Reviews
New Zealand Coach Tours

The tour was well-planned and the itinerary was interesting and helpful in learning about New Zealand. Sally was terrific in suggesting ideas for our time before and following the tour. Our driver, Gary, was phenomenal—always on time and very knowledgeable about the places we visited. Also generous with his time in sharing ideas for our free time. His concern for his passengers and his desire to keep everyone happy, were amazing. We were lucky to have such a professional and personable leader. He set the tone for the group and made the tour much more than just another bus tour. Thank you, Gary!

Sally helped us with our planning and was so professional, prompt, and knowledgeable. The tour was well-organized, and the participants were very pleasant, on time, and drama free. The tour leader and driver were great.

Great trip! Driver and tour director were very knowledgeable, personable and professional. We wanted a one-time bucket list trip and this gave us all of that and more. Hotels, food, tours, coach were excellent. Our tour director made our trip so stress free. New Zealand is beautiful and we are so happy we picked a top-rated company.

I firstly want to highlight Sally Laurie who helped my friend and I throughout the entire process. She was very informative and kept us on track throughout the many months of our preparation. It was amazing working with her.

Other mentions would be our bus driver who took us to Hobbiton; I can’t recall the name but she was an older lady who was fun and vibrant and made the experience there and back brilliant.

Lastly, I’d like to say that our guide Leftie was amazing. I’m thankful to have had him as our tour guide; he was a wealth of information and was just fun and spontaneous and just a great guy to be around. He suggested the Wētā Workshop that my friend and I visited after the tour and it was amazing-and we have our outstanding guide to thank for that.

Overall…amazing trip. I was shocked it was only four of us on the trip as previous interactions with tours usually had a cap of like 6 or 7 or more for the trip to happen, but I’m glad they didn’t cancel it so that my friend and I could have a one in a lifetime experience. I’ll definitely advise those I know to visit NZ and to use this company.

We loved the tour / accomodations were first class / coach was awesome , but Chris Hannah our driver made the trip for us. Would highly recommend the Ultimate Small group tour

The tour was wonderful and a Paul our tour guide was great. My only suggestions are as follows: some of the gourmet meal portions were a bit small and include more 2 night stays with a little more free time or a few later starts.

Excellent support by Chelsea Sharman, Relaxing Journeys, prior to the start of the tour. Group size made for enjoyable touring. Tour guide was engaging, knowledgeable, and funny. Nothing was a problem because Paul, tour guide, made the trip seamless. Accommodation, meals, and attractions were 5 STAR. Thank you for a great adventure.

Our tour driver Chris was great and all of the people in our group were delightful! Georgina was so helpful with all of our planning questions and organizing the Australia part of our trip.

This is the way to see New Zealand both North and South Islands. The bus was luxurious and our group of 20 was very comfortable and never so large so as to be disorganized. We had an outstanding coach captain and driver, Paul, who presented his country very well.

The coach tour was excellent especially our guide Nick and coach drivers Megan & Alex. They were very knowledgable and had great empathy and communication skills to people of all ages and works of live. Our accommodation was OK. We had three in the room although on three occasions it was only set up for two. Too much buffet food and too similar throughout the tour. I really enjoyed the ala carte style dinners. The pace could have been a bit faster. 6o’clock wake up calls could have been later as all on tour were very efficient in packing, breakfast and boarding the bus. We really enjoyed the tour and met some great people. We would certainly recommend Grand Pacific to our family and friends. Thanks also to Georgina Clark for all her efficient and prompt service and various communiques. It was most appreciated.

Thoroughly enjoyable! From our perspective, this is the only way to tour both islands. Marie, our agent at Relaxing Journeys was very helpful and answered all questions in a timely manner. Transfers to/from the airports were handled in a professional manner. The coach is very comfortable and makes plenty of stops for tours and breaks. Even though each seat in the coach is wonderful, Grand Pacific has a seat rotation plan that will move you to different seats throughout the entire coach during the tour – nobody has a bad seat. Hotels were the best in the area, and the included meals were varied and delicious. We had a change in drivers during the tour and can say without reservation that both John and Roger took excellent care of everyone. The tours were interesting, and in some cases unusual. The optional Skipper’s Canyon tour in Queenstown allowed us to view fantastic landscape – you may be annoyed by sand flies, so make certain you bring some insect repellent. The overnight Doubtful Sound cruise was also a highlight and provided fantastic views. Don’t overpack – You’ll find laundry facilities during the journey, and two of the hotels have a free guest laundry. Loved the trip!

It was well organised and the arrangements were excellent. We had a fantastic time seeing this beautiful country. Special thanks to the tour captains and tour leader who took good care of all of us.