Driving conditions change with the seasons. In the summer or hot weather roads are dry and cars heat up, along with the driver. In winter or cold weather roads can get slippery and treacherous. The trick to safe driving has always been adapting to your surroundings and driving to the conditions, and seasonal changes are no exception.
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Survey Winner Gives $500 Prize to Charity
Our 2013 Transfercar survey also put respondents into the draw to with a $500 Amazon gift card, and we hit the winner jackpot.
John Haurua – winner from New Zealand
We called up John to inform him of his prize and his reply was incredibly heartwarming. John will be donating his prize to the less fortunate this Christmas including charities like the Auckland City Mission.
We also asked John a bit more about his travel life…
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Transfercar 2013 Driver Survey – Results
Thank you to all the participants who answered our recent Transfercar customer survey!
We got an enormous number of responses and we’ve enjoyed going through all the wonderful stories you sent about your adventures while relocating with Transfercar.
Our questions covered 3 main areas:
- Who drives with us
- Why you drive with us
- How you drive with us
- What you’d like to see
Transfercar featured in Road Trip article
We love it when journalists discover the wonderful world of Transfercar and this week Richard Meadows
from Fairfax New Zealand wrote about How to Score A Cheap Road Trip.
Back in August, surveyor Taryn Martin and a couple of mates took off in a hired van for a wee road trip around the West Coast.
They jumped out of planes in Queenstown, hiked up Fox Glacier, and toasted marshmallows at the Cardrona Pub.
“It was wicked,” says Martin.
How much did Jucy charge the band of adventurers to hire an eight-seater people mover? A grand total of $3.
Great Road Routes of Aus: The Great Ocean Road
If you’re on your way from Melbourne to Adelaide, or just up for a very special adventure, be sure to travel The Great Ocean Road! Why? Because it’s considered one of the most captivating road trip routes in the world…
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How can I get across the Cook Strait by Ferry this summer?
As many already know, one of The Interislander’s largest passenger ferries, The Aratere, is expected to be out of service for at least 6 months after losing one of its propellers last month. This has, and will likely have a reasonably large impact on how vacationers in New Zealand manage to travel between the north and south islands this summer. Especially when renting a vehicle with no prior booking secured.
At this stage existing Interislander passenger and vehicle bookings will be honored, with many being rescheduled to alternative services, however no new vehicle bookings will be taken – with only foot passengers accepted.
Interislander general manager Thomas Davis is quoted by the NZ Herald as saying “We originally forecast to carry approximately 200,000 passengers and 55,000 cars during December and January. We now expect to carry only 140,000 passengers and 33,000 vehicles without an additional ship.” Continue reading How can I get across the Cook Strait by Ferry this summer?