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independent reviews, as well as recommendations on the best places to stay. Best of all, you can book online.
Accommodation
Across the South Island you can bed down in historic guesthouses, facility-laden hotels, uniform motel units, beautifully
situated campsites, and hostels that range in character from clean-living to tirelessly party-prone.
If you're travelling during peak tourist seasons, book your bed well in advance. Accommodation is most in demand
(and at its priciest) during the summer holidays from Christmas to late January, at Easter, and during winter in snowy re-
sort towns like Queenstown. Booking ahead for accommodation in Christchurch is also advised.
Visitor information centres provide reams of local accommodation information, often in the form of folders detailing
facilities and up-to-date prices; many can also make bookings on your behalf.
For listings, check out the websites of the Automobile Association (AA; www.aa.co.nz ) and Jasons
( www.jasons.com ).
SLEEPING PRICE RANGES
The following price indicators used throughout this topic refer to a double room with bathroom during high season:
$ less than $100
$$ $100-$200
$$$ more than $200
Price ranges generally increase by 20% to 25% in Queenstown and Christchurch. Here you can still find budget ac-
commodation at up to $100 per double, but midrange stretches from $100 to $240, with top-end rooms more than
$240.
B&Bs
Bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation across the South Island pops up in the middle of cities, in rural hamlets and on
stretches of isolated coastline, with rooms on offer in everything from suburban bungalows to stately manors.
Breakfast may be 'continental' (cereal, toast and tea or coffee), 'hearty continental' (add yoghurt, fruit, home-baked
bread or muffins), or a stomach-loading cooked meal (eggs, bacon, sausages…). Some B&B hosts may also cook dinner
for guests and advertise dinner, bed and breakfast (DB&B) packages.
B&B tariffs are typically in the $120 to $180 bracket (per double), though some places charge upwards of $300 per
double. Some hosts cheekily charge hefty prices for what is, in essence, a bedroom in their home. Off-street parking is of-
ten a bonus in Christchurch and Dunedin. Resources include:
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