Hey guys, I've been a fulltime traveller for almost five years now; leaving behind a career in finance and IT sales.
Being a traveller on either side of the pandemic meant a lot of things...good and bad. One definite con has been the increasing price of accommodation, specifically related to Airbnb.
When I first began roaming the world in 2019, Airbnb was my default option for places to stay, and it worked well. Lots of supply. Reasonable prices. Reliable. Safe. Since the pandemic, it's just not a viable long-term solution. So here's how I overcame the challenge of finding a reasonably priced alternative to Airbnb:
1. Often the same accommodation is also listed on booking.com. Compare to see if you can save on costs.
2. Try and contact the owner directly to see if there's an opportunity to save by paying cash in hand. Note: I've had mixed experiences with this one.
3. It's funny how many hosts know other hosts! If you've connected well with your host - find out who their fr...
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Where can one search for internship opportunities?
Good question, interested to know too.
Hi Ntosh, this would be a good space and place to start creating a list and or way to have access to details about businesses within the Travel Massive Cape Town community to share whether they are taking interns etc.
I actually had a request from CPUT (Cape Peninsula University of Technology) for intern placements.
We also share this with the students that have tourism as a subject on senior school level in our panel discussions.
So I would like to request Cape Town & Western Cape members to send me details of whether they are doing intern placements and how we can collaborate on this. If you do not have my email address send me a DM on here.
I'm a 3rd year student, doing Tourism management at Cput. May I ask is there any company's you know that offers internships?
Found it yet? Looking for internships is such a struggle
Have not found one, it's stressful and definitely a struggle.
Google is your friend. Here is a list I found for South Africa bursaries-southafrica.co.za/travel-tourism-internships/