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Under $140
Two nights in the new Oaks Club Resort, Queenstown, is $139 each twin-share this month. Choose from a hotel-style room or apartment-style accommodation.
Contact: House of Travel, 0800 838 747
On the web: www.houseoftravel.co.nz
Under $530
Stay four nights at Ipanema Hotel in Surfers Paradise for the price of three nights at $525.
Really unwind by staying for seven nights and pay $875 - the standard five-night price. These are room rates for two people.
The four-star hotel is half-way between Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach.
Contact: Octopus Travel, 0800 450 485
On the web: www.octopustravel.co.nz
Under $1760
Hawaii for three nights - and the airfares to get you there and back to Auckland are priced from $1759 each, twin-share. Add $110 each for travel from Wellington or Christchurch. Book by November 15. Travel by December 21.
Contact: Flight Centre, 0800 354 448
On the web: www.flightcentre.co.nz.
Under $1790
Get to London or Amsterdam from Auckland with a $1789 return airfare from April next year, though there is a 17-hour stopover in Seoul on the way there and a three-hour stopover on the way back.
Korean Airlines departs for London daily between April 1 and June 14 or between September 1 and October 31. You can choose to keep going, landing instead in Amsterdam, Paris, or Rome. Paris return is $1799 each and Rome is $1809 return.
Government taxes are about an extra $287 each.
Book and pay by December 6. Credit card payments do not qualify for this discounted price.
Contact: Itchyfeet Travel, (09) 353 2626 or email info@itchyfeet.co.nz
On the web: www.itchyfeet.co.nz
Under $2500
Ten days exploring Australia's "fair dinkum" Outback pubs and wineries - with a tour guide - is under $2500 each (A$2075) on a twin-share basis during March next year.
Book any of the 2008 tours directly with Aussie Outback Safaris and you'll receive a 10 per cent discount.
Other tours include the Pacific Highway and Great Ocean Road, cattle stations or a houseboat tour through the Clare Valley and Barossa wineries region.
Contact: Aussie Outback Safaris in Auckland, (09) 473 7738 or email doug@aussiesafaris.com
On the web: www.aussiesafaris.com
