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Black Friday in New Zealand is your chance to give a sunrise flight, a soak in a hot spring or a day on the water. It's our Black Friday Spend & Save Sale, so the more you add, the more you save: spend $75, save $10, spend $175, save $25, or spend $275, save $50*. Fill your cart with spa days, wine tours, scenic flights or getaways, then enter code BFSAVE at checkout. Shop these Black Friday deals early so that Christmas is sorted well before the rush.
The RedBalloon Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale is a good time to get Christmas sorted early, or to book something for yourself. Here's where to start.
Nothing beats watching the ground fall away over farmland and vineyards at sunrise. The hot air ballooning flight over Canterbury with champagne lifts off at first light and lands to a toast on solid ground. It's a gift that's hard to top, mostly because almost nobody forgets their first time off the ground in a basket.
Marlborough is known across the country for its sauvignon blanc, and a full day Marlborough wine tour is the easiest way to taste through it without anyone worrying about who's driving. Six or seven cellar doors and plenty of local knowledge make it a gift for the friend who always brings the good bottle to dinner.
Some gifts say relax and actually mean it. A visit to Hanmer Springs thermal pools and spa is built for doing absolutely nothing, soaking in mineral pools with the Southern Alps for scenery. Good for the person who never books time off for themselves.
For a gift that stretches past one afternoon, the Auckland rainforest retreat with massage and wine for two pairs a night away with a proper wind-down: native bushland, a couples massage and a bottle to share. A good one for anniversaries, or for the couple who keep saying they'll get away and never quite do.
Some places are worth seeing properly. The Milford Sound cruise spends two hours weaving through the fiord past waterfalls and cliffs that don't photograph as well as they look in person. A good pick for the traveller in the family, or anyone working through the South Island list.
Not every gift needs a hot pool. The Shotover river jet boat ride turns tight canyon walls into a fast, spray-soaked blur, while a tandem skydive over Auckland from 13,000 feet is for the person who's already asked about it twice this year. Both are quick to book and quicker to remember.
Cyber Monday falls on the 30th of November. If the Auckland city and volcanoes helicopter flight has been sitting in a cart, city views, volcanic cones and the harbour laid out below, this is a good day to book it.
Every voucher bought during the sale still comes with the usual flexibility: five years to redeem, plus the option to swap for something else if plans change.
Black Friday falls on the 27th of November this year, the Friday after Thanksgiving in the US. Many retailers start their sale well before the day itself, so the sale page is the best place to check what's on right now.
Cyber Monday is on the 30th of November this year, the Monday after Black Friday weekend.
Black Friday started as an in-store shopping day and Cyber Monday followed a few days later as its online-only counterpart. Most brands now run both as one event, which is what RedBalloon does, with one sale page covering both.
The name comes from US retail accounting. Shops traditionally recorded losses in red ink and profits in black, and the day after Thanksgiving was often the point in the year retailers moved from red into black thanks to the rush of holiday shopping.
Black Friday has grown from a single shopping day into a weeks-long lead-up to Christmas, and Cyber Monday now caps it off. The RedBalloon sale page lists experiences across New Zealand, so everything from a hot air ballooning flight over Waikato to a Queenstown wine and food tour is worth adding to a wish list.
Black Friday is on the 27th of November and Cyber Monday follows on the 30th. The latest sale details are shown at the top of this page and in the banner across the site. While you browse, a Polynesian Spa pavilion pools entry, or anything else on the site, is worth bookmarking.
Anything that gets used rather than stored in a drawer. A Hobbiton Movie Set day tour departing Auckland suits the friend who quotes films, while a Kinloch wilderness retreat shared spa session works for someone who needs convincing to switch off. Both are worth adding to your cart early.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are an easy way to get ahead on Christmas shopping, but the range doesn't stop there. If the list isn't finished yet, take a look at: