Whangamata has cemented itself as the top summer holiday spot for the fifth year running, according to home booking website Bookabach.
The site measures total nights booked across the 6604 homes which belong to its site across nearly six weeks, December 1 to January 11. Kiwi holidaymakers booked 2506 nights at the Coromandel town, beating Wanaka which was booked for 2222 nights, a record which meant it retained second.
Bookabach CEO Peter Miles said average rental prices for the top 10 destinations increased by 5 per cent to $326 per night.
Luxury getaways in Queenstown and Waiheke Island remained high on the agenda with renters willing to pay an average nightly rental of $440 or above for those locations.
"Holidaymakers, probably many of them Aucklanders, were happy to pay an average of $466 per night for a place at Oneroa to get away from the city during the Christmas and New Year break," Mr Miles said.
