Living Question

LaMer

I'm looking at a few options for travelling next summer and NZ is on it since flights don't seem too pricey to Auckland. What would the cost of living be? On a backpacker budget, staying in a hostel etc.

Cheers.

LaMer

Nobody eh?

dSTAR

You must keep the time difference in mind my friend.

There are a few kiwi boardsies here that can probably assist you but it may have been a good idea if you used NZ or New Zealand in the post title so it doesn't get skipped over.

missannik

Check out http://www.yha.co.nz/default for hostel prices. For daily living costs, maybe try this as a guide http://www.emigratenz.org/cost-of-living-in-new-zealand.HTML Scroll down the page for the calculator thingee. Hope that helps.

LaMer

Cool, thanks.

mcdonnst

We went to NZ in Aug for a month,
Did the Kiwi bus thingy,

We lasted a month on 5kNZ which I think is only about €2k at todays rate (pretty cheap).
And we did everything, skydivng, bungy jumping, whitewater, skiing,rafting, getting pissed. something everyday. Includeds what we spend on a backpacker diet, and hostels.

great month of fun, spend more time on the south Island though.

pclancy

BBH Hostels are excellent, we stayed in them all through the country and they were great, still use them for cheap weekends away. www.bbhonline.co.nz

You can easliy live on $50 a day including $25-30 for a hostel bed and $20 for cheap food. If you eat out you can expect to pay $50-100 per day! Its all relative to whether you're on a tight budget or splurging. 5K for a month would have been living pretty good and doing loads of activities. If you can get buy on buying your own food and sleeping in dorm rooms $50 would get you by fine. The tour busses are the cheapest way to get around or you can hire a car from as little as $30 a day.

Not sure what else to suggest, its not an expensive country by and large. Dairy and Clothing are a bit pricey but booze, petrol, cars are way cheaper.