Testimonials

Thinking about booking your holiday to New Zealand with Silver Fern Holidays?

We’re different from other travel agents. We specialise in 100% tailor-made holidays to New Zealand; it’s what we do, and it’s what we love.

We have over 25 years’ experience planning and booking trips to New Zealand for our clients and customers. With a team who have lived, worked, and traveled the land of the long white cloud, you’re in great hands when it comes to tailoring your perfect holiday. No matter what you’re interested in, from walking to wine, and skiing to exploring New Zealand by campervan we’ve done it all; and more!

We work hard to get to know each and every one of our clients so that we can plan the perfect holiday to New Zealand, every time. Don’t just take it from us, though. Here are a selection of stories and experiences from our clients.

Our Client Testimonials

And Just a Few More Stories from our Clients

Here are a few more stories and pictures shared with us from our happy customers…

Chris and Joyce Brill

Small Group Journey testimonial

We travelled with Silver Fern on one of their Small Group Journeys tours.

Very much enjoyed the superb Gallipoli exhibition at Te Papa Museum, Wellington.

Our train journey from Auckland to the Capital City, Wellington was brilliant and we loved the jet boat trip on our day out to Arthur’s Pass and the caves at Charleston.

A wonderful holiday!

 

Chris & Joyce Brill

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2016-04-29T09:16:14+00:00

Chris & Joyce Brill

We travelled with Silver Fern on one of their Small Group Journeys tours. Very much enjoyed the superb Gallipoli exhibition at Te Papa Museum, Wellington. Our train journey from Auckland to the Capital City, Wellington was brilliant and we loved the jet boat trip on our day out to Arthur’s Pass and the caves at Charleston. A wonderful holiday!  

Barry & Maggie Westby

We had a great trip to New Zealand. Everything had been very well organised so we had a trouble-free experience, giving us the chance to visit some great places with a mixture of cities and beautiful scenery.

Silver Fern Holidays arranged excellent accommodation for us, with a good mixture of hotels, B&Bs and a farm stay.

There were many highlights but some stand out: a walk through the rainforest in Abel Tasman National Park, with stunning views of the sea; a night on a boat on Doubtful Sound, and watching the sunrise over Mount Cook reflected in the still waters of Lake Matheson at Fox Glacier.

Silver Fern Holidays gave us excellent guidance and advice and we have no hesitation in recommending them to others planning a visit to New Zealand.

Barry and Maggie Westby

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2015-08-20T14:35:49+00:00

Barry and Maggie Westby

We had a great trip to New Zealand. Everything had been very well organised so we had a trouble-free experience, giving us the chance to visit some great places with a mixture of cities and beautiful scenery. Silver Fern Holidays arranged excellent accommodation for us, with a good mixture of hotels, B&Bs and a farm stay. There were many highlights but some stand out: a walk through the rainforest in Abel Tasman National Park, with stunning views of the sea; a night on a boat on Doubtful Sound, and watching the sunrise over Mount Cook reflected in the still waters of Lake Matheson at Fox Glacier. Silver Fern Holidays gave us excellent guidance and advice and we have no hesitation in recommending them to others planning a visit to New Zealand.

David & Yvonne Cartwright

We were introduced to Silver Fern through Hyde Barker, both companies based in Southwell.  We were planning a trip to New Zealand with some stopovers there and back and Laura at Silver fern was able to put together an excellent draft itinerary.  After making a few amendments, the result was a seamless trip which went absolutely according to plan.  The attention to detail by Laura was excellent, all hotels, cars, flights, campervans and trips were booked in advance and one great thing about this was taking away the worry of getting it right ourselves and days of searching for information on the internet.  It was wonderful to be met in Auckland by the resident Silver Fern representative and being presented with all tickets and information required for the four weeks ahead.

David & Yvonne, Nottinghamshire

David & Yvonne Cartwright

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2016-07-15T12:52:32+00:00

David & Yvonne Cartwright

We were introduced to Silver Fern through Hyde Barker, both companies based in Southwell.  We were planning a trip to New Zealand with some stopovers there and back and Laura at Silver fern was able to put together an excellent draft itinerary.  After making a few amendments, the result was a seamless trip which went absolutely according to plan.  The attention to detail by Laura was excellent, all hotels, cars, flights, campervans and trips were booked in advance and one great thing about this was taking away the worry of getting it right ourselves and days of searching for information on the internet.  It was wonderful to be met in Auckland by the resident Silver Fern representative and being presented with all tickets and information required for the four weeks ahead. David & Yvonne, Nottinghamshire

Pam & Dave Waller

Pam Waller Mount CookThanks once again for organising the holiday. We had a great time despite the weather. I am sure we will visit again one day.

The couple on the stand were very knowledgable and helpful with the planning of our holiday. Laura Ling our contact was very helpful and easy to talk to when planning our trip. She took a keen interest in us and our holiday requirements.

Very impressed with detailed itinerary and how it was presented.

Pam & Dave Waller

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2015-08-20T14:44:51+00:00

Pam & Dave Waller

Thanks once again for organising the holiday. We had a great time despite the weather. I am sure we will visit again one day. The couple on the stand were very knowledgable and helpful with the planning of our holiday. Laura Ling our contact was very helpful and easy to talk to when planning our trip. She took a keen interest in us and our holiday requirements. Very impressed with detailed itinerary and how it was presented.

Alastair Johnstone

In all stages of our booking, Silver Fern have looked after us with professionalism, efficiency and good humour. Laura has been exceptional in every way from tailoring our requirements and offering helpful tips and insights to what to expect. Everything was handled from beginning to end in a calm and helpful manner, including contact whilst in New Zealand and post trip follow-up. We have already recommended Silver Fern to friends.

Alastair Johnstone

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2017-04-20T09:13:18+00:00

Alastair Johnstone

In all stages of our booking, Silver Fern have looked after us with professionalism, efficiency and good humour. Laura has been exceptional in every way from tailoring our requirements and offering helpful tips and insights to what to expect. Everything was handled from beginning to end in a calm and helpful manner, including contact whilst in New Zealand and post trip follow-up. We have already recommended Silver Fern to friends.

The Brown’s

IMG_5085Fantastic experience all round.  All the accommodations were superb. Many thanks for your help with the doctors and pharmacies!

The Brown's

Silver Fern Holidays
2015-08-20T14:25:20+00:00

The Brown's

Fantastic experience all round.  All the accommodations were superb. Many thanks for your help with the doctors and pharmacies!

Mrs Manning

The trip was very enjoyable - just what we hoped it would be. Thank you for organising everything for us.

 

Mrs Manning

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2015-08-20T14:26:59+00:00

Mrs Manning

The trip was very enjoyable - just what we hoped it would be. Thank you for organising everything for us.  

Jane & Steve Silvester

IMG_4122We had a FANTASTIC time thank you!

Every part of our trip surpassed our expectations.

As for South Island and our (your!) itinerary it was wonderful-so many highlights-Abel Tasman, Wanaka, and Mount Cook being the most special as you would probably expect.

We loved the variety of travel - car, coach, train, plane, boat (we went to Milford Sound from Queenstown) and kayaking (Abel Tasman).

The accommodation you organised was superb, particularly the B&Bs in Wanaka (location and hosts), Queenstown (food) and Fox Glacier (view).

So all in all - a holiday of a lifetime! Thank you so much for your guidance.

Jane & Steve Silvester

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2015-08-20T14:32:24+00:00

Jane & Steve Silvester

We had a FANTASTIC time thank you! Every part of our trip surpassed our expectations. As for South Island and our (your!) itinerary it was wonderful-so many highlights-Abel Tasman, Wanaka, and Mount Cook being the most special as you would probably expect. We loved the variety of travel - car, coach, train, plane, boat (we went to Milford Sound from Queenstown) and kayaking (Abel Tasman). The accommodation you organised was superb, particularly the B&Bs in Wanaka (location and hosts), Queenstown (food) and Fox Glacier (view). So all in all - a holiday of a lifetime! Thank you so much for your guidance.

Healey & Callow’s

walking-abel-tasmanThe organisation through the whole trip was marvellous – much better than if we’d planned it ourselves.

Healey & Callow's

Silver Fern Holidays
2015-08-20T13:04:30+00:00

Healey & Callow's

The organisation through the whole trip was marvellous – much better than if we’d planned it ourselves.

Bev & John Blackham

Mount CookWe thought we’d email you to express our thanks to you for organising the holiday, it went like a dream.  Right from being met at Christchurch airport by your representative and being handed the book of vouchers and road atlas (which was priceless).  Every voucher worked without a hitch (amazing).

The Milford track, Abel Tasman, Muller hut at Mount Cooke, Tongariro crossing and many of the other walks you suggested were stunning.  New Zealand is such a well organised country and the people so friendly and the roads so empty.

The car hire worked well and we’re pleased we decided not to have a camper van with the mileage we were travelling a car is so much easier.

Again many thanks to you for the hard work you have put in to making our holiday a success and the link up with Emma and Josh went really well.

 

Bev & John Blackham

Silver Fern Holidays
2015-08-20T12:27:59+00:00

Bev & John Blackham

We thought we’d email you to express our thanks to you for organising the holiday, it went like a dream.  Right from being met at Christchurch airport by your representative and being handed the book of vouchers and road atlas (which was priceless).  Every voucher worked without a hitch (amazing). The Milford track, Abel Tasman, Muller hut at Mount Cooke, Tongariro crossing and many of the other walks you suggested were stunning.  New Zealand is such a well organised country and the people so friendly and the roads so empty. The car hire worked well and we’re pleased we decided not to have a camper van with the mileage we were travelling a car is so much easier. Again many thanks to you for the hard work you have put in to making our holiday a success and the link up with Emma and Josh went really well.