Advantages: beautiful location, fantastic staff Disadvantages: you cannot walk to the city
We decided to book Spencer on Byron as our first stop in New Zealand as this hotel had the best reviews on a rival site, and was within our budget at about £40 per night.
We landed in Auckland at 11 pm, tired after a 24 long trip from London. As Spencer on Byron is right across town, we got a good look of Auckland at night - beautiful. The taxi driver actually asked us how come we had picked that hotel as most tourists want to be closer to the city. At this stage we started to feel a bit worried about our choice, as in my experience taxi drivers are a good source of information on where to go and what to do. However, after a 35-40 minute long drive much of it through green luscious suburbs, we arrived at the hotel. The taxi ride cost us $80, including tips (you do not need to tip in New Zealand, but old habits die hard). As we ...
Advantages: Great place to see views of city Disadvantages: It is a city and New Zealand is so much more beautiful to go rural
who loves walking as there is not much else to do on the island. It was a great way to see views of the city and to explore the island.
Night life:
Auckland is very busy at night and has a great many places for evening entertainment; a lot of the bars have great live music. Whilst in Auckland we frequented a great pub called Danny Dolan's, the live music was fantastic and the atmosphere was full of fun. Another great thing to do would be Minus 5, where everything is made from ice, but costs $30 to get in a bit out of a backpackers price range sadly.
Places to stay:
This all depends on your budget. I was backpacking and found that Auckland has a great many hostels available for backpackers all ranging in price.
A tip for anyone backpacking, look around town before using the internet at any of the hostels as we found a place ...
Advantages: Cheap and cheerful Disadvantages: None
Like most people at the moment money can be incredibly tight, especially with outgoings and prices rising it's becoming increasingly hard to appreciate money! When it comes to food I never really thought about the expense. Now don't get me wrong I very rarely shop in Waitrose or Marks and Spencers purely because I do think products are very overpriced considering you could go to a Tesco and pay a lot less!
One of my new years resolutions was to start being a lot more cautious with my money and start using what I have. This includes food as this is always a weekly budget. I have come to the conclusion that I have so many things in my fridge and cupboards that instead of going out to buy food I should create dishes out of the food I already have!
My recipe is for a frittata, incredibly easy and simple to make and you can pretty much put ...
sweetpeas01 01.05.2009
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Product Information for "Manukau Budget Motel, Auckland" »
Product details
Long Name
Manukau Budget Motel
Type
Motel
Street
12 Jack Conway Avenue
Address
12 Jack Conway Avenue, Auckland, 2125, New Zealand
City
Auckland
Country
New Zealand
Post Code
2125
Continent
Australasia
Avg Price
35
Manufacturer's product description
The Manukau Budget Motel is a convinient, affordable and compact accomodation for those who are looking for a stopover lodging, groups travelling together and all budget travellers.This Motel offers a relaxed and informal atmosphere in comfortable surroundings while enjoying the common lounge and kitchen areas or the free of cost hot spa pool and sauna.Make it your home away from home.
