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" Arrived late one afternoon. No rush great service, listened carefully to our requests and met all our needs. Offered good advice. Very happy with service and friendly welcome.

" Great service as always. Anna did a great job. Thank you. " 24 November 2018  

Hours: Weekdays: 9am - 5:30pm Tuesday: 9:30am - 5:30pm Saturday: 10am - 1pm

Welcome to House of Travel Ferrymead

House of Travel Ferrymead has been operating for 27 years.  Originating as House of Travel Linwood on Buckleys Road where it specialised in Pilgrimmage tours and specialty holidays before relocating to Ferry Road and rebranding as House of Travel Ferrymead.

These days the business has grown and evolved dynamically and a recent move to their new premises at 987 Ferry Road has seen the team and customers alike embrace their new concept store, which looks just like your favourite coffee shop.  Customers are greeted with offers of tea or coffee from the nespresso machine and can relax and peruse inspirational material until their agent comes to sit with them armed with a mobile laptop if and when required.  This new space creates a relaxed and informal environment where conversations flow easily about the purpose of their travel plans and desired outcomes.    

Owners Mel Hubber and Kim Beswick have both worked at House of Travel Ferrymead for a combined 18 years and believe their team is one of the most well travelled in the business. 

Call us now on 03-376-4022 or Click here to [email protected]

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Opening hours

• Monday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Thursday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Friday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Saturday: Closed
• Sunday: Closed

HOT Ferrymead is 100% locally owned and operated making it fiercely proud of its heritage and has operated in the region for the past 5 years.

House of Travel Ferrymead has been operating for 27 years, originating as House of Travel Linwood on Buckleys Road where it specialised in Pilgrimage tours and specialty holidays  before relocating to Ferry Road and rebranding as House of Travel Ferrymead.

These days the business has grown and evolved and Owner Operator Mel Hubber (nee Lowen) believes her team are one of the most well-travelled and experienced in the business.

‘We believe strong relationships with clients and suppliers are key to success in the travel industry and believe each of the team have a strong work ethic and values that compliment the House of Travel philosophy of enriching people’s lives through travel’. ‘ In fact many clients make the comment that it feels like one big family in our office!’   Mel

‘These days it’s about ensuring we are with clients on their journey every step of the way – from the initial search phase, to the anticipation phase, then the actual travelling phase, and then returning home with feedback and booking the next one phase!’. 

Their core business is holiday packages to the Pacific Islands and Australia, North America, Worldwide Cruising and River Cruising (top shop for Avalon waterways 2015 and 2016); UK & Europe independent travel and guided holidays, African adventures and everything in between.  Pilgrimage tours and group travel  remain a key focus and so does searching out the best value Business class fares and how to take advantage of lounge access and airline memberships.

Having grown up in New Brighton & Sumner, beach and mountain holidays are my specialty. I am also a qualified Cruise Master with CLIA. Whether it’s Queenstown or a cruise I would love to help put your perfect holiday together. See more

Having travelled extensively I thoroughly enjoy immersing myself in the rich culture of any destination I get the opportunity to visit. Travel is my passion & I love helping clients create an unforgettable experience that is uniquely their own! See more

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Fantastic experience: Wonderful welcoming staff . Location very handy for me.Even greater is they have a travel Ex to get your foreign currency in store...marvellous

Fantastic experience: Great service very helpful recommend for all travel

Fantastic experience: Fantastic service from Veronica. She kept us calm and organised as we planned our big OE.

Fantastic experience: Can't praise them enough. Go the extra mile to make your travels stress free. Alisha a star.

Fantastic experience: Excellent service

Fantastic experience: My wife, 6 yr old son and myself recently went to the Philippines for a long overdue holiday and used HOT for the first time... brilliant decision! Anna was our agent and right from the first enquiry was fantastic. She gave us all the info we needed, organized everything and gave us information on things we didn't think about. Anna and HOT were fantastic and are definitely our 'go to' place for any travel in the future. Thanks Anna and HOT

Positive experience: Very good efficient service

Fantastic experience: Lovely ladys, so very helpful with plans for my trip

Positive experience: Booking a trip to Australia. Lovely lady called Rhobda looked after us. Nothing was a problem. Very helpful and gave us lots of alternatives

Fantastic experience: Positive: Professionalism

Fantastic experience: Mel was so helpful when we had to prospone our trip due to covid I really appreciated the time she spent

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Fantastic experience: Outstanding service. Highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: Positive: Professionalism , Quality , Responsiveness

Positive experience: Ok but new staff member was very slow involved prosses.

Fantastic experience: Got fares cheaper with them than online, customer service was great and friendly

Fantastic experience: Friendly knowledgeable staff. Always happy to help.

Fantastic experience: Great service and ideas

Fantastic experience: Superbly looked after by Anna O'Dell & fab holiday based on her recommendations. Best travel agency experience ever had. All staff friendly and the environment welcoming. Well done HOT Ferrymead.

Positive experience: Total trust that these guys know what they are doing. Especially Anna. Thanks

Fantastic experience: Always had great service from friendly people

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In 1988, the Tuvan Archaeological Expedition (led by M. E. Kilunovskaya and V. A. Semenov) discovered a unique burial of the early Iron Age at Saryg-Bulun in Central Tuva. There are two burial mounds of the Aldy-Bel culture dated by 7th century BC. Within the barrows, which adjoined one another, forming a figure-of-eight, there were discovered 7 burials, from which a representative collection of artifacts was recovered. Burial 5 was the most unique, it was found in a coffin made of a larch trunk, with a tightly closed lid. Due to the preservative properties of larch and lack of air access, the coffin contained a well-preserved mummy of a child with an accompanying set of grave goods. The interred individual retained the skin on his face and had a leather headdress painted with red pigment and a coat, sewn from jerboa fur. The coat was belted with a leather belt with bronze ornaments and buckles. Besides that, a leather quiver with arrows with the shafts decorated with painted ornaments, fully preserved battle pick and a bow were buried in the coffin. Unexpectedly, the full-genomic analysis, showed that the individual was female. This fact opens a new aspect in the study of the social history of the Scythian society and perhaps brings us back to the myth of the Amazons, discussed by Herodotus. Of course, this discovery is unique in its preservation for the Scythian culture of Tuva and requires careful study and conservation.

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