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Sisterhood and Travelling Plans: Risk Consideration #Part5

Debs December 18, 2019 0 Comments

Sky diving as one of dangerous activities

There is a possibility that undesired and unplanned event will occur during the trip, which will be the risk of the trip. This is related to safety, personal problems, and other possibilities. This section will discuss the risk identifications and the suggested ways to mitigate those risks.

Risk Identifications and Proposed Mitigation

No	Risk Description	Mitigation
1	There is a possibility that there will be bad weather on the day of skydiving	The NZOne would call us in the morning if the skydive canceled because of bad weather reasons. There will be plenty of time to rearrange the activities of the day by exploring the city of Queenstown. If possible, we will ask to reschedule the skydive to the next day, our 2^nd day at Queenstown. A skydiving instructor had ever suggested Debby when she did skydive that morning to midday will be the best time to do skydiving because of the weather is usually good. We’ve book based on this suggestion at 10 AM.
2	There is a possibility several things related to safety will occur during skydiving such as hypothermia or accident	To prevent hypothermia, the operator suggested on what to wear while skydiving. In Winter, they recommend that multiple layers are more suitable than one large jacket. A special suit also provided to be worn by the operator. Moreover, the operator explained that they are really concern about safety as the quote below: “Safety’s the top priority for us at NZONE Skydive. We use industry leading skydiving systems and the latest in internationally recognized safety practices. We operate under the strict authority the of NZ Civil Aviation Authority and also the New Zealand Parachute Industry Association. All our Tandem Masters have jumped over 1,000 times, some have even jumped over 24,000 times! All parachutes are fitted with reserve chutes and automatic opening devices (AAD). AAD stands for “Automatic Activation Device”. It’s an on-board computer that automatically activates an emergency parachute in the unlikely event its needed.” – NZOne, 2019 With all above technology and prevention effort, if the undesired events such as accident occur, there are several hospitals and clinics that accessible within 30 minutes distance (subsection 5.2.2).
3	There is a possibility that there will be bad weather on the day of the Hobbiton tour	In their website, Hobbiton management would provide umbrella on site to be use by the visitors. As we will be traveling in New Zealand, it is recommended that everyone bring their raincoat and waterproof jacket. Based on Debby and her friends’ experience in visiting Hobbiton, the trip will still be carried on a rainy day.
4	There is a possibility that there will be bad weather on the day of tracking in Mt Cook and Bend Lomond	The update weather condition will be monitor through the met service regularly. If the weather is bad on the planned date and time, both tracking activities will be canceled. The destination will be replaced with the backup tourism attraction near the location. Mt Cook tracking will be replaced by Lake Pukaki and Lake Tekapo. And Bend Lomond tracking will be replaced by visiting arrow town, Marine Parade park, and Queenstown garden.
5	There is a possibility several things related to safety will occur during trackings such as hypothermia and injury	Prior to the trip, every participant will be reminded to wear their winter clothes such as thermal, winter jacket, and waterproof jacket, waterproof tracking shoes, gloves, shawl, and winter hat. Moreover, the hot drink also we are carried during the trip. A simple first aid kit also will be prepared for the trip. Sari, who is a nurse, will provide her first aid kit.
6	There is a possibility that we run out of gasoline during the trip	The fuel of rented cars will be in full capacity when we first pick them up. After calculating the fuel tank capacity and trip distance, the fuel will be filled in Taupo and Wellington for North Island and Tekapo and Christchurch in South Island. The location of petrol stations in the cities will be shown in subsection 5.2.3.
7	There is a possibility that we our rented car broke during the trip	As we have taken stress-free premium cover (Jucy) and peace in mind zero risks (Go Rental) insurance, all of the damages of the car during the trips will be fully covered. In case of any unwanted damages occur during the trip, we will call AA breakdown service at 09 966 8800. Moreover, we can also go to the nearest auto repair that could be located using google map (subsection 5.2.4)
8	There is a possibility that the trip participant will clash during the trip	There is a possibility that an argument will occur between the trip participant. When this happens, we will talk about that and remind everyone about the purpose of the trip: togetherness. Moreover, we should agree from the beginning that this trip should be conflict free.
9	There is a possibility that someone got sick during the trip	First aid kit will be prepared by sari. However, everyone also suggests bringing their personal medication, if any. The location of the hospitals (subsection 5.2.2.) and pharmacy (subsection 5.2.5) will also be identified using google map.
10	There is a possibility that the selected restaurants are fully booked	If the restaurant is fully booked, usually they will inform us when we call them to book. We will look for another nearby restaurant for our contingency plan. The location of nearby restaurants halal restaurants is show in the appendix 4.

Mitigation Measures

List winter equipment

There several winter outfit that recommended to be wear during the trip to keep our body warm. Vracken (2019) recommend to bring top (1), long sleeve (1), tee (1), Henly (1), shirt (1), jeans (2), pants (1), dress (2), coat (1), waterproof jacket (1), flats (1), boots (1), tracking shoes (1), scarf (1), and small bag (1) to travel to New Zealand during Fall and Winter.

List of nearest hospital and clinic near Queenstown and Mt Cook

No	Hospital	Opening hour	Contact
1	Lakes District Hospital	Emergency Department: Open 24 hours / 7 days	Phone: (03) 441 0015 Fax: (03) 442 3305 Email: contactus@southerndhb.govt.nz Website: www.southerndhb.govt.nz Address: 20 Douglas Street, Frankton, Queenstown
2	Queenstown Medical Centre	Weekdays: 8AM-8PM Weekends & Holidays: 9AM-8PM	Phone: +64 3 441 0500 Fax: +64 3 441 0501 Website: https://www.qmc.co.nz/ Address: 9 Isle Street, Queenstown
3	Twizel Medical Centre	Mon & Fri: 09:30-6:00pm; Tues-Thur: 8.30-5:00pm; Sat: 9:45-12pm Closed Sundays, public holidays and Saturdays of statutory weekends	Phone: 03 435 0777 Fax: 03 435 0789 Website: http://www.twizelmed.co.nz/ Address: 15 Mackenzie Drive, TWIZEL 7901

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Knowing the risk you will face during the trip is essential to prepare for the worse.

Enjoy!

Cheers,
Debby

Sisterhood and Travelling Plans: 10 Days Budgeting Plan of New Zealand Trip #Part4

Debs December 18, 2019 0 Comments

Our budget consist of several post as follows:

Visa application fee

Visitor visa cost for Indonesian

A visitor visa is required for Indonesian nationality to enter New Zealand. The application can be made online through VFS Global. It takes 30 days for visa processing and maybe an additional week for delivery. The visitor visa for Indonesia nationally cost NZD 211. There are some additional costs required. The detail of visa application cost is on below table.

Visa Application
Visa Application (NZD)	211	IDR 1,944,131.04
Administration Fee	Application Lodgment	IDR 267,500.00
	Passport handling - Online Application	IDR 200,500.00
	Courier Return Zone 1	IDR 50,000.00
	SMS	IDR 20,000.00
Total		IDR 2,482,131.04

Entrance ticket fee

There are three destinations selected for this trip. The ticket fee for each destination will be listed as follow.

Destination	cost per person (NZD)
NZOne Skydive (15,000ft tandem skydive)	NZD 459.00
Hobbiton Movie Set (2 hours tour)	NZD 84.00
Gondola, Buffet Dinner, and Haka Performance	NZD 99.00
Total	NZD 642.00

Transportation Fee

The cost of transportation could be vary, this is the real price when I made this assignment.

Flight

The flight from Padang to Jakarta for Lany will be on Friday, 9^th August 2019 on 16:40 West Indonesian Time. The return flight will be on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 on 07:30 West Indonesian Time. Lany will visit her with her sister in Jakarta for a couple of days before going back home to Padang. The total cost for both flights is about IDR 3,118,000. The booking receipt is as follow.

return flight PDG-CGK

The flight from Jakarta to Auckland will be departing on Friday, 9th August 2019 at 20:10 and will be land in Auckland on Saturday, 10th August 2019 at 12:15 NZT. And the return flight will be on Sunday, 18th August 2019 at 08:30 NZT and will arrive in Indonesia on the same day at 18:40 West Indonesian Time. The total cost for both flights is about IDR 9,958,300. The receipt of the flight booking is as follow.

return flight CGK-AKL

The flight is also chosen as transportation from Wellington to Queenstown and from Christchurch to Auckland. The cost of both flights is NZD 40 and NZD 52 per person respectively. Additional baggage are also purchased for both flights.

Domestic flight Wellington to Queenstown

Domestic flight Christchurch to Auckland

Car Rent

As there will be four people on the trip, a 5 seaters car is chosen for this trip. There are two different best car rental companies that we conduct our research before renting the car. After some calculation, we decide to go with Jucy rental for 3 days the trip from Auckland to Wellington from 10th August 2019 to 13th August 2019. The total cost is about NZD 137.7, which already include Stress-Free premium cover insurance about NZD 20 per day. On the other hand, on the same duration and destination, Go Rental offer a higher price with the same facilities with the total cost at about NZD 327 which also include zero risk insurance cover for about NZD 28 per day. We choose to go with Jucy.

Go rental cost Auckland -Wellington

Jucy rental cost Auckland -Wellington

We also use the same rental company for the 5-days trip from Queenstown to Christchurch from 13^th August 2019 to 17^th August 2019. We decide to go with Go Rental this time because it offers a better price. The total cost of Go rental is about NZD 360 with zero risk insurance for NZD 28 per day. Meanwhile, Jucy rental offers a much higher price on NZD 399.84 with stress-free premium cover insurance for NZD 20 per day.

Go Rental Cost Queenstown - Christchurch

Jucy Rental Cost Queenstown - Christchurch

Fuel Cost for Car

For the first three days in North Island from Auckland to Wellington, we will drive for about 794 km with the destination on the below map.

trip distance AKL-Wellington

Based on the car (Mazda 3) specifications from the Jucy website, the car uses unleaded 91 Octane fuel. Based on its specification, it is estimated that the car will use about 6-liter fuel for 100 km. Thus, the total cost will be shown at the table below.

Assumptions	Value
Unleaded 91 Octane Fuel Cost (AA, 2019)	2.23 NZD/litre
Fuel consumption	6 litre/100 km
Total distance	794 km
Total fuel cost	= 794 km x 6 litre/100km x 2.23 NZD/litre = 106.23 NZD

Mazda 3 specification

For the next 5 days trip in South Island from Queenstown to Christchurch, we will drive for about 598 km with the destination on the below map.

trip distance Queenstown to Christchurch

Based on the car (Mazda 2) specifications from the Mazda website, the car uses unleaded 91 Octane fuel. It is estimated that the car will use about 5.5-liter fuel for 100 km. Thus, the total cost will be shown at table below.

Assumptions	Value
Unleaded 91 Octane Fuel Cost (AA, 2019)	2.23 NZD/litre
Fuel consumption	5.5 litre/100 km
Total distance	598 km
Total fuel cost	= 598 km x 5.5 litre/100km x 2.23 NZD/litre = 73.34 NZD

Mazda 2 specification

Supper Shuttle

Supper shuttle is hired as transportation from the homestay at Auckland CBD to the Auckland International Airport. The cost will be about NZD 20 per person or NZD 60 for three people (figure 4-15). Because the flight will depart at around 8:00, the pick-up time of the shuttle will be at 04:50 in the morning.

shuttle price

Accommodation fee

For accommodation, we will stay at 7 different homestays throughout the trip. All the homestays are booked through Air BnB. The consideration of choosing the homestay is about price, location, and facilities. The location and cost of each homestay are listed in the table below.

Day	Date	Accommodation location	Selected Accommodation	Accommodation Cost (NZD)
DAY 1	9/08/2019	On the plane	On the plane	N/A
DAY 2	10/08/2019	Auckland City	Waldorf St Martins Apartment	166
DAY 3	11/08/2019	Near Lake Taupo	C'est la Vie	157
DAY 4	12/08/2019	Wellington	Garden Oasis Near Airport	201
DAY 5	13/08/2019	Queenstown	Amazing Apartment	500
DAY 6	14/08/2019	Queenstown	Amazing Apartment	500
DAY 7	15/08/2019	Lake Tekapo	Sun & Stars	298
DAY 8	16/08/2019	Christchurch	Town meets Country	80
DAY 9	17/08/2019	Auckland	CBD Apartment	161
DAY 10	18/08/2019	On the plane	On the plane	N/A
Total cost				1563

Food and drink cost

Eating out

We will be eating out several times throughout the trip. As we know from the trip preference survey, the chosen restaurant serve halal food (no pork), or it has seafood, chicken, and vegetarian menu. The total cost of eating out will be about 109 per person, which will be listed on the below table

Day	Date	Restaurant	Cost per person (NZD)	Reason in choosing the restaurant
DAY 1	9/08/2019	Subway	10	Fish, chicken, and turkey burger options.
DAY 1	9/08/2019	Paradise Indian Restaurant	18
DAY 4	12/08/2019	Nando's	20	We like spicy food, and Nando’s offer varies spacy sauces.
DAY 5	13/08/2019	Fergburger	25	The must-have burger in Queenstown. Deer is worth to try.
DAY 8	16/08/2019	Fish and chips takeaway	10	It’s halal and quite popular.
DAY 9	17/08/2019	Shaolin KungFu Noodles	20
Total			103

Cooking

Grocery shopping at Countdown Auckland

This is the groceries for the first 3 days trip from Auckland to Wellington. The total cost is about NZD 104.19 that includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and drinks.

Grocery shopping at PAKnSAVE Queenstown at Day 5 (13/08/2019)

This is the groceries for the 2 days trip in Queenstown. The total cost is about NZD 81.11, that includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and drinks.

Grocery shopping at PAKnSAVE Queenstown at Day 6 (14/08/2019)

This is the groceries for the 3 days trip from Queenstown to Christchurch. The total cost is about NZD 66.6 that includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and drinks.