Hi  Mandy,
We are back to routine, over jet lag and through the pile of paper work.    I really want to tell you what a wonderful job you did on putting together our trip to Australia and New Zealand.  The details of all the flights,  the accomadations, the land transportations, the city tours, the wildlife tours and the hikes were done by a master.  We can't thank you enough for booking us on the Milford Track hike.  That was the best.  I also loved the Able Tasman hike and the hike on the Fox Glacier.  Truthfully there wasn't any part of the trip I didn't like!!  Even the long flight was very doable in the Primere Economy section.   You have opened my eyes that it is  O K  to pay for some of these expensive touristy things because they are very good,  well led and one can see and do much in a short time.

We met some wonderful people from around the world.  The locals were so friendly and helpful and were a delight to talk to and visit.  We enjoyed the food at the restaurants and local cafes, especially the ice cream, new meats and the veggies.  We tried venison, rabbit, all the seafoods, Milo,new Cadbury bars, wines, and desserts.  The weather was perfect except for three
days of rain in different places that really did not hamper us.  In the rain we sailed in Auckland, hiked in Wanaka to Rob Roy glacier, and rode the boat to the start of the Milford Track in light showers.  The rest of the entire trip was sunny and great weather.  Of course we were accustomed to the heat and humidity and the afternoon rain showers in Port Douglas since we live in FLa.

While we were down there we raved about our terrific travel agent and passed your name around.  We also have told some of our friends who might be interested in a trip down under.  Again Thank  You for all the work you did for our trip.  I could have stayed another day in Dunedin.  We appreciated the motels you booked for us with the small kitchens in them.  We were able
to purchase milk, cereal, fruit, bread and have breakfast and even pack sandwiches for lunch.  Some times when we knew we had a stove and microwave we would buy salads and meals and have dinner in the room.  Other times we enjoyed eating in the restaurants and even the train/trolly in Melbourne.

Also thank you for the reservations at the hotel in Atlanta on the late night return to FL. It made it so easy just to find the bus to the hotel and crash.  Of course we both were wide awake at 4 am and actually turned on the light and read our  books.   We appreciated your looking into our mistakes (poor memory) about the charges at the  two hotels in New Zealand.  We called Budget and that is worked out too.

We really liked the "vouchers" that we had.   Do US hotels, tours etc use them?  We haven't come across them in our travels, but it sure was easy and convenient for us.  Gary and I seem to just pay when we get there!  Maybe we are not on enough planned/toured trips.    Two weeks until we fly to Turkey.  We will see what that tour is like. We are looking forward to all of it.