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Renting a holiday house
Holiday house owners
Renting a holiday house
Finding a place to stay
Search on the site to find properties you’re interested in, and contact owners directly with any questions about their property.
Search
Use the search box located on the left of every page, or try an Advanced Search.
Browse
Click one of the regions on the homepage map and continue until you find properties you’re interested in. Most of your questions should be answered on the property listing pages.
Shortlist
Click the 'Save to Shortlist' button on any property listing page to bookmark properties you’re interested in. Then visit the Shortlist page to view the properties you’ve saved and make enquiries.
Booking a place to stay
To make a booking, contact the owner or manager directly from the information on the property listing - either e-mail or phone them. Please mention Holiday Houses when you contact them.
During peak times, it may take longer for the owner or manager to respond to your message. Please wait at least three business days to hear back from them. If you do not get a timely reply, call them using the contact details on their listing.
We are unable to book properties on your behalf.
Changing or cancelling a booking
Please contact the owner or manager directly.
Holiday house owners
Property listing costs
We charge just $199.00 per year. Short term listing options are also available:
- Six months for $149.00
- Three months for $99.00
- One month for $49.00
We offer a generous multiple listing discount for houses listed for full year terms. The first listing is at the full price and each additional listing is $99.00 per year.
There are no hidden costs. We do not charge to make changes to the site and there is no commission taken on bookings.
How to list a property
You need to create an account to list a property. Fill in as many details about your property as you can, and add plenty of photos – it will save people contacting you with unnecessary questions.
Just login to edit your listing at any time.
How people find your listing
Holiday Houses is promoted online and offline and receives over 100,000 visitors per month.
Your listing will appear in search results when people search for properties in your area, from the main region to the suburb, for certain keywords (e.g. swimming pool, beach) and by price and availability.
Advertiser benefits
- Holiday Houses is the largest holiday home advertising site in NZ, with over 5,000 homes listed.
- Your property details will be available 24 hours a day to holiday makers around the world, who can then call or email you a booking request.
- Each listing has its own web page and address which will not change, so you can use it for additional advertising such as newspaper ads.
- You can upload up to 40 photos to help showcase your property.
- You will receive a weekly report for your listing, including the number of times the listing has been viewed and a summary of enquiries received.
- You can login and change your listing anytime at no charge.
- You can use our booking calendar and map system to display your property on our availability and map search pages.
- If you have your own website, you can embed our availability calendar, photo gallery and enquiry form into your site to avoid having to duplicate the details.
We will continue to develop and expand Holiday Houses. We can be contacted here if you would like further information.