• “Earlybird Specials” are called just that as they need to be booked EARLY. By March when you are thinking about needing a winter holiday soon, the specials are all gone.
• Cheap seats on planes always sell out first, and fast. There is only a limited number of cheap seats on any flight, and once they’re gone, they’re gone.
• Domestic flights to remote dive locations are often on small planes and they can fill up quickly, especially if a dive group is heading there when you want to.
• Dive operators in the best dive locations are often small operations who can only accommodate a small number of guests. They are often booked out months in advance, especially with dive groups.
• Accommodation and Resort specials are only valid while the Resorts have plenty of availability. Once rooms start filling up for those prime winter diving months, the specials are no longer available.
• The best diving times often result from predictable phenomena such as moon phases, tides and wind patterns, coral spawning and plankton blooming that attracts the manta’s and whale sharks, and that’s when all those “quick “divers book themselves in.

1. Start planning NOW, before the Christmas rush takes over your life, before summer keeps you flat out and before it’s TOO LATE.
2. Consider the benefits of getting your reservations in place now:

• You’ll get the Earlybird Specials
• You’ll get  the cheapest flights
• You’ll avoid future fuel surcharges
• You’ll get the best domestic flight connections
• In a lot of cases you’ll get next year’s holiday at this year’s price
• You’ll be there at the best time to dive
• You’ll have time to budget and save for your holiday
• You get to book in your annual leave before everyone else does.
• Best of all, you’ll get to dive in an exotic location next Winter, and have time to look forward to it, and save for it.

Plan for a holiday in 2009

Don’t be left out in the cold next winter. Try one of these hot holidays:

• Swim with humpback whales in Tonga or Niue
• Dive with manta rays in PNG, Indonesia, Solomon Islands or Micronesia
• WWII wrecks in the Solomons, PNG, Philippines, Vanuatu or Truk Lagoon
• Soft corals and sharkfeeds in Fiji
• Big fish action on remote offshore reefs like Sipadan, Layang Layang
• A liveaboard adventure that dives the best

Planning Early has its Rewards and Benefits

Be first to get Early Bird Specials with best options and availability for Airfares and Accommodations, Diving.

Register your interest; obligation free.

A journey of a thousand dives begins with a single click

Visit our Comprehensive Diving Website or simply call our specialist Dive Travel Agents Steve, Mike or Markus for a friendly obligation free chat about getting your next Winter's dive holiday under way.

Call us on 09-479 2210 or Toll Free NZ: 0508 -348 334

Customised itineraries:To help you with some long term planning of your own “journey of a thousand dives”, we are happy to help you to plan an itinerary for you, including best dive destination, best flight connections, best dive operator and best accommodation to suit your requirements and your budget.

7 Nights Liveaboard to Fiji's Best Dive Sites

Dive Fish Snow Travel is Offering Hot Special Deal on
Fiji's Premier Liveaboard Boat

This Amazing Last Minute Special for Departure 11-18 October 2008

More details contact Steve Ph: +64-9-918 5527 or email steve@divefishsnow.co.nz

Fuel surcharge of US$157 per person for the week, which will be collected onboard. Nitrox is available for additional charge.

Why not celebrate an upcoming  major event in your life with a once in a lifetime "Ultimate Dive Trip". We can help you plan something to remember it by – whether it’s a special trip for just yourselves, shared with a group of friends, or join one of our special charter trips.

We are currently putting together some group trips that we’d love you to join.
Most trips are lead by directors of Dive Fish Snow Travel, Ron and Christine Blake, who love to share their 25 years experience and diving passion with new friends. The fun and camaraderie of a group helps make a dive holiday just that much more enjoyable.

Come join us:

July/August 2009:      

PNG

14 night liveaboard trip on board “M.V. Telita”, diving the remote Manus group of reefs: Hermit, Heina and Ninigo

Approx Cost: $10,500* ex Auckland

NB: The first sailing was sold out before we could get this newsletter out, so if there is enough demand, we’ll put on a second departure.

More information on PNG »

August 2009:      

Solomon Islands

7 nights onboard “MV Spirit of Solomons” (sister ship to “Bilikiki”), diving among WWII wrecks, pristine remote offshore reefs and islands, big fish action, manta rays and turtles.

Approx Cost for 7 nights onboard plus 1 night in Brisbane: $5,695* ex Auckland

More Information on Solomons »

November 2009        

Truk Lagoon

7 night liveaboard in on “SS Thorfinn”, diving the legendary Japanese WWII ghost fleet. This is the ultimate diving location for shipwreck fans.

Cost: $6,250* ex Auckland

More Information on Truk Lagoon

June 2010

Galapagos & Cocos Islands

2 of the World’s best big fish action locations. It just doesn’t get any better than these 2 action packed locations on 1 truly amazing liveaboard dive trip.

You’ll be diving with whale sharks, manta rays, sailfish, marlin whales, hammerheads, Galapagos sharks, penguins, turtles, yellowfin tuna, bait balls, sea lions, bonito and many other big pelagics on steroids! Plus it’s one of the best marine wildlife World Heritage National Parks around.

You can either do 1 liveaboard cruise, or both.

Option 1: 7 nights Galapagos cruise and 10 nights Cocos
Cost: approximately $16,900 ex Auckland

Option 2: 7 nights Galapagos cruise
Cost: approximately $8,500 ex Auckland

Option 3: 10 nights Cocos cruise
Cost: approximately $10,500 ex Auckland

Option 1 Costs include:

• 5 nights stopover in Ecuador
• 4 nights stopover in Cost Rica
• All meals on board liveaboard ships
• Unlimited diving
• Shore Trips
• Share twin accommodation
• Airfares ex Auckland

NB: We have already sold 5 spaces on this once in a lifetime dive adventure. ONLY 7 Places left!!

More Information on Cocos Islands »

November 2010 

Remote Indonesia

14 night liveaboard on board “MV Seven Seas”, diving from the offshore reefs of Ambon across the  Banda Sea to Raja Empat.

Approx. Cost: $11,000* ex Auckland

NB: Only 4 spaces are left on this trip!

More Information on Indonesia »

Register your interest:

If any of these exciting dive adventures stirs your imagination, or you’d like to know more about any of our fantastic dive destinations, give Christine a call on (09) 918 5520 or email christine@divefishsnow.co.nz.  She will keep you to date with details and costs. NB, she is out of the office this Friday diving Great Barrier Island. But feel free to leave a message and she’s get back to you on Monday.

If you live outside NZ, we are happy to give you a land only cost and for you to arrange your own airfares.

Don’t be left out in the cold next winter: get into a hot dive deal with Dive Fish Snow Travel.

Regards
Dive Team

WIN THE ULTIMATE DIVE HOLIDAY

Aboard the liveaboard dive vessel
“M.V. BILIKIKI’, SOLOMON ISLANDS

Many thanks to our sponsors for again offering this awesome prize for our valued clients.

The Solomons offer a fantastic array of diving and the ultimate way to see it all is on-board  the liveaboard dive vessels “M.V Bilikiki” and “Spirit of Solomons”, operating 1 week and 10-14 days cruises from Honiara. Bilikiki Cruises is the Solomons most prestigious dive operation and her vessels are the most comfortable and luxurious way to do your diving. 

What’s better than booking on one of these fantastic dive cruises?

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Because you are already receiving and reading our “Divetimes” newsletter, you are already in the draw to win this fantastic holiday.

But you can
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By getting your dive buddies to subscribe to “Divetimes”,  they then go into the draw, and you get 2 entries in the draw. And who knows – if you buddy wins the prize, perhaps he’ll take you!

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Reading this will save you time, money and stress.

Let’s face it – we all want value and the best prices when we buy a holiday. By all means, check out the Internet in your holiday planning stages, but before you commit to anything, consider this:
 
All International Dive holidays consist of various important components:

• Airfares – international and domestic
• Accommodation
• Diving
• Transfers
• Dive Insurance

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Regards - "THE DIVE TEAM" - Dive Fish Snow Travel Auckland
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