Tell your travel agent where you want to go and when, and they'll search through every conceivable option to find you the best value. And they'll handle all the details. So relax, your holiday dreams will be in the hands of a trusted expert. Contact your TAANZ bonded travel agent before you make your next trip, because without a travel agent, you're on your own.

The Travel Agents' Association of New Zealand (TAANZ) is a trade organisation representing the travel agent and tour operator distribution system in New Zealand. There is no government licensing for travel agents so TAANZ is a self regulating organisation promoting quality standards, service and performance.

Look for this sign in your travel agency window to ensure they are TAANZ Bonded. If in doubt - ask. Search for your nearest TAANZ Bonded Agent here.

TAANZ works with its members to promote a Code of Ethics and Practice, and to stimulate, encourage and promote the desire to travel. We also work with the Aviation, Tourism and Travel Training Organisation (ATTTO) to train staff in the skills required for the 21st century - customer relations, selling skills, ecommerce, new technology, the law and the travel industry.

 
All members must meet strict membership and financial criteria and be subject to an annual financial review by an independent Bonding Authority. All members participate in the TAANZ Bonding Scheme for the protection of the consumer.

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Latest TAANZ News

Member Collapse

26 May 2009

TAANZ member International Youth Holidays Ltd of 300 Queen Street, Auckland, ceased trading on 27 May 2009. Read more »

UK departure tax increase

30 November 2008

The UK departure tax - known as APD or Air Passenger Duty - will increase dramatically over the next two years, adding significantly to the cost of air travel for everyone who departs from a UK airport, including New Zealanders returning home. Read more »

Quirky Kiwi travel facts

21 November 2008

Kiwi's take almost 2 million overseas trips a year (1.984 million in fact) - that equates to half of New Zealand's population travelling overseas each year. Read more »

Reason to use a travel agent #26

26 September 2008

An Argentine tourist got the city name right, but the continent wrong when she booked a vacation to Australia, and found herself in easternmost Canada this week, said local media. Read more »

Latest Travel News

Gisborne: No barbing the hand that feeds

The French lady squeaked in fright as a stingray nudged up to her boots in search of food. But the rest of us bent down and took turns feeding the greedy little creature. Crazy? Maybe. It's true most people - especially since Steve... Read more »

Mangawhai: Gateway to the good old days

The car streamed with rain as we emerged from the Northern Gateway tunnel, but shook it off off like a wet dog as we progressed north, and not long after turning off SH1 for Mangawhai the grey clouds split open to reveal blue skies... Read more »

Ask Lonely Planet: Boutique cruises gain popularity

We (my husband and I) want to see the Greek Islands and Turkey. We would like to take a cruise but would prefer a smaller vessel over one of those giant floating hotels. The places on the wish list are Istanbul, Ephesus, Athens, Santorini... Read more »

Chicago: It's only 412m down ...

Visitors to the Sears Tower's new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest. "It's like walking on ice," said Margaret Kemp, of Bishop, California, who said her heart was still pounding even after stepping... Read more »

Yarra Valley: rising high on the ashes

Aa our balloon drifts across the beautiful misty landscape of the Yarra Valley in the early morning light it's hard to imagine that just a few months before this area was being ravaged by bushfires, blackened with ash and darkened... Read more »