Start with i-SITE

17/11/09

Experience New Zealand like a local wherever your travels take you with i-SITE.

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The most experienced of travellers will tell you that when you want to find out the best of what is on offer in a new town or city, the smartest thing to do is to ask a local. Well, with the i-SITE Network you can go one better.

“i-SITE people are not just your average locals”, says Methven i-SITE Manager, Katherine Lorenzo, “We are the only travel professionals in New Zealand whose job it is to be an expert about the place we live in, as well as the rest of the country of course. And with over 80 i-SITEs you can be sure of top-notch local information everywhere you go in New Zealand”.

The Methven area is so diverse within a few minutes drive you can be jumping out of a plane, skiing down a mountain side, or jet boating up a river. The local knowledge of our staff on when, where and what visitors can do ensures visitors make the most of their time in the area.

i-SITE people will take the time to talk to you and find out your needs, your expectations, and your budget. Then they’ll help you to put together an itinerary that meets your individual requirements – taking care of the bookings then and there. Not only that, when you’ve experienced the latest and greatest of what one place has to offer, they will get you to the next stop on your journey and connect you with their friendly colleagues from the i-SITE.

Katherine Lorenzo continues, “i-SITEs are so much more than somewhere to help with ideas for things to do when you arrive in a new town, they are a fantastic source of inspired ideas for things to do for people who live here. This is a tip worth noting for the next time you have friends and family to stay. It will make your job easier when looking for entertainment options!

Start your New Zealand travel planning at Methven i-SITE, Main Street, 302 8955

Background

i-SITE is New Zealand’s official Visitor Information Network, with over 80 locations nationwide. Every person who works at i-SITE is a travel expert for their own home town, so they can help connect visitors with the sort of activities, attractions, accommodation and transport that only a local would know.

Over 900,000 international visitors visited an i-SITE in the last year (this equates to 40% of all international visitors in that time). In total, i-SITE international and domestic travellers made over 9,000,000 contacts with i-SITE in the year to June 2009 (either face-to-face over the counter, over the telephone, email or through www.i-SITE.org).

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