Our budget for traveling the world is $50 a day per person. Through research prior to the trip, we learned that New Zealand is one of those locations where it is very hard to stay on budget. But combining our transportation and lodging expenses by living in a campervan would be our best way to keep expenses down.

There are two options for obtaining a camper: buy or rent. Obviously, buying could work out the best financially in the long run. It seems quite common for campers to be on sale because people on holiday do choose this option. And it sounds like it’s possible to get a fairly descent price because short term owners want to get them off their hands fast. But because we only had a month to explore the whole country, we decided for the lesser hassle option of renting.

While in Hong Kong just a few days prior to arriving in New Zealand, we settled on a rental company to use Continue reading →