3 Weeks in New Zealand on a Budget
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 พ.ย. 2023
- 3 weeks, a sassy campervan old enough to be a moody teenager, both beautiful South and North Islands, and our $100 USD budget per day, in Aotearoa New Zealand. Can we do it?
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One of my favorite things about you guys: how you interact with the camera. You don't have "camera voices" - you just talk, like we're there with you. You're so joyful and funny. I legit feel like I'm there in the van eating gnocchi!!
I agreed :)
I never imagined seeing a place that rivaled the beauty of Alaska. And then you shared your amazing 3 week camper van adventure in New Zealand. Love the joy of your interaction with the camera and each other. Excellent editing and post-production. 👏
Wow!! What an incredible video! Im a kiwi and wouldn’t usually watch a video of my own country but viewing it though your eyes makes me so incredibly proud to be a New Zealander ! After seeing you in Havelock walking Te Mata Peak I was praaaaaying you’d stop in Napier as it truely is beautiful! Hawkes bay is my home town and I absolutely love it here! Thank you so much for show casing how beautiful our country is and the immense respect you showed our land!
If you ever come back, I’ll be more than happy to show you around some gem spots here and we could even put a traditional hangi on for you both ♥️
It's so gorgeous!
Right? …..and here I am, a Maori living in the White Mountains of Northern New Hampshire……go figure
I agreed :)
Really well made video! Not sure how this doesn't have a million views already. Thanks for making this channel. I really enjoy it!
Yep, Te Papa museum is something special. The "Gallipoli: The scale of our war" exhibition is amazing.
Be sure to put your hands into the water provided following the Gallipoli trail... to each their own but the heaviness of sorrow lifts off ❤
Lisa & Josh, to you I humbly offer my Standing Ovation & gratitude! Well done indeed!
Kia ora koutou e te whānau! I grew up 20 minutes from Hobbiton.. I now live in the UK but miss NZ so much. Thanks for the nostalgia trip 😊
I must say it's rather impressive how successfully you guys navigated the pronunciation of New Zealand place names, and it's clear that you did some research at some point because you don't fall into any of the traps with stress placement that most visitors do. Almost every video I watch of American visitors will include them saying "wa-NA-ka" (and "ku-MA-ra"), but you guys correctly put the stress on the first syllable, which the Pākehā pronunciation does to emulate the Māori long vowel (Wānaka). And often your pronunciation was more accurate to the Māori pronunciation than most Kiwis can manage, so your care and effort is definitely noticed and appreciated. ❤
I'm also super glad that you guys got to check out Te Papa, which most people ignore because they assume it'll just be your typical snooze-fest museum exhibiting all its stolen artefacts, but Te Papa is truly unlike any other museum and emphasises making its educational value as accessible as possible, which it does in partnership with local indigenous groups. Hopefully more people will be inspired by your video to make the stop in Wellington at least for Te Papa (which admittedly, doesn't have a whole lot else on offer), rather than just skipping over it on their way to or from the ferry. 🙏
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Thank you for sharing your beatiful adventure with us! I truly enjoyed it, it was an inspiration. Yeah Sassy! I hope Sunny is still alive. ☺
I've just started doing travel research for our NZ trip and am SO glad I found this vlog! I've now watched several, and honestly this is the only one I've truly enjoyed. It is so well put together and so natural! Thanks for all the tips, budget-friendly angle, and fun!
Hey guys, we kiwi's and came across ur South Island video. I've been in nz 48 yrs and I've never done a trip like yours until this Feb 2024 we r doing 30 days in the SI. Yeehaa . 😁
Loved watching ur video and adventures , we took notes and have tweaked our itinerary. Thank u. U two are very genuine and humble , two traits us kiwis find admirable and warm to.
We have subscribed so can watch more of your vids. Take care and have fun making memories!!
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Funny, I was at first confused about the use of the word 'kiwi". Yes indeed, you wonderful people in this awesome place call yourselves kiwi's + the word also refers the the kiwi bird + the word also refers to the kiwi fruit. It's a little confusing at first to us outsiders. I'm half a world away right now in America (at this very moment) enjoying some kiwi fruit imported from New Zealand... it is absolutely delicious!!
Thanks, Lisa and Josh, for bringing back my old memories from New Zealand. I love Aotearoa, the most beautiful land ever. I lived there for two years. I miss everything and everyone from N Z.
We are from Australia and have been watch you from the start. This is the very best video you have produced and we loved every minute. So happy that you move love pies and Pics peanut butter as that’s my fave too. So happy that you also caught up with Cheveyo and Tia as well. Much love and don’t ever stop!!!! Pete and fam. ❤❤❤
Hi, a real Kiwi here lol, I live just south of Taupo and lived in NZ all my life. I so enjoyed this video, both your characters are so positive and loveable. I gotta say you really copped some unsettled weather along a lot of your trip which is very typical for September and October here. The summer months make this country a very different place with all the lakes and beaches glistening in sunshine most days for 4 months. If you like the cooler temps but plenty of sunshine without winds come in the autumn, March and April when we have the most settled and calm sheer stunning days you will find anywhere. I wish you's lived here, you would fit right in.
What a amazing Vlog. I don't tend to watch travel Vlogs of Aotearoa as I was born and bred here but this just came up and I watched from begining to end. I feel so inspired ❤Keep up the amazing work you two 😸
Lisa and Josh, thank you so much, yet again, for taking me and many others with you both on your wonderful trip through New Zealand. I cried, because of laughter, and I cried because of sadness (especially when you had to say goodbye to Sassy). You both are a true inspiration to make the best of life and stay positive even when it's pouring down with rain 🙂 and be grateful for the good things that are happening. Can't wait for your next adventure, but for now: Thank you from the Netherlands.
It was really great to see Aotearoa from outsider eyes. I'm glad you loved it ❤
Absolutely loved that you guys made your way to Aotearoa New Zealand. I hope you both enjoyed your trip. Your videos helped alot with my current trip to South Korea and Japan. Would have loved to introduce you guys to a bit of Māori culture and traditions. Next time maybe 😊
We had the best time :) and so glad to hear they helped, hope you had a great time in Korea and Japan! Would love that next time!!! We’d love to learn more about Māori culture!
Omg Josh and Lisa , both you are so blessed , it's extremely difficult to see the shy nocturnal kiwi in NZ ...
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Superb video , brought back so many memories , Wanaka , Queenstown , Franz Josef , Mt Cook , Te Anau
Been planning my north island solo road trip adventure for a while now and this video gave me A LOT of insight. I also don’t normally watch YT videos this long but I was hooked. Thankyou! 🎉❤
Lovely to bump into you at Lake Rotoiti. Funnily enough I first came across your videos when I was researching the Camino Portugues, which is where I started my six months of travel, and I ended it in New Zealand.
We went to Lake Taupo area of NZ for our honeymoon the first week of October knowing it would be early spring. We packed a lot of shorts, t’s and tanks as we were heading to Australia next. The weather forecast was fair but when we got there, BRRRRRRR. We learned a bit of a lesson with our budgeting especially since we had a tight budget but Ike you said, we were halfway around the world. There was more to see than anticipated and we decided that we would do it all and sacrifice the small stuff like store bought beers and chips if it meant we could see and do cool stuff. We ate pasta for a few months when we got home but we have NEVER regretted it:)
I love how you guys interact to each other, your travel destinations and the camera. It feels so natural. Thx!
I just loved this. You took me on the journey with you. When it finished & I looked around at my lounge room i was so disappointed. I really did go along for the ride. Wonderful editing, very funny in parts, stunning scenery of course but you two just make it very enjoyable to watch. Inspired me to plan my trip& get fish n chips for DINNER!!!! ❤😊
Such a sight for nature lovers.. I don't mind waking up to those views every day (minus the freezing cold haha)
Watching every minute of this! And loving it! YES! Can't wait to follow you both in New Zealand!
It was so beautiful to see these wonderful places in New Zealand through your eyes. Great video. Thank you!!
So good ! ! ! Guys~if you come back again later you could always do the other 'smaller' islands ~ Stewart in the south, Chatham to the east, Pitt a little further out from there ~ Kapiti in the west ~ Mokoia in the middle ~ a bunch out from Auckland.. Waiheke, Rangitoto, Rakino, and Kawau ~ and the super cool large 'hippie' Great Barrier Island aka 'Ayahuasca Island' more than 80kays east out into the Pacific from Auckland ~ and then to the upper north there is the AMAZING historic gum diggers Bay of Islands!! The Coromandel Peninsula historic gold mining area is also well worth visiting, including the Hot Water Beach . . where a hot water bathe in the wild sand is free, if you take along a spade..!
Miss this trip...my last visit to NZ from north to south is 2019 before the pandemic. The nature was so stunning 😍.
woooow first time watching, and I got to say that was really entertaining and the fact Yous actually got to see a kiwi damn that is really rare. A lot of us kiwi haven't even seen a kiwi in real life let alone travel NZ.
Guys I loved every bit of this movie length vlog! I smiled (and at times giggled) through it because I could relate. It’s been years since my last visit and I long to travel there again. It’s so beautiful. My first was as a single young woman on one of those 3 week bus trips for young people…like Contiki, but it wasn’t Contiki. Then in 2007 for 3 weeks again in a motor home as a family of 5. Best family holiday ever! The first time was in March with relatively good weather. The second during the NSW (Australia) school holidays in October and the weather was similar to yours. Fortunately, I got lucky both times getting on a Milford sound cruise AND in fine weather as well. Looking forward to watching where you are heading next?
I am 23 minutes in your video and for the last 5-10 of them I have been hoping for the decision you took.
It brings me all the way back to 2007 when I took my family to do an epic Califonria drive from San Fransisco to San Diego to celebrate my 50th birthday (hey, now you van calculate my age). My kids were 7 and 10 and had been looking forward to the two-day Disneyworld visit. The first day I was in chock of all the added cost that came once being inside after paying a hefty entrance fee and my kids begging for buying pins, ice cream, quick pass and whatever. Stoic and budget conscious I said no to most of it. Not a fun day. Before falling asleep that night I took the decision. to go all in the next day, which we did. And it turned out to be one of the very best days of the trip.
I salute you for your decision and I have just now increased our budget a few steps up for the upcoming 5 week trip to NZ in March next year.
But for now I will continue to enjoy your video - well done!
Hello, Do you like travelling?
I stumbled on your guys’ TH-cam channel trying to learn more about travels on a budget…your videos are awesome!
Has anyone ever told Josh he looks like Patrick Wilson the Hollywood actor? 🙂
Lisa and Josh (in NZ) The Movie.
This was so good I forgot about dinner...until the salmon. Made some peanut butter and banana toasties and settled in.
Living in Sydney I am spoilt, flying to NZ at least twice a year for a week at a time. Heck, even a few days mid-week during ski season.
I really enjoyed this and I'm from NZ. Interesting hearing a visitors perspective, and Josh is a comedian.
Kia ora guys! Great vlog of NZ. too bad the weather is not the bests. Best time to visit generally Feb-April to avoid the crowds and more settled weather. You are right Aotearoa NZ "Land of the long wind clouds" aka "Land of endless orange road cones"!
I love the joy they got from their visit from a cheeky short-nosed daytime Kiwi.
I’ve never seen TH-camrs come to New Zealand before, you guys are the first ones!
This reminded me of my 2 week trip in South Island in 2008. Thanks for sharing your incredible journey and bringing back memories. I went through my photos from the trip and it was a joy to recall my entire trip. I hope I can make it back to NZ one day and make more memories with videos as well.
This trip was inspiring! I love your budget concept and it’s given me some content and travel ideas for sure! I also love that you went to supermarkets and cooked a lot of meals, that’s the true spirit of road trip in a trailer! I’d absolutely love to visit New Zealand but it may be a few years before we can get there due to our long term travel plans. Your video was incredible!
Awesome video! Thoroughly enjoyed traveling with you guys from our couch😁 you two are wonderful! Thank you for treating us to such wonderful sights!
Awesome tails of your adventures in NZ, sorry the weather wasn’t better for you. I recognised your friends at the end there, I’m following the journey through the country as well, well done video guys..
What a great video! And thank you for showing what this trip would 'really' look like on a budget! So many TH-camrs go from excursion to excursion and its just not realistic for most people.
Thank you both for sharing. You are a great couple and your team work is exemplary! NZ is absolutely beautiful. ☘️💕
Never seen you before! Why?????. Wonderful video. You are both super. Subscribed. BIG fan already.
Thank you!! :) no idea - the TH-cam algorithm is indeed a total mystery lol
Why do you guys always make me smile and chuckle? So great to have you travelling again . I so want to see New Zealand and on the scale of things I live so close. I must try to get there one day. "You can hear the howl of a sedentary gypsy".......!!!!!!! Have another brilliant trip, Cheers, Muffy from Oz (Australia)
Lisa and Josh, l thoroughly enjoyed watching this epic adventure, not boring at all, love, love, loved it. Love from Australia xx
Fantastic video. You didn't let the weather stop you from enjoying your adventure. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences 🙂
Love your Campcar Adventure and watched it from beginning to end
That was such an enjoyable road trip. To experience the sights from the van and listen to the dialogue from the companions repeating a trip I did over 30 years ago with my young family, was so much fun. Thank you and again Thank you.
The most wholesome video I’ve watched from start to end - TY! The love you had for not only sassy but all the spots you visited here in Aotearoa. Trust you got home safety, thank you for enjoying your time here and hope you come back so we can bask in more adventures provided & 🤞🏼 you see an actual kiwi 😉
them giving you those 2 pies for free was really honest, they were nearly closing and probably those last pies have been in the warmer for a long time, there is humanity left in this world thanks to the the store for showing us some heart.
It looks incredible there! Great work editing the video. The shots are beautiful and you made this long video entertaining! Thanks for all the hard work!
Great video love the energy of you two :)
Great video!! Gave us plenty of ideas for our first road trip to NZ.
As a kiwi, it brings me so much joy seeing you travelling round on a budget - I'm planning on travelling the south island this summer (haven't done so since I was 13 in 2003). We stayed in the DOC camps and camped in tents, so it's great to see you going to those campsites too. Even in summer it was freezing (I'm a fragile Aucklander). I can't help but comment that those pies have been in the warming drawer for about 12 hours, they'd be thermonuclear. But I hope they were good.
Are you a Kiwi or an Aucklander? Two different things lmao.
@@pblchldy8082 oh, you're one of those people who like to complain about Aucklanders.
@@kateh6549 I was born and raised in Auckland...I have every right to say what Aucklanders are like luckily I moved far away from that place.
@@pblchldy8082 I was also born and raised in Auckland, so I have every right to say what Aucklanders are like.
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Thank you so much for sharing your New Zealand adventure. Loved every minute of your travel doc! Laughed out loud at the Josh cam/Lisa cam! ☺
Y’all this is so cool! Great job!
This was so enjoyable to watch. Great video guys x
So beautiful! Once again, great videos, great trip, great dialogue and descriptions!
Fantastic 👏 totally enjoyed the whole journey, loved it❤❤
I enjoyed your video! thanks for sharing your travel.
Loved this, you guys put a smile on my face. Thank you.
This video was gorgeous. Just the scenery was so epic thanks so much for taking us along on this journey. ❤
Incredible trip, guys! You inspire!❤
This was a súper helpful video. Thank you. Love your films and spirit of adventure.❤
This brings so many memories. Thank you.
Love it , great work you two !
I live in nz and this video has been so amazing. Loved every minute of it. ❤ thank you for taking the time to show us your adventure
Loved this movie style vlog! Reminded me of my own month in nz, right down to the drama of missing Milford Sound due to weather and it all ending up being perfect anyway. Love your authenticity. Looking forward to seeing where you go next!
Wow. Watched this all yesterday. It went by in a flash. Loved it ! Thanks so much for posting 🙂
Have watched you since first son young really enjoy what and how you present your episodes and will forever so natural no bullshit with you we spent lot time on road late nineties loved it didn’t have kids just us fished camped free know it’s changed lots watching all you guys would love to be young enough do it again
Best hour and forty min i spent. Thoroughly enjoyed the trip vicariously through you. Keep up the good work. I’ll buy you all coffee soon! Safe travels.
A fun and educational video, thanks guys!!
Love this video. You guys are amazing. Be safe and please continue sharing awesome videos like this. You are so blessed to have each other. Always remember to keep each other safe and happy.
Thank you so much for documenting this. It was so useful as were about to do the same journey with the same van. Thank you.
Great video! Thanks for sharing!! Love Josh’s narration voice! Love the way you guys communicate and respect each other! Incredible views!
absolute perfect timing. off on a working holiday to NZ on the 21st November! thanks for all the inspo
Watched it from start to finish. Thank you for sharing your experience!
I absolutely LOVED watching this so much. You are both beautiful souls and made me fall in love with New Zealand all over again.
Thank you for such a beautiful tour.
I thoroughly enjoyed the video. It kept getting better and better. Subscribed.
You guys practically belong in the Southern hemisphere now. Pies and Bunnings Sausage sizzles….This was a fantastic video. Loved every minute of it.
So much scenery in this video you guys get the most amazing shots
Thank you, guys for sharing this. It was so wonderful to watch. You are lovely!
Wanaka, I stayed there for a few days and loved the town and the scenery.
Thanks for the video .watching through your video feels like I’m also traveling there .I can’t afford to travel there but through this video,it as if I’m going there in my mind 😊.Enjoy traveling
It looks incredible there! Great work editing the video.
This was such a pleasure to watch.
❤❤❤Loved it from start to finish. Well done guys -new subscriber.
Thoroughly loved your video guys.
Love this video New Zealand looks lovely and your such a sensible practical couple thank you for sharing xx
This was a phenomenal trip and I love you honesty and your simplicity ,but I am enjoying your trips. Thanks for sharing and enjoying your journey.
You guys are great , Such an entertaining vlog
Love your sense of adventure. See you out there
I especially enjoyed watching this video, because (myself being a Kiwi), you visited a lot of places here in NZ, even TeMata Peak, its beautiful up there (I live in Napier, Art Deco Capital), and you both have definitely given me ideas, like hiring a small campervan and traveling the south island. Glad you both love our gorgeous country, so much to see and do..
Kia Ora Lisa & Josh .... what an awesome video of your road trip in NZ as my wife & i are both originally from NZ living in Brisbane Australia watching your trip in your very reliable camper van you both made us proud on how much you enjoyed your time in our home country & the commentary makes us laugh .. all the very best to you both lots of Aroha (Love) from Brisbane
Wow, y’all are incredible! I watched every second of this in one sitting. I didn’t want it to end 😅 thank you so much for your dedication to filming and sharing such wonderful content!
Our pleasure!
Thank you for the time you spent filming and editing this video! I’m going on a 4 week trip in the next couple of weeks & this has helped me to nail down a few ideas and get me excited to go!