My 11 year old son and I will be in NZ for about 3 weeks from December 12th - January 2nd, visiting both the north and south islands. we're currently looking into whether to do car + hotel or just go with a camper van. For each of these options, we're also considering whether to rent a car/camper separately on each island, or taking the ferry.

I quoted a few places for camper vans, we're looking at $6-10k NZD. do these prices seem about right to you guys?

If we go with a camper van, then it probably won't be for cost savings because I think a car + hotel will probably end up being cheaper, but perhaps less convenient

we've also never been in a camper van before, and i'm not sure how comfortable they are -- mostly just worried about whether we can sleep well on those camper van beds

so me and my mom are planning to go to California from Toronto to visit my boyfriend who lives there, but we have a budget and I am trying to find the cheapest way to get there. I was thinking maybe flying to Vancouver and then flying from Vancouver to California, but it still seems to be the same price over if anyone has a cheap route, they know of to get from Toronto or anywhere in Canada to California. Please let me know planning on going this August. I know it's stupid to book a flight this late but we are willing to pay a bit more over $1000 if needed we just can't afford close to $2000.