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 enlarge | Author: Adrienne Rewi
Publisher: Frommer's
Category: Book
List Price: $21.99
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 773676
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 508
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0764542923
Dewey Decimal Number: 919.3044
UPC: 785555873926
EAN: 9780764542923
ASIN: 0764542923
Publication Date: February 27, 2004
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fonner's New Zealand October 21, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Somehow I received and was charged for 2 books. I only wanted 1 book. Any ideas?
 Frommer's New Zealand March 26, 2007
An excellent planning guide, especially the tips about school holidays and how to avoid the crowds.
Good insights from a native February 17, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I thought this book had good coverage of the major locations most Americans would visit in New Zealand. More importantly, the author is a native of NZ and as such, she seemed to have some good insights into the local viewpoint. I had no difficulty finding the information I needed about every location we wanted to visit and every major hotel or restaurant that interested us. This book is probably not well suited to those who want to backpack through NZ on the cheap. It's aimed at the middle-class traveler who wants to stay in an actual hotel and eat in restaurants.
 OK December 19, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This guide is OK if you're rich and want to only hit the big touristy areas. If you don't like sitting on a tour bus and don't mind sleeping at a hostel and want to see the little towns then avoid this one and get the Lonely Planet guide instead. I just got back from New Zealand and basically didn't use this book at all. Not a great investment. Couldn't find most of the small towns in this book at all.
 Good, but not complete November 7, 2006
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I planned a trip to New Zealand in the fall of 2006 using this book and a few other New Zealand travel guides. In the past, I found Frommer's guides to be complete and packed with great recommendations for places to go, where to stay, etc. This book lacked in all of those respects.
The accomodation sections seemed to be a list of the most expensive accomodation for any given area, with no regard for the value of the stay for your money. That the author learned a lot about high-end hotels in researching this book isn't surprising since Frommer's allows their authors to accept complimentary accomodation. But as a reader I expect to get a lot more good recommendations for places in the 'moderate' and 'inexpensive' price ranges.
Aside from leaving out budget accomodation recommendations, some parts of the country aren't covered at all. At first this made planning my trip quite difficult, but fortunately other more complete guidebooks included extensive information about those areas.
If you're only going to get one book to plan your trip to New Zealand, don't get this one. If you're looking to augment your research this could be a great pick, particularly if you're interested in a comparison of well-appointed hotels. Don't expect a book comparable to the "Europe on $XX / day".
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