Okay - we've had several phone calls this morning asking how to get to Auckland for this weekend. So maybe you want to be in New Zealand to watch the All Blacks fulfill their destiny and win the Rugby World Cup on home soil (again/about time). Ou peut-être vous êtes Français? So how do I get there and what's the damage going to be? The basic answer: It's gonna cost heaps!

1. Flights

Well Emirates have availability leaving Thursday night. Will get you in on Saturday afternoon and back Tuesday night - all in £1600. Alternatively if you could chat to your boss/beloved other, then you could bag a decent RTW for around the £1800 mark (much better value). Better still, take them with you...

1. EK    6    20OCT LHRDXB HS1  2215  #0805  O        E TH  1  
2. EK  406  21OCT DXBAKL HS1  1010  #1345  O        E FR  1  
3. EK  407  25OCT AKLDXB HS1  1850  #0540  O        E TU  2  
4. EK    1    26OCT DXBLHR HS1  0745   1215  O        E WE  2

We like this one

UK New Zealand Australia Bangkok Dubai UK from £1875 here

2. Accommodation

Okay some *very* average hotels have doubled in price, but The Travellers International hotel just outside Auckland, is £370 from Saturday till Tuesday - there are a few more options on Expedia, hotels.com and hostelworld.

3. Final Tickets

Check out the usual suspects but on Gumtree NZ they seem to vary between extortionate and eye-watering-drop-the-mortgage-payments. But am assuming you would have expected that....

4. Flat Whites

You'll need one. You'll possibly need several to recover from your jetlag. New Zealand is coffee mad. Here's a list of a few coffee shops in Auckland

5. Research

Well you haven't got time now but you may want to check out our NZ blogs here

6. Spending money

Think what you need and then double it. Take everything. One way or t'other there's going to be a party or a wake to end them all...