Blog - Cape Town Holiday Accommodation - Places to Stay in South Africa

You looked at the location, bought the house, villa or guesthouse, decorated it, bought the furniture invested in satellite TV and upgraded the swimming pool. But how many of you know you’re accommodation as well as you think you do? Have you ever stayed as a paying guest? Have you ever opened the fridge after an 11-hour flight with children to find nothing in there. Have you tried to figure out how the pool pump works so that it doesn’t come on in the middle of the night? Read more

Yesterday Bullet for my Valentine pulled out of the Zero Coke Fest citing studio commitments as the reason. Zero Coke Fest is an annual rock festival in Cape Town and Joburg hosting some the world’s biggest bands, this year Oasis and Snow Patrol are the headle acts. Tickets for the event are around R600 for the Golden Circle (the mosh pit area!). So the point is that hundreds of Bullet for my valentine fans have scrimped, saved and borrowed to get a ticket to see their idols up close and personal. They’ve committed their time and money to support them and now they’ve been jilted at the altar. Ask any one of those fans whether they would rather the boys spend the day in the studio so they could hear the new album 1 day earlier or share a day of excess and loud live  music with their loyal fans and guess what the answer would be? Read more

At onelocation we try and check ALL the properties and owners on the site but as well as us checking here’s a few precautions you can take to make sure the 3 bed holiday villa in Camps Bay or the Cape Town guesthouse actually exists. Believe it or not there are some dodgy people out there who post adverts on sites and then take the holidaymakers deposit and run, never to be seen or heard from again. Read more