Spoiled in the Club

Tyler and I are right now hanging out in the Qantas Club room at the airport in Auckland, New Zealand! It's been a long day of flying and we have one more flight to go from Auckland on the north island of New Zealand to Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand. Then we'll be picked up by a guy with a sign (hopefully) who will drive us the 90 km out to Methven where we will check into our resort.
We've found NZ to be an interesting place so far. The trip was more difficult to plan than any I've done lately. It just seems a bit chaotic down here. We had been trying to decide if we should shuttle or just rent a car to get around NZ and I was doing lots of emailing to different companies and getting very inconsistent responses. One second they would tell me they could get me at the airport and then 20 min later, they would send an email saying they couldn't. One second they would tell me they had a 4WD car for us to use and then 2 seconds later, they'd email back saying they didn't. It was crazy. I had somehow figured NZ would be pretty similar to Australia in its infrastructure and technology but after the difficulties planning - I was beginning to doubt. Our idea was even slightly confirmed when we had to walk 10 min outside along a wind-y sidewalk path to switch from the international to the domestic terminal at the Auckland airport - likely the largest airport in the whole country - crazy! We'll see what we conclude after a week here :)
BTW - luckily Tyler is a frequent flyer club member on Qantas - after his many flights back and forth across the Pacific - so we're able to hang out in the special club rooms at the airports where it is much quieter, has much more comfy chairs, and free food and drinks. That's definitely nice.