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Under $135
Gisborne's Portside Hotel has halved the price of its room rates for Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until the end of September.
A one-bedroom harbour suite is now $130 a night and a guest room is $110. Check-in is not until 2pm, but there's a late check-out of 11am.
Contact: Portside Hotel, (06) 869 1000
On the web: www.jasons.com/hotdeal
Under $280
Parehua Country Estate in the Wairarapa is putting on all the treats it can muster for a hot winter deal - available right through to spring.
Just outside the historic Martinborough village and surrounded by vineyards, Parehua Country Estate is offering two nights in a luxury lakeside suite for $279 a person, share twin. The package includes cooked breakfast daily and, for each room booked, a bottle of wine and a $50 meal voucher for Est Restaurant in Martinborough. And you don't have to check out until 3pm. As long as rooms are available, this deal is valid until September 30.
Contact: House of Travel, 0800 838 747.
On the web: www.houseoftravel.co.nz
Under $340
Get court-side in New York in August and September for the fourth and final "grand slam" of the year - the US Tennis Open.
Accommodation deals during the two-week event include the Milford Plaza Hotel, with rooms starting at $336.50 a night, twin-share. The two-star hotel is in the heart of Broadway's theatre district. This deal is available until September 13.
Contact: Octopus Travel, 0800 450 485
On the web: www.octopustravel.co.nz
Under $1720
Jet away from winter to four nights in the exotic Hua Hin at Evason Hua Hin Resort and Spa and you'll get a two-night stop-over in Bangkok at Dusit Thani Bangkok.
Priced from $1715 each, twin-share, the package includes return Thai Airways flights from Auckland. Add $220 each if travelling from Wellington and $250 from Christchurch. Airport transfers in Thailand and daily breakfasts are included. Bookings are open until October 31 for travel between August 1 and October 31.
Contact: House of Travel, 0800 838 747
On the web: www.houseoftravel.co.nz
Under $2950
Holiday in Argentina for four nights, spend half a day touring Buenos Aires and dine while watching a tango show. Travel this month of next for $2949 each, twin-share. This package must be booked by July 31 and travel is from now until August 31.
Contact: Flight Centre, 0800 354448
On the web: www.flightcentre.co.nz
