News, Updates & Fun Facts About Vehicle Rentals

Where is it more beautiful in New Zealand in autumn than Central Otago and the Southern Lakes district. It’s also a cheaper time to visit Queenstown as the summer rush is over and the winter rush doesn’t get started until June, so there are good accomodation and flight packages on offer.

Have you noticed in the news today that Air New Zealand’s profit has more than doubled and I think that I might know a couple of the reasons why.  I had one of those horrible experiences and missed my flight.  Not with Air New Zealand but with Jetstar. I have never missed a flight in my […]

Meet Paul and Jo from the Queenstown Branch.  They moved south from Blenheim four and a half years ago, quite by accident.  Jo’s parents were thinking of moving to Queenstown and couldn’t open the real estate’s email attachment so she asked Jo to do it.  They opened the attachment, flew to Queenstown and within the […]

Listed in the AA’s  list of the top 10 things to do Cruising  Doubtful Sound is one of them. We were lucky enough to do the overnight cruise with Real Journeys in December. The weather was warm and sunny which is unusual for the area as it has the highest rainfall in New Zealand.

I have been lucky enough to get some great feedback from overseas tourists in New Zealand and the Catlins is one of the special places they all rave about.  As it is off the usual route you may have missed it out on previous trip’s in the South, but it’s worth taking the detour around […]

With Waitangi Day upon us we thought it was time to reflect on some of the things that make New Zealand such a great place to visit. Check out our list of 5 things we love about our little corner of the planet.

Whitianga is a great base for exploring the Coromandel region in your rental car. Hit the road to experience some of these great local attractions or head further a field on a road trip.

My friend and her buddies are heading into port on Monday morning aboard the Costa neoRomantica  cruise ship so we are going to hire a car from Sonya at NZ Rent A Car’s handy Auckland Central car rental depot and head off to tour Hobbiton at Matamata in the Waikato region.

If you are planning a South Island trip in summer make sure you visit Akaroa on the Banks Peninsula, about 90 minutes drive from Christchurch. Organise your transportation with New Zealand Rent A Car’s Christchurch car rental team – they can even pick you up from the airport in your hire car.

Taking a road trip to the far north of New Zealand is one of the best holidays you can have in summer. Many kiwis head to Northland every year as it is a fantastic destination and a good summer here can go from November through to April. The beaches are amazing and the sea temperature […]