New Zealand Self Drive Tour Reviews

Merry Christmas Joe,

I haven’t given up on returning to NZ to “Finish our Trip”, though it might be another year or two. But you can be sure you will be the first to know.

Thank you again for putting together such a wonderful trip for us.

Mark, Renee, Adam and Jennie Greenstein - Calafornia USA

Hi Christine, we had such a wonderful trip!

We were very pleased with the accommodations, cars and activities, plus your detailed instructions made everything so easy! I would certainly give you the highest recommendation. The highlights of the trip for me were the stay on Wahaike  and The Milford sound boat overnight.

 Thank you so much for arranging such a great vacation for us!

Cheers,

Suzanne Alley & Mark McGriff  - USA

Hi Deb,

I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you personally for all of your efforts in helping to create our perfect holiday.

My reason for wanting to go to New Zealand was because my Mum used to always talk about going to New Zealand.  Mum passed away last year and never got the chance so this was my way of honoring her dream as well as my own.

Allan and I got to see and do things that we never thought we would and no holiday we take again will ever be as good as our trip to New Zealand. As requested, I have attached some holiday snaps.  Lots of snow in November was not something we were expecting but was a fabulous bonus!

Thanks again for all of your efforts.

Allan Donaldson & Wendy Crow – Victoria, Australia

We had been to New Zealand a long time ago for business, but only had a few days to get a taste for this incredible country. We had an idea of what we wanted to do when we had the opportunity to return. Jo Taylor worked with us to craft an itinerary that really was spot on. The accommodations were places we would never have found on our own, and they thought of all the details regarding activities, itinerary, transfers, etc. Hiring Jo, and the First Light team was a great decision for us!

Adam & Marsha Rujan - USA

We wanted to thank you for organizing our travel to New Zealand and Australia and I'll be back! Jo Taylor has selected the itinerary to meet our needs. Also, Jo Taylor was really helpful to reschedule weather related events during our journey.

The journey was great!

Grzegorz Banas & Danuta Rarus-Banas - USA

Allan and I could not more highly recommend First Light Travel. Our dealings with Deb Evans were first class. Deb's responses to all our questions were answered promptly and were always informative and helpful. As for our trip to beautiful New Zealand, it outshone all of our expectations. Both Al and I have ticked off so many dreams on our buckets lists! Allan with the beautiful golf courses he played and me seeing some magical waterfalls. The highlight of the trip for both of us was the flight into Milford Sound as was suggested by Deb. It was the most spectacular and breathtaking thing that either of us have ever done. Since our home, we have told all of our friends that they need to plan a holiday in beautiful New Zealand and would not hesitate to recommend First Light Travel to them to help plan their trip. Thank you so much Deb. Kind Regards

Allan Donaldson & Wendy Crow - Australia

Judith planned the New Zealand trip for my dad and me. It was amazing. We enjoyed every part of it! The accommodations were more than perfect and they were located in the most beautiful places. We did have some trouble during our trip and the only thing we had to do was call First Light Travel. Judith, Anne and Jo were always there to help. We can’t thank you enough!

Corina Cuijpers and Bert Clement - Holland

Hi Melissa,

We are just now getting back to normal from traveling so sorry for the delay, but we had the most amazing time of our lives! We couldn't have asked for a better honeymoon! You were beyond helpful and we appreciate your work in making everything run smoothly even with our last minute changes. We will definitely write a great review and I will personally tell everyone I know that they should do as we did traveling with First Light. When we can come back we will let you know!

Again thank you so much for all of your help in making our honeymoon the best that it could be and more!

Thank you,

Devin Bahnsen & Zach Oliver - USA

We just returned from the trip of a lifetime for 22 days in New Zealand, with a little Australia thrown in at the end. It would have never been nearly as enjoyable without the help of Deb Evans at FirstLightTravel. She went out of her way to help us when we were in the planning phase. And once we were in New Zealand, the entire trip went flawlessly from start to finish. There were so many times that we commented, "That would never have happened if not for Deb's help and suggestions!" We have already recommended that our children use FirstLightTravel when they get the opportunity to do this trip. Couldn't have been better--well done Deb and First Light Travel!!!!

Mary and Wayne Gillespie & Robert and Lorraine Keeth  - USA

From the beginning Jo has been exceptional!! And she had to deal with planning a trip for 5 people, all who had never been to NZ, only having 8 days and of course wanting to see North and South!!! She had her hands full with us but handled it beautifully. Especially when our departure flight to get to NZ was cancelled, Jo helped us figure out which excursions to keep and which to let go and communicated with the excursion company to pick us up from the airport. Even throughout the journey, there were a few hiccups, none of which were the fault of Jo's, but she helped us and was very easy to communicate with. We all loved our trip and most definitely want to go back to NZ and would use First Light Travel again and Jo!!!!

Dani & Ben Wehrle - USA