[kidco]

We are arriving in Wellington on January 11, from Canada, and right now we're trying to sort out a place to stay for the first several weeks, while we search out a longer-term rental.

I can see from phoning around today, that Welly is booked pretty tight around Jan.-Feb. Especially around the weekend of Feb. 1 - is this because of the Rugby 7s?

Anyways, if anybody here can recommend a decent place that might work for a family of 6, that'd be awesome. It needn't be in the CBD, so long as it was accessible to the CBD by transit.

Thanks,

Kidco

[clg]

Try holiday rental sites, you can probably find something up in Kapiti google bach rental and you will come up with things like this:

www.bookabach.co.nz/
www.holidayhomes.co.nz

[irishliz]

We stayed at the Boulcott Suites in town - part of the Village group. They have townhouses and apartments just off Willis Street. Pricey but well worth it. The townhouse we stayed in had 4 double bedrooms with various bed configerations, washer and dryer, small kitchen and housekeeping once a week. When we searched online they didn't come up anywhere but OH's work booked for us in the end.

Best of luck

[gpbenton]

I had the problem last year. I had been staying at a managed apartment for two weeks at the end of January while I had some interviews.

I got a job, but the apartments were fully booked for the next week because of the Rugby 7s, and I would have to move out. Nothing else to be found anywhere in the city for that week.

In the end, I put back my start date for a couple of weeks, rented a car and went on a tour of the North Island.

I expect you will be able to find something further out that week, but the city seems pretty busy.

[kidco]

Thanks to all for the replies. We have managed to sort out something for initial accommodation - other than the Rugby 7s weekend, of course. Looks like that weekend will be a good one for a trip into the bush :).

Kidco