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Under $200
Bags your premium seat when The Phantom of the Opera is staged in Auckland this spring, and stay at Formule 1 in Wyndham St. Packages start at $195 each, twin-share, for premium show tickets between October 17 and December 4. Alternative accommodation is available at varying rates.
Contact: House of Travel, 0800 838747.
On the web: www.houseoftravel.co.nz
Under $250
Two nights for two in Nelson's Admiral's Motor Inn with cooked breakfasts and return airport transfers are $230 each for travel taken by August 30. Bookings must be for Friday and Saturday nights or Saturday and Sunday nights. Choose to stay all three nights or make it Saturday to Monday inclusive, and the rate drops to $110 a night each.
Contact: Admiral's Motor Inn, 0800 745 755.
On the web: www.jasons.com/hotdeal
Under $1800
Return airfares direct from Auckland to Adelaide, two nights in Adelaide's Majestic Roof Garden Hotel and three nights at Novotel Barossa Valley Resort plus a rental car for six days are priced from $1769 each, twin-share. Book by September 26. Travel between June 15 and August 8; between August 10 and 22; or between August 24 and October 3. Travellers can also fly out of Christchurch, via Auckland.
Contact: House of Travel, 0800 838 747.
On the web: www.houseoftravel.co.nz
Under $3500
The cruise ship Oriana heads for Auckland next year from San Francisco a 16-night journey priced from $3283 a person, twin-share. Or you can step aboard in Auckland and take the next leg to Asia. The departure from San Francisco is January 27, travelling via Honolulu, Pago Pago and Lautoka. Sailing from Auckland on February 13, Oriana travels to Hong Kong a 17-day trip via Sydney, Brisbane, the Whitsundays and Cairns, plus the rarely-visited Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Fares for this cruise start at $3486 each, twin-share, but you can stay on board for a further week for an extra $1440, travelling from Hong Kong to Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand, and disembarking in Singapore.
Contact: your travel agent or P&O Cruises, 0800 951 200.
On the web: www.pocruises.com
