New Zealand Trip Review: Picton, Dunedin, Dart River, Whale Watching, Glow Worms, 23-Day Tour

The trip was great! I loved working with Rick to put together our itinerary. When I didn’t listen to him I wish I had. He felt that since I was not a Lord of the Rings fan there was no point in going to Hobbiton. He was right. It was disappointing. He said since we were going to see glow worms in the South Island there was no point in going to see them in the North island. He was right. He talked us into going whale watching despite the fact that I had been disappointed in the past. I went and it was exactly what he said it would be. Before we left he put together a 2 1/2 hour presentation over Webex with us. That was completely unexpected and useful during the trip. When it looked like we weren’t going to make it to Picton he worked with us to be sure the boat would meet us. He even gave us his personal cell number if we ran into problems, because he wasn’t going to be in the office when we might have a problem going to Picton.
I would highly recommend Rick to anyone traveling to New Zealand.