supplied by Friars Guides

Introduced in 2008 the Traveller’s Companion is a combination of GPS and Internet Tablet that provides many of the things that a discerning traveller may need on their visit to New Zealand:

• GPS-based maps, complete with route files to all properties
• web browser and email client
• address book and calendar that can be loaded with the details of your NZ trip
• media player (pictures, sound, video)
• VOIP phone (Skype or Google Talk)
• Instant Messaging (IM) client
• FM Radio
• Voice Recorder
• a sketch notepad
• and a World Clock

With wireless access to the internet at our host’s properties or via WiFi hotspots or a mobile phone, travellers have access to the Friars Guide website with all the best “Places to STAY”, “Things to DO”, and “Sights to SEE” around New Zealand.

Welcome to Friars Guides, authors of New Zealand's premier accommodation guide for the discerning traveller.