Originally Posted by
BSBtraveller
NZ is expensive.
NZ can be expensive, if you allow it to be, but so can Thailand. It all depends on the type of trip you take. If you fly down in paid J and stay at hotels the whole time and rent a car and do all the heli trips and tourist journeys, you can rack up a big bill. If you don't, you won't.
My last 10 day trip to NZ cost me and my partner around $5000 US total including air, which included 2 full days of guided fishing at a cost of $1000 US. I am convinced that I could probably go down for 10 days for $2000-$3000 if I really wanted to.
YMMV.