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Under $200
Send your mum into the city this Mother's Day with a $139 package she can share with your dad. A night in the Mercure Hotel Windsor - right on Queen Street in Auckland - comes with full buffet breakfast for two and a Mother's Day chocolate platter, and costs $139. Stay on May 9, 10, 11 or 12.
Contact: Accor Hotels, 0800 444 422
On the web: www.accorhotels.co.nz
Under $400
Take a two-night autumnal break at Queenstown's Millbrook Resort and a bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne will be waiting for you in the room. Daily breakfasts for two are included. The room rate is discounted to $257 a night, on the condition that at least two consecutive nights are booked. The offer is available until May 31.
Contact: Millbrook Resort, (03) 441 7000
On the web: www.jasons.com/hotdeal
Under $700
Fly to Brisbane from Auckland or Wellington, stay seven nights in a studio room at Broadwater Keys Motel and pay $699 each, twin-share. Step it up to eight nights and you'll get the ninth and 10th nights for free. Return flights to New Zealand are included. Book by May 12 and travel between May 1 and November 30. However, close-out dates apply for the accommodation between October 23 and 26. An accommodation surcharge also applies when bookings are between June 28 and July 13 or between September 20 and October 5.
Contact: United Travel, 0800 468 684
On the web: www.unitedtravel.co.nz
Under $1000
A three-night "unlimited golf" package at the five-star Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas Resort is priced from $929 each, twin-share, and comes with daily breakfasts and electric buggy to get around the golf course where you can play unlimited rounds of golf. Flights from New Zealand can be arranged. Travel by October 1 and book by September 24.
Contact: House of Travel, 0800 838 747
On the web: www.houseoftravel.co.nz
Under $2100
Fly to Johannesburg and back for $2099 each, anytime before November 30, though there's a 12-hour stop-over in Bangkok on the way back to New Zealand which is not covered for accommodation or transfers. Travel in December is $2389 return. These discounted prices are only available for cash, cheque and Eftpos payments.
Contact: Itchyfeet Travel, (09) 353 2626
On the web: www.itchyfeet.co.nz
