Category Archives: Backpacking & Accommodation

Free (or dirt cheap) vehicle-accessible camping areas in New Zealand

Posted on April 4, 2011 by noel in Accommodation, Backpacking & Accommodation, News, Sights & Attractions, Transport, Travel Tips, Uncategorized

Often Transfercar receives questions about where you can park your car or campervan overnight for free. It’s fair enough we think, that if you already have a place to sleep in, you shouldn’t have to spend extra cash on accommodation, so we’ve found a website that that has the answers you seek: The Department of Conservation (DOC rocks!!) manages over 250 vehicle-accessible camping areas on conservation land. Although not all of them are free, many are and others are really cheap. But remember, you...Read More

Holiday Parks in Christchurch back in business

Posted on March 30, 2011 by noel in Accommodation, Backpacking & Accommodation, Uncategorized

Transfercar is pleased to let you all know that 8 out of the 9 HAPNZ (Holiday Parks NZ) are now open and ready to take in visitors to the region following the devastating earthquake that hit Christchurch city on 22...Read More

Road Runner Rentals vs the Christchurch earthquake

Posted on March 21, 2011 by noel in Backpacking & Accommodation, News, Rental Companies, Sights & Attractions, Transport, Travel Tips

Recently, Transfercar had the pleasure of partnering up with Randall and his team at Road Runner Rentals in Christchurch, who offer quality, easy to drive campervans and motorhomes for local and international travellers in New Zealand. I’m often on the phone with Randall, discussing new deals and relocation options for travellers and find the Roadrunner crew to be a really friendly and accommodating bunch who will always do that little bit extra for their...Read More

A new landing pad for Spaceships and accommodation for wayward travellers

Posted on March 17, 2011 by noel in Accommodation, Backpacking & Accommodation, News, Rental Companies, Sights & Attractions, Transport, Travel Tips

On the wake of the massive earthquake that hit Christchurch in recent weeks, many families and companies were forced to evacuate and abandon their premises, unable to return indefinitely. As business ground to a halt, accommodation has become a big issue as hotels and backpackers etc were also forced to close their doors. One of Transfercar’s valued partners, Spaceships Rental Campervans, were one of the unfortunate rental companies to be hit hard and have now relocated to a new depot that they call...Read More

Survey shows that Australians look for travel bargains over locations

Posted on March 10, 2011 by noel in Backpacking & Accommodation, News, Sights & Attractions, Transport, Travel Tips

It’s not surprising that Australian travellers look for good deals before deciding on the location they want to travel to. When you live in a country as beautiful as OZ, who cares where you go as long as it’s cheap! A study, conducted by Internet travel company Travelzoo found that 56 per cent of Australian travellers book their holidays based purely on the best available travel deals, and not on locations. 71 percent of those surveyed also claimed that they look for package deals rather than...Read More

Don’t cancel trips to Christchurch: officials

Posted on March 3, 2011 by noel in Backpacking & Accommodation, News, Sights & Attractions, Transport, Travel Tips

Tourism officials in Christchurch have urged travellers to not let last week’s earthquake deter visits to the area. In a statement Christchurch and Canterbury Tourism chief executive Tim Hunter reassured travellers that the damage from the quake last week did not affect buildings or operations in the city’s eastern suburbs. Read the full article at Travel...Read More