Rugby World Cup 2011, the 7th World Cup, will be held in New Zealand. The event is expected to cost $310 million and generate $280 million in ticket sales and a tremendous spike in the New Zealand tourism sector. This will be the largest sporting event ever held in New Zealand, much larger than the 1987 Rugby World Cup or the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Over 70,000 visitors from overseas are expected to come for the games and associated events. The World Cup will be played over seven weekends from the weekend of the 10th of September and ending the weekend of October 22nd, which is a longer weekend due to Labour Day in New Zealand. The final will play in Auckland at Eden Park.

New Zealand’s progress in preparing for the Rugby World Cup 2011 received a top rating from the International Rugby Board’s (IRB) chairmen and chief executive. All preparations for the Cup are projected to be ready in time. The IRB has also narrowed down all of the teams that will be competing, to 20. Twelve teams were determined by finishing in the top three of each pool in the 2007 tournament with the remaining eight determined by regional qualifying tournaments.

People wishing to experience the Rugby World Cup 2011, need not travel from hotel to hotel between games. One way to travel from stadium to stadium is via motor home. If booked early, spectators have a choice of the size and model of motor home as well as a secure location to park during the night. Doing this will require a large deposit of two thirds, but guarantees a 4 and 6 berth Motor home to be available for their use in 2011. The demand for rental cars and motor homes is projected to be large, so to meet the demand agencies are hoping that people book early. The funds are held in a trust account in the renter’s name. If circumstances change before 2011, the deposit is refundable except for an administration fee of around NZ$50.00 for up to six months prior to travel. At that point, normal cancellation fees apply.

A majority of vehicles have toilet and shower facilities on board, a convenient feature when travelling between the various regions of New Zealand where games are to be held. All travel packages with motor homes are projected to include power hook-up sites near the Rugby World Cup 2011 sporting events and inter island ferry reservations and passes. Additions to these packages can also include such things as heating, waste water tank and microwave. Companies send more details upon receipt of deposit. Do not miss on getting the camper van you desire for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand - Book early as they will go quick!

The mania for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa is building up really fast. Only an ignorant handful of people who do not have any idea about soccer might not have heard about this event which takes place every year. 32 teams spread evenly in 8 groups will have their eyes set on a common goal… to with the golden cup and bring it back home. The popularity of WC 2010 can be gauged from the fact that there is hardly any country, even those whose teams are not lucky enough to take part, where this fever has not spread.Throughout the day people go around their various tasks, but once the evening sets in, they change over to a different mindset. They meet each others in the favorite pubs or bars and start discussing in earnest about the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Specialty websites are set up with the sole purpose to sell world cup tickets to soccer fans all over the world so that they have an opportunity to purchase tickets from the relative com forts of their home. Different countries across the earth have their different national sports, but if there is one sport that can truly be called the king of all sports, it is only football (also known as soccer).

No other sport has such a huge worldwide following like soccer and this is one of the main reasons why all eyes are riveted towards the date when the soccer world cup will finally take place. Such is the zeal of this event that leading websites and sports portals have set up countdown tickers on their websites to notify visitors how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds are left for the beginning of the South Africa world cup event to begin.

It is not possible for each and every fan to attend this gala sporting event and keeping this in mind, the sponsoring country has spared no pains to ensure that there are live telecasts available to each and every country in the world. Due to the difference in time zones, some parts of the world will be sleeping while the WC 2010 games will be under way. However, there is one thing you can be assured of. Each home in such countries will have several people staying awake throughout the night. These sports fanatics will remain awake throughout the night, following their favorite team and egging them on to win.