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Accommodation
Across New Zealand you can bed down in historic guesthouses, facility-laden hotels, uni-
form 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. Accom-
modation is most in demand (and at its priciest) during the summer holidays from Christ-
mas to late January, at Easter, and during winter in snowy resort towns like Queenstown.
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 online listings, check out the websites of the
Automobile Association
(AA;
0800
500 444;
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 Auckland, Wellington and Christ-
church. Here you can still find budget accommodation 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 in NZ pops up in the middle of cities, in rural
hamlets and on stretches of isolated coastline, ranging 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, ba-
con, sausages…). Some B&B hosts may also cook dinner for guests and advertise dinner,
bed and breakfast (DB&B) packages.
