Musings by Generator

My girlfriend and I are in desperate need of a romantic break or weekend away ! So I have been looking around trying to find somewhere for us to go, a close by place not further than 3 hours away. So I am restricted in as far as Dullstroom, Northern Drakensburg, The Waterberg. I have been looking at hotels, Bed & breakfasts etc.

I know that every accommodation provider will be putting up their prices for the World Cup in June & July but to be making it so expensive that South African’s, except for the wealthy, can’t go away, well…. I got quoted nothing less than 1500 rand per person per night, this was a 3 star hotel – nothing magical, which is just crazy. How do these places expect to survive after or even before the world cup with these prices that are going to kill an  average South African’s monthly budget?

families and couples are not going to be able to have a spontaneous holiday, instead, we are going to have to plan months in advance. How can you be really truly romantic and surprise your better half with a weekend away when you need to plan months in advance so you can budget it in, because you will be planning so far in advance, you have to consult your partner cause you have no idea what their schedule will look like then, and you don’t want your six thousand rand weekend to be wasted cause two weeks before, she has to go on a business trip, so no surprise.

I understand that they need to increase the fee’s because of Match’s draconian rules & regulations that are forced on providers, so fine, charge the football tourists more, but please try to stay accessible to us local Safa’s.

At this rate, it is cheaper for me to book flights, and take my lady to Namibia, or Victoria falls in Zimbabwe. At least they want my money.