Although we did not meet Barb, we were in excellent hands with Michael her husband. He did everything in his power to make sure we had an extraordinary time in Tongariro. We had stimulating chats on global issues over dinner and he even kindly stayed up late to help in planning the remainder of our trip and show us the Milky Way. We 100% recommend them as your next stay in Tongoriro. They have a great tourism business called Tongoriro Adventures which we used to shuttle us to/from the alpine crossing.