{"id":875041,"date":"2026-09-11T15:56:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=875041"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T14:06:05","slug":"shot-left-travel-week-2026-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/875041\/shot-left-travel-week-2026-everything-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Sho\u2019t Left Travel Week 2026: everything you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What it is<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sho\u2019t Left Travel Week is South African Tourism\u2019s annual domestic travel sale, running this year as the Great South African Sale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is the centrepiece of Travel Month, the national drive to get South Africans travelling their own country and to put local travel businesses in front of the domestic travellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When it runs: <\/strong>7 to 13 September 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s on offer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Deals of up to 50% off, listed by participating accommodation providers, tour operators, attractions, transport partners and experience operators <strong>across All nine provinces. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deals are live at <a href=\"https:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ddm\/trackclk\/N2797648.3064270BUSINESSTECH\/B36790013.456942102;dc_trk_aid=650861082;dc_trk_cid=264904053;dc_lat=;dc_rdid=;tag_for_child_directed_treatment=;tfua=;gdpr=$%7bGDPR%7d;gdpr_consent=$%7bGDPR_CONSENT_755%7d;ltd=;dc_tdv=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>www.shotleft.co.za<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How the booking works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can book now and travel later, within the dates each deal allows. Bookings are made with the participating business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who it\u2019s for<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone travelling domestically. From solo travellers to couples, families, groups of friends, and the large share of South Africans who have never treated their own country as a holiday destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to shop it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Decide the rough shape of your trip first: which kind of trip, roughly when, roughly what you can spend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then read the travel-by dates and terms on the deal you like, and book directly with the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why it matters beyond the discount<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Domestic travel money stays in the local economy, and supports small, owner-run operators like guesthouses, guides, transfer services and township tour businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strong domestic bookings is a meaningful year for many of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Great South African Sale runs 7\u201313 September 2026 with up to 50% off travel deals in across all nine provinces. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book now, travel later. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ddm\/trackclk\/N2797648.3064270BUSINESSTECH\/B36790013.456942102;dc_trk_aid=650861082;dc_trk_cid=264904053;dc_lat=;dc_rdid=;tag_for_child_directed_treatment=;tfua=;gdpr=$%7bGDPR%7d;gdpr_consent=$%7bGDPR_CONSENT_755%7d;ltd=;dc_tdv=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>www.shotleft.co.za<\/strong><\/a><strong> . T&amp;Cs apply.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s biggest travel sale, explained<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":875053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"posted","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"2098410497116635171","_sma_facebook_post_id":"191437357620492_2202475760572823","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[26484,26485],"class_list":["post-875041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-sat","tag-shot-left-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875041"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":875056,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875041\/revisions\/875056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}