Upcoming events – travel inspiration in Christchurch

Are you needing inspiration? We have spaces left for our three upcoming information evenings: Luxury Africa on Safari with &Beyond – 6:00pm, Thursday 17th October at our office. Trafalgar Tours, Insight Vacations, Luxury Gold & NCL Information evening – 5:45pm, Monday 21st October at the Chateau on the Park Small Group Tours with Intrepid Travel […]

ETIAS e-visa to visit Europe introduced in 2025 (maybe!)

At some date in 2025, New Zealand passport holders will probably need an ETIAS Travel Authorisation to enter the EU. (we’re being deliberately vague here as the scheme has been delayed several times since 2020 and still isn’t live yet) ETIAS – the European Travel Information and Authorisation System – is a visa waiver system […]

New Zealand Traveller Declaration reminder

A reminder that all travelers arriving into all New Zealand international airports are recommended to complete a digital declaration instead of a paper arrival card, before travelling to New Zealand. This is not mandatory, you can still complete the paper form on arrival, but it will in time become mandatory so it’s a good idea […]

Discover Travel honoured by Intrepid at the 2024 NTIA Awards

Discover Travel were thrilled to be named ‘Top Leisure Travel Agency’ for Intrepid Travel at the 2024 National Travel Industry Awards recently. We’ve been big fans of Intrepid and their style of innovative small group, low impact travel for 25 years, so to have been recognised with this award was very special. For example, Intrepid […]

A 500m cruise on Ponant’s luxury icebreaker in Lyttelton Harbour

Living in Lyttelton, I see a lot of cruise ships arriving and departing each summer, but Ponant’s luxury icebreaker the ‘Commandant Charcot’ is unique, so when I was offered the opportunity to enjoy a overnight aboard in the harbour, I jumped at the chance. The Charcot had just voyaged from Antarctica and was turning around […]