If you are going on a holiday to Auckland, and you are planning on an adrenalin fueled day, or even several days, of fun with a jet boat tour operator, booking any tour or activity in advance with your hotel will always make sense. Don’t assume you can get the price cheaper or get a better deal if you purchase directly. The fact is that is not the case. Here is a look at the situation.

• Price. Your hotel will be recommending your tour to a number of their guests, and over a year, that is a lot of people. Your hotel can get a better rate based on these large numbers. Naturally enough they will be making a commission on your purchase, but because of the large volume, you are probably still getting a better price.
• Service. The tour operator knows you are a guest of the hotel. They also care very much about the business they get from the hotel. This will mean they will take extra care with you. They will have priority parking arrangements at the hotel, and therefore, it will be easier to pick you up. Busy hotel lobbies can get very busy with all those people coming and going in the morning, if you are on the hotel’s guest list, and you are going on the tour, both the hotel and the jet boat tour operator are seriously on your case.
• Better Product. Jet boat operators do their best to get the best hotels as their clients. To do this, they need to be providing the best product. This means the tour you choose with your hotel is probably the best around. Better tours mean better boats and better drivers. A great boat with the latest and most powerful engine, that has been highly tuned, will mean a great time. I can smell that exhaust now!
• Availability. There is nothing worse than finding out the tour you want to go on has booked out, or does not have any spaces left when you ask, but when a call comes in from a hotel, a seat is available. How could that be the case? Again, because of client volume, many tour operators will allow a portion of seats for hotels on a daily and weekly basis. This means those seats might not be available to the general public because they are priority seats available for priority hotel guests.
• Safety. As a hotel guest, the hotel is also responsible for the tour they recommend. Tour operators already have strict operational and licensing requirements. It is good to know your hotel will be monitoring their actual performance history. Just because a company has the license, does not mean they have not had an incident in the past.

Many jet boat tour operators have special relationships with some of the best hotels, and if you are looking for a week of fun and excitement with your friends, you will be happy to find complete package tours that include everything you need for several days of fun at a very reasonable price.