Trying to get there as soon as I possibly could
The most practical place for me to get a vehicle from was Rental car Auckland Airport as that was the place I was flying in to and I figured it would be easy to get one from there as opposed to trying to find my way to a depot somewhere else. I had planned to get straight on the road when I arrived as I wanted to get down to Taupo as early as I could. I was staying with some friend’s there and I only had a few days so I wanted to spend as much time with them as I could.