{"id":976,"date":"2026-09-07T17:49:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T17:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stokveltalk.co.za\/?p=976"},"modified":"2026-09-07T17:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T17:49:25","slug":"travel-week-goes-live-as-south-africans-look-for-value-closer-to-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stokveltalk.co.za\/?p=976","title":{"rendered":"Travel Week goes live as South Africans look for value closer to home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Sho\u2019t Left Travel Week is live today, opening a week of domestic travel deals and giving South Africans more reasons to explore Mzansi, while creating new opportunities for tourism businesses to reach local travellers this Tourism Month.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>From 7\u201313 September 2026, South Africans can explore a range of affordable domestic travel offers and experiences through Sho\u2019t Left, marking the start of The Great South African Travel Sale.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The timing is particularly relevant as many South African households continue to make careful choices about where they spend their discretionary income. Travel is often one of the expenses reconsidered when budgets are under pressure, making value, flexibility and the ability to plan ahead increasingly important when people decide whether and how they travel.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Travellers can book while the deals are available and travel later, giving them the flexibility to secure an offer now and plan the actual trip for a time that works for them.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>That flexibility also opens up more ways to think about domestic travel. Against the backdrop of Tourism Month, a local break could mean a weekend away, a road trip, a food experience, a wellness escape, an adventure with friends or a family holiday planned for later in the year. It can also mean looking beyond familiar destinations to smaller establishments, experiences and hidden gems across the country.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>More reasons to explore South Africa<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThere are so many different reasons South Africans choose to travel. For some it is time with family, for others it is food, adventure, rest, culture or simply discovering somewhere they have never been before. That is really what we mean when we talk about 1,000 Reasons to Sho\u2019t Left,\u201d says\u00a0<b>Mashoto Mokgethi, Hub Head of Domestic Tourism at South African Tourism<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cTravel Week gives South Africans an opportunity to look for value and find an experience that speaks to their reason for travelling, while still having the flexibility to take the trip later. Every domestic trip also has the potential to support the many businesses and people that make those experiences possible.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Behind every Sho\u2019t Left is a broader local tourism ecosystem.<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A stay at a family-owned bed-and-breakfast, lodge or boutique hotel can also support transport providers, local restaurants, tour guides, food producers, craftspeople, retailers and experience providers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For micro, small and medium-sized tourism businesses in urban and rural areas, domestic travel creates an opportunity to put their products and experiences in front of South Africans actively looking for somewhere to go and something new to experience.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Tourism businesses can still participate in Travel Week by loading their Travel Week deals onto the\u00a0<a id=\"m_3542389161188093790OWA639ab02c-585e-f457-3037-538a96408ab9\" title=\"https:\/\/profile.shotleft.co.za\/general\/home\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.shotleft.co.za\/general\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/profile.shotleft.co.za\/general\/home&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1788888555279000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1e1CNM21lw9LoiiS4Psm9P\">Sho\u2019t Left Partner Platform<\/a>, helping make their experiences more visible and discoverable to domestic travellers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Find value. Discover something different.<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For travellers, the opportunity is equally practical: look beyond the familiar, compare what is available and find an experience that works for both the occasion and the budget.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Travel stokvels and other group-travel communities are also encouraged to use Travel Week as an opportunity to plan ahead, explore available deals and make their collective travel budgets work harder.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For South Africans who may not travel often, or who are considering a trip for the first time, Travel Week is also an invitation to discover what is available closer to home and across the country.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Travel does not have to mean an elaborate, once-a-year holiday. It could be a nearby weekend escape, a midweek break, a road trip around a sporting event or concert, a township experience, a wellness weekend or simply somewhere close to home that has never been explored before.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Travelling with family or friends can also create different ways to plan and share the cost of a getaway, while shorter trips and experiences closer to home offer another way of discovering the country.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This Tourism Month, Travel Week brings two sides of domestic tourism together: South Africans looking for value and new experiences, and tourism businesses looking for more opportunities to reach them.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Travellers can explore Travel Week deals at\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/shotleft.co.za\/\" href=\"https:\/\/shotleft.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/shotleft.co.za\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1788888555279000&amp;usg=AOvVaw24QKyRdwx5i5IIDRZ66MAP\">shotleft.co.za<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sho\u2019t Left Travel Week is live today, opening a week of domestic travel deals and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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