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Good Day Everyone,
I am writing here today to seek your help and opinions in the planning of my trip with my friends.
We are a group of 6, who have just ORD-ED and are planning our 2 week ORD trip in April to either Australia or New Zealand. Hence I would like to ask a few questions with regards to our planning. Hoping that those with more travel experience could enlighten us, as well as provide us with cost saving tips and tricks.
Firstly, as we are a group of 6, would it be wiser to rent a bigger vehicle, like a Toyota Estima or rent two small vehicles? The cost of renting a single large vehicle is much more expensive than renting two smaller vehicles, however will the miscellaneous costs such as fuel and insurance add up to be more? As a few of us will still be aged 20 at the time of our trip, I believe that it will be more expensive to rent a car, as compared to normal. In addition, the fuel cost of running two vehicles would also be substantially more expensive as compared to a single vehicle. However, my concern is that a single 7 seater vehicle would not be able to fully accomodate 6 big guys + our luggage and bags. ( Can anyone provide a reliable link to rent vehicles to age 21 and below?)
Secondly, are there any interesting sites and places to visit in either countries, that would make us lean to either country? And will the cost for a 2 week road trip in either Australia and NZ differ by much?
Thirdly, for accommodation purposes, would it be more economical to rent AIRBNB homes as compared to motels or hotels? Can anyone provide suggestions on how can we cut down on accommodation costs.
Lastly as we are probably unable to cook most of the time, if not at all, how can we cut down on food expenditure, since eating out is probably gonna cost a bomb?
If anyone has an itinerary that could help us, it would be very much appreciated.
Thank You
A happy ORD-ed soldier.
I am writing here today to seek your help and opinions in the planning of my trip with my friends.
We are a group of 6, who have just ORD-ED and are planning our 2 week ORD trip in April to either Australia or New Zealand. Hence I would like to ask a few questions with regards to our planning. Hoping that those with more travel experience could enlighten us, as well as provide us with cost saving tips and tricks.
Firstly, as we are a group of 6, would it be wiser to rent a bigger vehicle, like a Toyota Estima or rent two small vehicles? The cost of renting a single large vehicle is much more expensive than renting two smaller vehicles, however will the miscellaneous costs such as fuel and insurance add up to be more? As a few of us will still be aged 20 at the time of our trip, I believe that it will be more expensive to rent a car, as compared to normal. In addition, the fuel cost of running two vehicles would also be substantially more expensive as compared to a single vehicle. However, my concern is that a single 7 seater vehicle would not be able to fully accomodate 6 big guys + our luggage and bags. ( Can anyone provide a reliable link to rent vehicles to age 21 and below?)
Secondly, are there any interesting sites and places to visit in either countries, that would make us lean to either country? And will the cost for a 2 week road trip in either Australia and NZ differ by much?
Thirdly, for accommodation purposes, would it be more economical to rent AIRBNB homes as compared to motels or hotels? Can anyone provide suggestions on how can we cut down on accommodation costs.
Lastly as we are probably unable to cook most of the time, if not at all, how can we cut down on food expenditure, since eating out is probably gonna cost a bomb?
If anyone has an itinerary that could help us, it would be very much appreciated.
Thank You
A happy ORD-ed soldier.
