Online Times Fares
Reservations
(Fares are in NZ$)
North Island Bus and
Coach Routes
You
can search online for times, fares and make instant confirmation reservations to
small communities, towns, cities,
national parks, skifields, major tourist destinations and attractions
including the destinations on the route map in the North Island, on
regular daily services -
365 days a year, on New Zealand's largest bus, coach, scenic
coach and inter-island ferry transportation network in association with
InterCity and
Great Sights - with its scenic
travel services and sightseeing tours.
If
you are experiencing any problems in making your reservation or would like one
of our travel consultant's to make a reservation/s for you, please do not hesitate to contact
our
Travel Centre team.
Fares
All fares are in NZ$/NZD and include local taxes.
If you live outside New Zealand, to covert your fare/s into your local
currency, click on the 'Currency Converter' link located under the Fare Finder.
Making Reservations
1. To search for fares, departure times, seat availability or making a reservation, type in the 'From'
field of the FareFinder search box located on
the left of this page - the destination you are
travelling from.
2. Type in the 'To' field, the destination you are travelling to.
3. Select your travel date, by clicking on the 'Calendar' icon
next to the 'Depart' field.
If travel is one way, do not select a 'Return' travel date.
If want to search for return travel fares, times or make reservations,
then select your return travel date, by clicking on the 'Calendar' icon
next to the 'Return' field.
4. In the 'Passenger' field, select the total number of people travelling including any
children and/or infants.
5. Click on the 'Search Fares' icon to display times, fares and seat
availability.
6. To make a reservation, select the fare you wish
to travel on and click on the 'Add to Cart' icon.
Note - If you want to make reservations to other destination on
the same reservation, on the Cart page, click on the
New Search icon located under Cart top left of the page.
Type or select the destination you want to travel from in the 'From' field and type or select
the destination you want to travel to in the 'To'
field, add your new Travel Date and click on
the Search icon. Select the Fare Type you want to book and
click on the Add to Cart icon. If you want to add other travel
sectors, repeat booking process
until you have booked all required travel sectors.
If you want to add more travel sectors to your reservation, please
repeat, the above procedure, until you have completed all the
required travel sector/s you want to travel.
7.
If you do not wish to add any other travel, click on the 'Book'
icon to the 'Passenger Details' screen and click on
Continue icon to
Secure - Check Out and Confirmation to complete your reservation.
8. To finalize your reservation, follow the instructions for payment
procedures. Once payment has been finalized, your E-Ticket/Itinerary
will be emailed to the address you have used in your reservation.
If you are using a public email account like Hotmail, Google, Yahoo,
etc, please the Spam/Junk folder of your account, if your
E-Ticket/Itinerary is not in your email 'In' box.
If
you are experiencing any problems in making your reservation or would like one
of our travel consultant's to make a reservation/s for you, please do not hesitate to contact
our
Travel Centre team.
Payment
Payment for all bus and coach services can be paid by a Visa or
Mastercard credit, debit, prepaid/prepaid reloadable card, Airpoints
ONESMART debit Mastercard card or for New
Zealand and Australian residents only - by internet banking using 'Poli' pay.
Ferry Reservations/Bookings
Combined bus and Cook Strait ferry travel is available from Kaitaia,
Kerikeri, Paihia (Bay of Islands), Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Taupo, Palmerston
North or Wellington to Christchurch, Kaikoura, Blenheim, Nelson or
Picton, using the FareFinder - type or select
'Kaitaia, Kerikeri, Paihia, Whangarei, Auckland Central, Hamilton
Central, Rotorua,
Taupo, Palmerston North or Wellington Central' in the
'From' field and type or select 'Christchurch,
Kaikoura, Blenheim, Picton or Nelson' in the 'To'
field as your destination.
To make reservations to other destinations on the same
booking/reservation, follow the steps in
paragraph 6 under
Making Reservations.
If
you are experiencing any problems in making your combined bus and ferry reservation or would like one
of our travel consultant's to make a reservation/s for you, please do not hesitate to contact
our
Travel Centre team.
Auckland Airport Reservations
Reservations can be also made for travel to/from Auckland International
Airport to Auckland city and to other destinations outside the greater
Auckland urban region either from the International or domestic terminals.
Using the
Farefinder search box located on the left, in the 'From'
field, select either 'Auckland International Airport' or 'Auckland Domestic Airport'
and in the 'To' field, the destination you want to travel too.
Reservations for bus and coach travel within the greater Auckland urban region
can not be made, as these services are local commuter services.
If
you are experiencing any problems in making your combined bus and train reservation or would like one
of our travel consultant's to make a reservation/s for you, please do not hesitate to contact
our
Travel Centre team.