New Zealand - Travel Deals

While Anzac Day is a national holiday in both Australia and New Zealand, a day to honor all those who fought in Gallipoli, Turkey during World War I, there are commemoration services in several other places as well.

This means you can either travel to Anzac Day services within Australia and New Zealand or you can pick from a host of other locations in which to mark the day.

Anzac Day falls on April 25 every year, and is a national public holiday in Australia and New Zealand. The remembrance services typically involve dawn ceremonies and parades. Below, you’ll find some suggestions on places to go for Anzac Day as well as tips to get cheap flights to wherever you plan to visit.

>> In 2012, Anzac Day is on a Wednesday.

When you first arrive in Auckland, New Zealand you may not have the impression that it is a large city. In fact, it is a large city with a very low population density. The 1.2 million people who live in the greater Auckland area reside in an area that is larger than the size of London. Despite the sprawl, Auckland is quite nice to visit and fairly easy for a visitor without a car to visit. In fact, at times it will seem like you have the whole city to yourself. That is because all of its residents are out sailing in the harbor.

Even with its low population density, Auckland is far more populated and crowded than the rest of New Zealand. It has about a fourth of the country’s total population. That means there are plenty of open, not very populated parts of the country. And frankly that is the main reason to visit New Zealand.

The countryside in the country is about as beautiful and as diverse as you will find anywhere in the world. You can ski in the morning, surf in the afternoon and soak in a thermal hot pool at night. What more could you want out of a day?

Because it is so far from the United States and other large countries, New Zealand can be an expensive flight destination. From time to time, however, you can get deals on cheap airfare to Auckland, New Zealand. This is especially the case late spring/early summer in the United States, which is the start of the winter season there.

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We get excited here on the West Coast when summer rolls around and fares to Australasia drop sharply. The latest one heads to the smaller country Down Under.

New Zealand’s got it all, from majestic mountains to sprawling meadows to rich rainforests. Qantas’ low fares now get you there for less.

Tickets must be purchased by September 1, 2006. Travel any day of the week.

A 5-day minimum stay is required – but since the flight to get over there and back is so long, we wonder who would want anything shorter???

Start your travel between July 23 and September 26, or October 17 and December 6, 2006

Sample round-trip fare from Los Angeles to Auckland – $1,009.

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