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Socialise
One of the main benefits you’ll get from backpacking is meeting new people and making new friends. Whether it's a big group of people travelling together in a backpackers’ bus, or pub-partying as they go, or smaller intimate groups kicking back and sitting round a fire in a National Park, the sharing and sense of togetherness is a major take-out from the backpacker experience.
You’ll often team up with people as you go; those going in the same direction with the same, or similar interest. It can sometimes save you money as well, through sharing costs. Often people you meet travelling become friends for life.
Research shows that 85% of all Backpackers will engage in a romantic encounter of some sort. If you’re suffering from a drought, romantically, then come to New Zealand and try backpacking - 85% of backpackers can't be wrong!
The other cool thing about backpacking is meeting and interacting with those people who own or work in backpacker’s hostels. This is just one of many avenues giving you the chance to meet real New Zealand people.
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