The planning, communication and execution was outstanding. These folks know exactly what they are doing. We have already recommended them to others who want help with planning and enjoying a road trip in NZ.
This is the second time we have used Relaxing Journeys and cannot fault any aspect of their service. We’ll be using them again in the future without hesitation.
Trip was fantastic, went smoothly with no issues checking in, good accommodation and customer service, car parking was an unexpected extra expense and slight issue in some instances.
We live in Ireland and have just returned from a wonderful, magical 35 days in New Zealand, touring both islands on a self-drive basis, organized in detail by Sally Laurie, of Relaxing Journeys. I cannot praise Sally’s efforts and organisation enough, from our initial enquiry to receiving the final itinerary. Everything worked like clockwork, and initial qualms that some days’ travel might be excessive and tiring proved not to be the case. New Zealand is a stunningly beautiful country with excellent roads, and full of friendly and helpful people, and we have returned with unforgettable memories – not to mention gigabytes of photos and videos! We thoroughly recommend the services of Sally and Relaxing Journeys.
The itinerary was great, and everything worked out exactly according to plan.
Train trip was just amazing. The outside viewing carriage made it really exciting.
The whole trip was fantastic, accommodation ranging from good to great. The car the Ezi rental people provided was brand new so no issues there. The included activities were very informative and couldn’t have found out more about the areas otherwise. The only thing I wouldn’t do again is go to Nelson unless was continuing down the west coast, nothing wrong with Nelson but it was a long way to retrace steps. On reflection 2 nights in Ta Anau would have been perfect even though we did make it to Queenstown before dark, it would have been good to spend 1 more night in that great town. Other than that, everything worked out fine apart from not being able to do the Shotover Jetboat which was out of everybody’s control. The train trip was fantastic, I would recommend that to anybody who asks. We have done 2 days on the Rocky Mountaineer and the 5 hours on this train you get to see the lot that you see on that train.
Whole process was very easy with Sally guiding me through the whole process. Not once did I get the impression that nothing was too hard to accommodate our requests and changes. I am sure Sally had a direct line to Mother Nature as the only bad weather we experienced during our 32 days was when we were travelling. At no stage did we have any of our activities interrupted by bad weather. We found most of the accommodation that was booked for us was above our expectations. There was only 1 hiccup at one motel which was outside of Sally’s control, and I raised my concerns directly with the Motel owner. Sally was informed of the problem and was very apologetic. Overall, I would most certainly use Relaxing Journeys again for my next trip to New Zealand.
We feel we saw and experienced some of the best parts of New Zealand. The timing was excellent to give us enough time between stops and also enough breaks to have some on our own time.
It was great knowing everything was planned out for you. We are older travelers but still young in mind and I think we probably should have thought more about the drive distance between places. Otherwise great holiday enjoyed by all. Thankyou to Sally Laurie who we dealt with so helpful.
The trip was well planned and organised especially given the late stage we had booked our trip.
Sally was very helpful prior to the trip, and everything was organised and ready for us when we arrived. We had a great time, and all the accommodation was great quality and central, which made things very easy. We missed the Milford Sound tour but were able to get on a later tour. There was road works between Te Anau and Milford Sounds which slowed things down, but we also did not allow enough time, which was our fault!