The trans-Tasman bubble will be open for business in a matter of weeks.
Within minutes of the Prime Minister announcing the date the phones were running hot at hotels in Queenstown with travellers booking accommodation.
The government's eyeing an economic boost from the floods of cashed up Australian tourists who can start visiting without having to isolate from April 19.
New Zealand will operate the bubble on a state by state basis with Australia.
New Zealander, Michelle Honan, is flying from Sydney to Auckland in May and is feeling much safer now she knows she won't have to stay in a MIQ hotel.
An epidemiologist says that's a rational response and now is a good time for the government to take a hard look at how safe our isolation hotels really are.
Katie Todd filed this report.
