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Black Friday in New Zealand lands on the 27th of November this year, with Cyber Monday close behind on the 30th of November. The RedBalloon sale runs across both, 16th to the 30th November, on every gift and experience voucher we sell.
Forget queuing for a TV nobody asked for. This is Black Friday and Cyber Monday for people who'd rather give a moment than a thing. A morning that starts with champagne. An afternoon that ends in a hot pool. A day someone's been meaning to book for themselves and never quite got round to.
Stay tuned. Our Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers land closer to the date, 16th to 30th November.
From the 16th to the 30th of November, the RedBalloon Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale covers the full range of gift and experience vouchers. Offer details are still to come, so this is a good time to start a wish list. Whether it's Christmas sorted early or 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. Cellar doors, local knowledge and a proper lunch stop 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, 30th of November, is the last day of the sale. 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 the last chance to grab it before the sale wraps for the year.
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. The offer itself is still to be confirmed, so check back closer to the 16th of November for the details.
Black Friday itself falls on the 27th of November, the Friday after Thanksgiving in the US. Our sale runs longer than the day itself, from the 16th to the 30th of November. Offer details are still to be announced, so it's worth checking back closer to the date.
Cyber Monday is on the 30th of November this year, the Monday after Black Friday weekend. It's also the last day of the RedBalloon sale, so it's worth checking back for the final offer before it wraps up.
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, one sale running from the 16th to the 30th of November, with the offer confirmed closer to launch.
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 will cover the range sitewide once the offer is confirmed, so everything from a hot air ballooning flight over Waikato to a Queenstown wine and food tour is worth adding to a wish list ahead of time.
This year's sale runs from the 16th to the 30th of November, Black Friday through Cyber Monday. The offer itself hasn't been announced yet, so keep an eye on the site closer to the date. In the meantime, 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 keeping on the list for when the sale offer drops.
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