but have a plan," says Eddie.
He said while Tourism New Zealand was focused on promoting domestic travel by New Zealanders, many would not have much disposable income and everyone was being encouraged to explore their own backyard.
Destination Coromandel, the regional tourism operator, includes Waihī, Waihī Beach and Paeroa in its "The Coromandel" marketing, with visitor products and events promoted through thecoromandel.com.
The site promotes local information centres including Waihī, Paeroa, Tairua and Pauanui, which have all reopened, although Whangamatā Information Centre is holding off until May 25.
Tourism New Zealand chief executive Stephen England- Hall said the organisation was working with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the Departments of Conservation and Primary Industries to reimagine a tourism sector that genuinely gives back more than it takes to New Zealand.
"How do we work together to manage visitor growth and flow so that all our communities and people benefit?" was among the focus.
"We have an opportunity to listen to communities and design the future of tourism in New Zealand so that it benefits our people and our home."
In Whangamatā, requests had been made to the Annual Plan for an increase to the funding for Whangamatā Information Centre, which gets less funding than Whitianga and Thames, which are I-Sites.
