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Costco v. Tripmasters
Posted on 2/11/25 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 2/11/25 at 12:59 pm
Four of us are thinking about going to New Zealand end of Dec.-early January, about 10 days. We have used Tripmasters for booking rooms and airfare for several European trips (Spain, Italy, France, Croatia and Greece). I've been pleased with Tripmasters. I've heard some people speak complimentary of Costco travel, but I know nothing about their travel options other than decent car rental rates. I'm not even a Costco member. So to the experienced traveler, is Costco worth looking into? At worst, I have a membership in Costco for a year.
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Posted on 2/11/25 at 2:04 pm to cgoat3
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to the experienced traveler, is Costco worth looking into
No, but I'd never book through a travel "agent" like Tripmasters, either.
I'm stuck with Costco membership for another year, and it doesn't look like they have anything in NZ besides cruises. I tried booking a two week trip to Auckland from Houston (rando date a few months away), and it came up -0-. And I know for a fact there's a direct flight on Air NZ from IAH. I just tried hotel only in Auckland, -0-.
This post was edited on 2/11/25 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 2/11/25 at 2:12 pm to LemmyLives
I plugged in some dates on Tripmasters. I don't remember the exact dates, but I believe it was leaving Dec. 26 from DFW to Queenstown on Dec. 28. I know two days, but it was leaving late afternoon on the 26th and getting there early on the 28th. They did have some flight selections. Ironically, the flights left DFW and went through Houston. I'm closer to Houston (daughter lives in Ft. Worth, so plan was Christmas with her and maybe cheaper flights from there.) Now may just drive to Houston. It looks like Houston is the connection even if I book through New Orleans or BTR. Come back around Jan. 8.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 2:20 pm to cgoat3
Tripmasters has been really good for us, but I simply may not know better. French went on strike for some reason, and the pilots wanted to show their solidarity and struck for one day. The day we were supposed to fly from Venice to Paris. Called Tripmasters, and they rearranged our schedule and we got to Paris three hours later than originally scheduled. No cost incurred. We had an extremely complicated trip reschedule from Pamplona back to the states, and they were extremely helpful. Like I said, I may not know better, but all the places we stayed so far have been great.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 2:23 pm to cgoat3
Sign up for the ANZ loyalty plan and their marketing emails. They will likely not just offer flights, but packages of sorts. I do this for Turkish, Singapore, and ANA.
Not surprising. It's cheaper to get you on an Air New Zealand flight (Star Alliance) coming from a competing hub (DFW - American/OneWorld.) If I booked the same ticket from Houston without originating in DFW, it'd probably cost me 15% more. My only caution on driving is the drive back; someone has to stay awake!
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he flights left DFW and went through Houston
Not surprising. It's cheaper to get you on an Air New Zealand flight (Star Alliance) coming from a competing hub (DFW - American/OneWorld.) If I booked the same ticket from Houston without originating in DFW, it'd probably cost me 15% more. My only caution on driving is the drive back; someone has to stay awake!
Posted on 2/11/25 at 2:27 pm to LemmyLives
Thanks for the advice. Will do.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 7:05 pm to cgoat3
I don’t know anything about Tripmasters but have used Costco before. For my latest vacation package I used American Express Travel which came out cheaper than Costco for a higher end resort.
This post was edited on 2/11/25 at 7:11 pm
Posted on 2/12/25 at 12:44 pm to cgoat3
Take the direct Air New Zealand flight from Houston to Auckland. There's no need to have a layover on the west coast to save a few bucks.
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