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Under $200
Rooms that usually put you back by almost $500 a night are down to $195 a night for two people at Mountvista Boutique Hotel in Queenstown. The five-star accommodation comes with cooked breakfasts and a bathtub big enough for two. Canapes and mulled wine in front
of the fire at night are part of this package.
Contact: Wotif.com, 0800-441-092 or book on-line at www.wotif.com/hotel6973
Under $250
Five-star luxury for a night in Auckland's Langham Hotel with a bottle of bubbly, an upgrade to an executive room and complimentary use of the hotel's health club facilities costs $209 between December 15 and January 15 for two people.
Contact: The Langham Hotel, (09) 379 5132
On the web: www.jasons.com/hotdeal
Under $450
Two nights at Sydney's five-star Shangri-La Hotel this month are priced from $449 each, twin-share. Book a deluxe room overlooking Darling Harbour and, depending on availability, you'll be upgraded to a room with a view of the Opera House.
Contact: GO Holidays, 0800-464-646.
On the web: www.goholidays.co.nz
Under $900
The Whitsundays' Daydream Island Resort and Spa for seven nights will cost you $859 each, twin-share, and includes your transfers to and from the resort. Book by November 15 and travel between December 1 and 20 or between January 7 and March 31.
Contact: House of Travel, 0800-838-747
On the web: www.houseoftravel.co.nz
Under $1500
Give in to temptation and trip away to Tahiti before Christmas with a five-night holiday package on sale until the end of this month. Travel by November 30. Return flights are from Auckland and you'll get return airport transfers for your stay at the Hotel Le Mandarin, all priced from $1429 each, twin-share.
Contact: Flight Centre, 0800-354-448
On the web: www.flightcentre.co.nz
Under $2000
Return airfares to Singapore from Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch and four nights in a superior room at Furama City Centre are priced from $1999 each, twin-share this month. Travel between March 1 and 31.
Contact: Flight Centre, 0800-354-448
On the web: www.flightcentre.co.nz
Under $2260
Tennis, anyone? The Grand Slam Australian Open is on in Melbourne from January 14 to 27. Flights and accommodation packages with tickets to the tennis are on offer from $2259 a person, twin-share, giving you three nights' accommodation. This trip has set dates, departing on January 25 and returning on January 28. Your tennis tickets are for the men's and women's finals on January 26 and 27. Book by December 15.
Contact: House of Travel, 0800-838-747
On the web: www.houseoftravel.co.nz
Under $6000
Jet your way to Rome and board the cruise-ship Legend of the Seas for 13 nights' sailing to some of Italy's greatest attractions, spend a night in Rome and fly home again from $5655 a person, twin-share. Departures are between April and October next year. Meals and entertainment during the cruise are included.
Contact: Lionworld Travel, 0800-277-477 or email roger.glynan@lionworld.co.nz