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Accommodation
Across New Zealand, you can bed down in historic guesthouses, facility laden hotels, uniform
motel units, beautifully situated campsites, and hostels that range in character from clean-liv-
ing to tirelessly party-prone.
If you're travelling during peak tourist seasons, book your bed well in advance. Accommod-
ation is most in demand (and at its priciest) during the summer holidays from Christmas to late
January, at Easter, and during winter in snowy resort towns such as Queenstown.
Visitor information centres provide reams of local accommodation information, and most can
make bookings on your behalf.
best resource for on-the-track accommodation.
B&Bs
Bed-and-breakfast (B&B) accommodation is popular, popping up in the middle of cities, in rur-
al hamlets and on stretches of isolated coastline. Rooms can be in everything from suburban
bungalows to stately manors owned by the same family for generations.
Breakfast may be 'continental' (cereal, fruit, toast and tea or coffee), or a stomach-loading
cooked meal including eggs, bacon and 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.
Online resources:
Bed & Breakfast Book
(
www.bnb.co.nz
)
Bed and Breakfast Directory
(
www.bed-and-breakfast.co.nz
)
