With Christmas upon us, the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend is seen by many as that start of the holiday shopping season. If you haven’t already done so, it is a good time to get started with gift shopping for family, friends and yourself. There are numerous deals on offer on a whole range of products […]
On Monday 6 February 2017 (Waiting Day), Qatar Airways flight number QR920 touched down in Auckland at 7:16 am for the first time. What made this inaugural flight special besides it being the first commercial flight for the airline to New Zealand is the fact that it was non-stop service from Doha, Qatar. Covering a […]
Yesterday, Farmers Department Stores had one of their frequent one day sales but this one saw 50% being slashed off the price of nursery items. With a new baby in the house, one thing that we were looking to get our hands on was a baby rocker. With 50% off one of the many baby […]
One of the pillar topics on this site is saving. Saving money is a very important part of our financial life and the reasons for which we save can be for a raft of reasons that include (but are not limited to) retirement, holidays, in case of emergencies, big ticket investment purchases such as property […]
This is somewhat of a follow on from last years post on how Black Friday deals are now more accessible to New Zealanders thanks in part to services such as YouShop by NZ Post. YouShop see’s Kiwis being able to take advantage of sales offered in the US by giving them a US shipping address […]
I have been fortunate in my life to have travelled to various parts of the world and experienced different countries, cultures, people, foods, sights, sounds, smells and everything else that travel has to bring. This has also meant dealing with a number of travel agents in that time but on the odd occasion it has been easy […]
Black Friday just started in the USA and most people living in New Zealand who know about it can only wish that they could take advantage of all the crazy deals being offered by all sorts of retailers on all sorts of items. But, New Zealand Post just introduced a service (YouShop) that gives Kiwis […]
There are so many upsides to living in New Zealand and just like everywhere else in the world, there are downsides. One of the downsides for those who love a bargain and want to get their hands on all sorts of sales items (mostly from US based e-tailers) is that a number of them DO […]
My brother flew to Zimbabwe a few days ago and during the process of preparing for his departure he estimated that he would have about 80 to 100 kgs of luggage in total. This presented him with a little challenge that he had to solve. His flights were booked with Emirates who offer a 30 […]
