New Zealand Self Drive Tour Reviews

 

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Here’s what our guests have to say about First Light Travel.

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Ricky Mansukhani & Surina Dugar

5
Holiday New Zealand
Singapore

I will personally recommend First Light Travel to anyone I know who intends to visit New Zealand. From the minute I got in touch with them, their travel consultant Michelle Srzich quickly responded to me and I was able to swiftly plan my holiday out. She personally took charge of booking all accommodations and activities for my partner and myself. Everything was swiftly booked within 3 days of me getting in touch with First Light Travel. They also recommended me certain activities in each place that I could do. What was even more impressive was the value added service that was provided while I was in New Zealand itself. Unfortunately, I happened to be there at the time where Cyclone Gita was hitting the west coast and I had plans to drive up the coast during the exact period the storm hit. I got in touch with Michelle the day before the storm was scheduled to hit and she managed to change my itinerary around at such speed so that we would not be right at the forefront of the storm. I thought this was really impressive service and I am very grateful to her and First Light Travel for that. Many companies might not even do this much for the customer at such short notice. Clearly, their customer focus is of utmost importance to them and this is why I will always recommend them to anyone who wants to visit New Zealand. I really loved the country and we found that people were really friendly and helpful. I wish Michelle and First Light Travel all the best. New Zealand is a wonderful country and I know for sure I will be back again and again!

Ricky Mansukhani & Surina Dugar – Singapore


Carol Harding & Doug Jermyn

5
Kayaking in New Zealand
Canada

Never would I have thought that a holiday of this length of time, occurring so far from home and with such a variety of desires and needs could be so easily arranged. Trust me, were it not for Jo Taylor of First Light Travel I doubt if we would have been able to see so much, do so many things, participate in so many activities and travel from top to bottom of the country.The ease with which our holiday was arranged was incredible. Jo's ability to listen to our wishes, to respond to our inquiries and questions so promptly and to keep US the focus of the whole process made arranging the trip incredibly easy. For superb, attentive and accurate arrangements this is the company to deal with. Our trip was done without a hitch, well we did run over one traffic pylon with the campervan :) and with total pleasure and enjoyment.

Thank you Jo. You rock!

Carol Harding & Doug Jermyn - Canada


Eric Van Rhienen and Sabine De Prest

5
christmas
Belgium

Dear Shelly

We are still jetlagged and drag ourselves to work each day…? It is hard to get motivated. But we have to. The trip was very good. We are happy with your communication and organization of the trip. We think this was a great way of doing it and all was clearly detailed in the travel arrangements. I would do this way again as it was very well mapped out.

We had a great journey. We will come back to you soon .

Kind regards, Sabine

Eric Van Rhienen and Sabine De Prest – Belgium


Jordon Kruse and Family

5
Paragliding Queenstown
USA

We had an amazing trip in NZ! Our First Light Travel itinerary was perfect for our family. We combined some very physical, active days with relaxing ones towards the end of our trip. We would highly recommend First Light Travel to anyone planning travel to New Zealand!

Jordon Kruse and Family - USA


Jerri Carroll & Rhonda Matini

5
Hooker Valley
Hobbiton
Tasman Glacier
Routeburn Track
Routeburn Track 2
USA

Our trip to New Zealand was everything we thought it would be and more! The accommodations and tours were exactly what we wanted. From the Hobbiton tour to the Marlborough wine region to hiking in multiple national parks, our varied interested were satisfied. This trip would not have been possible without First Light Travel's assistance. Thank you! We will recommend First Light Travel to everyone!

Jerri Carroll & Rhonda Matini - USA


Marissa Smith & Rocco Docimo's Honeymoon

5
Dart River
South Island
NZ Wilderness
Queenstown
Hiking NZ
USA

We had such a wonderful experience working with First Light Travel for our trip to New Zealand! Jo was FANTASTIC, and helped us plan the perfect vacation and honeymoon. We were so pleased with all the the fun activities, comfortable accommodations, and detailed planning that she did for us. She listened to all of our ideas and preferences, and created an incredible vacation package that we never would have been able to put together ourselves. And she made the process so easy and stress-free. Every detail was extremely well thought out and executed, right down to the itinerary and travel materials she mailed to us. Most of all though, Jo was an absolute pleasure to work with! We cannot thank Jo and First Light Travel enough for such a positive experience and the memorable vacation they put together for us!

Marissa Smith & Rocco Docimo - USA


Lauren & Hannah Deevy

5
Beautiful NZ
UK

My sister and I had the trip of a lifetime organised by First Light Travel which involves us driving around the South Island of New Zealand for a two week holiday. From the initial phone call and emails, the service I received was to the highest standard. We were in contact with Kasey Yee who couldn’t have been more helpful in planning the trip which was catered to our specific criteria. Within a few days of giving Kasey an idea of the type of trip we wanted (adventure holiday with sightseeing and not too many long hikes), she had organised the perfect itinerary for us. There was always the option to change anything that we weren’t happy with but we didn’t feel the need to change anything at all. Kasey made the whole process extremely easy for us and I couldn’t recommend this option enough if you are like us and didn’t want to spend months planning every fine detail of the holiday. Really had the best holiday and it couldn’t have been less hassle for us.

Lauren & Hannah Deevy (UK)


Bruce & Diane Moorhead

5
Golf New Zealand
USA

We used First Light Travel for our month's stay in New Zealand. Somewhat timid at first to fork over the money to someone unseen and unknown but it all worked out perfectly. The back and forth went very smoothly, changes were accepted without any fuss, and they handed us a perfect vacation that was hassle free. We referred to their itinerary sheet as “the bible”; it was very detailed. They suggested things we might enjoy in addition to the golfing aspect of the trip which was our main intent. The best recommendation I can give is that at the end of the trip we really didn't want to go home, even with the constant travel we had a relaxing fabulous time because First Light Travel made it easy, and we knew they always had our backs if something went wrong.

Bruce & Diane Moorhead (USA)


Peter and Farideh Walter

5
Diving in New Zealand
Sweden

We went for a 1 week dive holiday where we used a rental car to get around. First light gave us a very good plan for the entire trip with an excellent mix of overnight stays and dive spots on the north part of the North Island. In all we were really happy with the variation of living from the hotel in Auckland to the honeymoon hut in Tutukaka. As we had never been in New Zealand and that we were traveling over Christmas would have been very challenging to plan ourselves.

Peter and Farideh Walter (Sweden)


Ronald, Pamela, Samuel, Karly, Talia and Rebecca Worth

5
NZ fun
USA

We loved our entire experience in New Zealand. Shelley listened to what we wanted and made changes as we continued to tweak and plan our trip. This was a huge trip for our family and we wanted it to be very special. It was! I would highly recommend using First Light Travel and Shelley. Using a New Zealand travel company made it all so seamless and easy.

Ronald, Pamela, Samuel, Karly, Talia and Rebecca Worth (USA)



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