Cell Phone in NZ
Mar 8th, 2009, 07:44 AM
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Cell Phone in NZ
Do you think it's necessary to have a cell phone while traveling in NZ? We'll be doing several hikes I'm thinking it might be good to have.. Also - how is the cell phone service in remote areas? (in the US my cell phone is horrible!!) Can anyone recommend where we could 'rent' a cell phone for two weeks? We're flying into Auckland and out of Queenstown.. and prices?? Thanks!
Mar 8th, 2009, 02:53 PM
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I certainly don't think it's necessary to have a cell phone while traveling in NZ (or anywhere for that matter) but that's coming from a person who has never owned one.
I spend a great deal of time hiking in NZ and I've never once felt I needed a cell phone, although on our last trip an employee lent us his so we could call for a boat pick up. As expected, it didn't work anyway due to lack of coverage (this was in the Marlborough Sounds).
I suspect cell phone coverage might be a bit spotty on the tracks of NZ, but I have no first hand experience with this.
As far as renting a cell phone in NZ, this site might be helpful:
http://www.vodarent.co.nz/about_phone_rental.htm
I spend a great deal of time hiking in NZ and I've never once felt I needed a cell phone, although on our last trip an employee lent us his so we could call for a boat pick up. As expected, it didn't work anyway due to lack of coverage (this was in the Marlborough Sounds).
I suspect cell phone coverage might be a bit spotty on the tracks of NZ, but I have no first hand experience with this.
As far as renting a cell phone in NZ, this site might be helpful:
http://www.vodarent.co.nz/about_phone_rental.htm
Mar 23rd, 2009, 09:58 AM
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hey i thought i might suggest something to you.there is a cellphone rental company I used about 2 yrs ago for my trip to NZ. Travelcell.com they have pretty cheap rates. check em out lemme know. I also googled a few others..btu t hey r cheapest.
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I've always taken a mobile phone with me when travelling overseas, but only as a fallback if family members need to find us in an emergency (elderly parents and all that). On our last trip to North America, though, I discovered that my phone company had inadvertently supplied me with a locked phone, so I couldn't just buy a local SIM card and use the phone in the US and Canada. As it happens it made no real difference - we just bought phone cards and made brief calls home from hotel/motel phones every day or two.
Until the (relatively recent) advent of mobile phones in everyone's pocket we all used to get along pretty well without them when travelling.
Until the (relatively recent) advent of mobile phones in everyone's pocket we all used to get along pretty well without them when travelling.
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