The TSF Travel Tips Thread
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@Bones that was just a test clip of a parking bollard in an empty carpark.
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@taniwharugby said in The TSF Travel Tips Thread:
@Bones that was just a test clip of a parking bollard in an empty carpark.
Nice "parking bollard"...
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@Bones you would know, it was there when you had a beer that time!
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@taniwharugby said in The TSF Travel Tips Thread:
@Bones you would know, it was there when you had a beer that time!
Did I sit on it?
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Weird stuff as our flight home got cancelled, but we ended up booking a flight that left 30 minutes earlier... On the plus side, it's a dreamliner, so we forked out the extra $50 each to fly business class (no food because level 3, but we thought we'd see what it's like).
No available Air NZ flights out of Whangarei till the 27th, so hopefully we can drive into Auckland Airport to catch the flight home and don't get turned around. Booked flexi just in case... Plan B is to book Sun air to Hamilton and get a rental car from there to somewhere with flights to Christchurch, or just drive all the way home. If that doesn't work, I guess we're stuck here till we can get a flight home, so probably after Auckland gets out of level 3.
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@Bones said in The TSF Travel Tips Thread:
@taniwharugby sooo... bottom of the screen towards the right...what's that?
Wishful thinking
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@Godder said in The TSF Travel Tips Thread:
Weird stuff as our flight home got cancelled, but we ended up booking a flight that left 30 minutes earlier... On the plus side, it's a dreamliner, so we forked out the extra $50 each to fly business class (no food because level 3, but we thought we'd see what it's like).
No available Air NZ flights out of Whangarei till the 27th, so hopefully we can drive into Auckland Airport to catch the flight home and don't get turned around. Booked flexi just in case... Plan B is to book Sun air to Hamilton and get a rental car from there to somewhere with flights to Christchurch, or just drive all the way home. If that doesn't work, I guess we're stuck here till we can get a flight home, so probably after Auckland gets out of level 3.
I'm flying from PN to Auckland on the 27th, connecting to Sydney flight. I'm absolutely shitting myself that my domestic flight will get cancelled meaning I miss the Sydney flight.
To the point I'm contemplating driving the 6hrs to Auckland.
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@voodoo said in The TSF Travel Tips Thread:
@canefan said in The TSF Travel Tips Thread:
@voodoo that would be a bummer mate. Would have been worth flying up the day before
Yeah, but airnz have removed all bookings right up until the 27th!!!
So we noticed when looking last night! Incidentally, the flights are still there (https://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/flight-schedules to check), just not available to book tickets on. If it's one booking with one booking reference and they cancel the connecting flight, the whole thing will be cancelled, so you'll get a credit or refund for that. If you have separate bookings, that's a bit more awkward.
Might be worth planning for a drive (I'd suggest a rental car from somewhere that has a depot at each end e.g. Avis, Hertz or Budget so you can just drop it to them at Auckland airport - they might even have one way relocation specials) or bus, although you can't arrive too early while Auckland is at level 3 (12 hours apparently).
Flying up the night before may actually have been more of a hassle as you are allowed to transit through Auckland Airport but aren't allowed to leave the airport precinct under level 3.
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@canefan said in The TSF Travel Tips Thread:
@Godder would have to stay at the Sudima Airport Hotel. In the carpark of the international terminal. Assuming it is not a covid19 hotel
All of the Auckland Airport hotels are Covid hotels, although the Jetpark is the specific hotel for people who have tested positive for Covid-19.
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@Godder said in The TSF Travel Tips Thread:
@canefan said in The TSF Travel Tips Thread:
@Godder would have to stay at the Sudima Airport Hotel. In the carpark of the international terminal. Assuming it is not a covid19 hotel
All of the Auckland Airport hotels are Covid hotels, although the Jetpark is the specific hotel for people who have tested positive for Covid-19.
That sucks. I guess there isn't much call for transit hotel accommodation at the moment
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@canefan said in The TSF Travel Tips Thread:
@Godder said in The TSF Travel Tips Thread:
@canefan said in The TSF Travel Tips Thread:
@Godder would have to stay at the Sudima Airport Hotel. In the carpark of the international terminal. Assuming it is not a covid19 hotel
All of the Auckland Airport hotels are Covid hotels, although the Jetpark is the specific hotel for people who have tested positive for Covid-19.
That sucks. I guess there isn't much call for transit hotel accommodation at the moment
That and it minimises travel for potentially infected travellers so it's safer for the various staff involved with that.
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@antipodean said in The TSF Travel Tips Thread:
@mariner4life said in The TSF Travel Tips Thread:
I got back from Europe on Saturday. Time of my life...
Get any good photos?
In a month I was supposed to do this:
I've decided to not bother given the uncertainty and Covid-19 impact on work.
Great Central Road is awesome as is Shark Bay. But yes sadly wont be possible for a while yet
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@canefan said in The TSF Travel Tips Thread:
@Godder would have to stay at the Sudima Airport Hotel. In the carpark of the international terminal. Assuming it is not a covid19 hotel
That's the Novotel but yes they are all Covid so don't bother.
How many domestic flights are Air NZ cancelling? Know what you have been through @voodoo until you shagged Gina and got some help so you might just have to put yourself out there again?
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like a plasterers radio
