Grand Chancellor Auckland

... shopping and left as soon as possible and after an endless trawl of the airport motels looking for vacancies, we ended up at the 'Grand Chancellor', which is by no means the cheapest, but is pretty luxurous and had plenty of space. We had some food and ...

... in the gardens and parklands surrounding the museum and had a very pleasant time. After a Thai dinner in the Parnell section of Auckland, we have returned to our hotel and will prepare for our long flights tomorrow. Home soon. Sad to say goodbye to ...

... hostel goers (we hope you enjoyed the Old Mout Cider!). I’d confirmed the day before what we needed to do: Drive to the Grand Chancellor Hotel to drop off the rental car and pick up the hotel shuttle to the airport. Since it was the dead of night, ...

... in Auckland at 1130pm, had to go through all the passport, baggage claim and customs points. We caught a shuttle to our hotel the Grand Chancellor. Wasn't too bad, all you needed for the night. Hot shower, listen to some funny accents on the TV and it ...

Why is the last hour of every plane ride the hardest! I was ready to crawl out of my skin but we did arrive. After getting through the agricultural customs with Frank's fishing gear (they needed to dust out every twig and seed from the pockets of his ...

Just adding this entry to update the map of our travel route...sorry nothing exciting to say, just an average airport hotel for one night. ...

Kia Ora, everyone! We flew from Christchurch to Auckland (on the north island) yesterday afternoon.  The tour of the south was fantastic, however I am glad for it to be a few degrees warmer up here, and the sun is finally shining! Although according ...

Highlight of the day: climbing my very first volcano cone (dormant... 600 years old). And watching the clouds over Auckland. They looked like giant Pacmen chasing each other... Sleep: better, but not great. Question of the day: what's the secret of happy ...

Main activity: transporting myself and bags from Sydney to Auckland Hours of sleep: way too few... Motivation: 20% Song of the day: Rewind, Paolo Nuttini Food and drink highlights: a nasty pesto pasta on the plane prepared with love I hope by Qantas... ...

... did they follow up with our travel agent about our plans while we were on our flight, but they booked us in the Grand Chancellor hotel at the airport and gave us vouchers for dinner and breakfast, not to mention transportation.  They updated us ...

... , Nelson 2/9 Interisland Line, Wellington 13.15h departure ex Picton / arrive Wellington 16.25h 2/9-2/10, 1 night James Cook Grand Chancellor Hotel, Wellington 2/10-2/12, 2 nights County Hotel, Napier 2/12-2/13, 1 night Sudima Hotel, Lake ...

We woke up, threw our meager belongings into our backpacks and checked out of the Grand Chancellor Hotel, which isn't really so grand at all, but decent for a place to rest one's weary bones. The amazing Stu picked us up at the hotel and took us back to ...

... car from somewhere nearby and loaded it with cases for us, then we made a dash through the rain and jumped in. Bye-bye to Grand Chancellor and bye-bye Christchurch. Getting out of the city seemed dead easy now I have the one-way roads sussed and we were ...

... in the distance and only think about what these people had experienced a few weeks earlier.  You could still see the Grand Chancellor Hotel standing & we found out they'd poured tonnes of concrete into the basement to stablise it.  There is ...

... the waterfront was packed with young singles. We finally found a table at The Loaded Hog (same restaurant where Mom and I had dinner one evening in Auckland), and before long, we had our wine/beer/soda and food and were having a most enjoyable ...