Travel Tips

Touchdown is now offering E-bikes for hire As a long-standing local Kiwi family business, we are proud to offer the Scott Aspect 10 e-bikes to anyone seeking adventure or wanting to explore Queenstown. Our bikes are available for hire from our depots in Queenstown airport and Queenstown town. To keep things simple we will deliver […]

At Touchdown we specialise in boutique car rentals, giving you access to hire cars with a difference. A MINI car hire is bound to turn heads, and makes an ideal sporty compact hire car for a day trip around Christchurch or Queenstown. If you want something different when you hire your next car in the […]

As winter takes a back seat and we move further into spring it’s a great time to go on a road trip – especially in the South Island. The sight of lambs and calves lining roadside paddocks, flowers and trees blooming with the snow-capped peaks of the alps in the distance are unique to this […]

With environmental concerns rising rapidly, consumers are asking why companies aren’t doing more to clean up their act. Here at Touchdown we are working towards reducing our carbon footprint through the addition of hybrid vehicles. Hit the road, not the planet in an Audi A3 hybrid The South Island is an amazing place to discover, […]

Commodore Hotel, Christchurch Airport. Our family own and operate the Commodore Hotel, Christchurch Airport. The Commodore offers stylish accommodation only three minutes drive from the airport and ten minutes from central Christchurch. If you book your accommodation at the Commodore, your rental vehicle will be conveniently available to collect from the hotel. As a guest […]

It is highly unlikely that you would face any mechanical problems during your hire of our vehicles, but in case you do, no sweat. We provide 24 hour free mechanical breakdown assistance. To ensure your car rental journey with Touchdown is stress free, relaxed, and high on adventure, we have teamed up with the AA […]

What you need to know about driving in NZ At Touchdown, your safety is our priority. To ensure that you have a safe and relaxed journey while driving in New Zealand with one of our rental cars, we highly encourage you to read the following: Keep Left Always drive on the left side of the […]