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Peak season travel prices

16 December 2011 flights
surveyed on 12 November 2011
South Africa Travel Online

This week we look at travel prices in the silly season, and there are indeed some funny things going on:

  • only Velvet Sky is charging less than R1000 for its Durban to Cape Town flight.

  • car rental prices are still pretty good, you can hire from Car Trawler from as little as R228 a day.

  • Mango Flex is cheaper than standard Mango prices (you'd know this sometimes happens if you've read our tips for cheap flights)

  • British Airways, a full service carrier, is cheaper than 1time & Mango (low cost carriers) - we've seen this happen before in the summer season

  • Kulula flights are almost completely sold out on 16 December, more than a month in advance

    • This week we looked at flights between Durban and Cape Town, departing on Friday the 16th of December 2011 between 13h49 and 21h46. All prices are subject to change without notice at the discretion of their providers and availability cannot be guaranteed by us.

    Flights from Durban to Cape Town
    Land trips from Durban to Cape Town

    Velvet Sky economy class
    VZ0613 leaves 13h50 arrives 16h55

    R 990

    City to City coach
    leaves 17h45 arrives 18h30 the next evening

    R 420

    British Airways economy class
    BA6306 leaves 18h00 arrives 20h10

    R 1 091

    Citiliner coach
    leaves 16h45 arrives 19h00 the next evening

    R 465

    Mango Flex
    JE369 leaves 18h05 arrives 20h15

    R 1 093

    Intercape coach
    leaves 06h30 arrives 07h30 the next morning

    R 510

    Mango Airline economy class
    JE369 leaves 18h05 arrives 20h15

    R 1 097

    Translux coach
    leaves 17h00 arrives 17h45 the next evening

    R 530

    1Time Airline
    T6647 leaves 17h35 arrives 19h50

    R 1 108

    SA Roadlink coach
    leaves 06h30 arrives 07h30 the next morning

    R 599

    Mango Plus
    JE369 leaves 18h05 arrives 20h15

    R 1 189

    Greyhound coach
    leaves 11h30 arrives 09h15 the next morning

    R 660

    SA Express economy class
    SA1858 leaves 16h30 arrives 18h40

    R 1 273

    Baz Bus (7 day pass)

    R 1 270

    British Airways business class
    BA6306 leaves 18h00 arrives 20h10

    R 3 354

    Shosholoza Meyl
    route suspended

    /

    Kulula Airline
    sold out

    /

    Premier Classe
    route suspended

    /

    Intercape has opened up its peak season direct route between Durban and Cape Town, and Shosholoza Meyl is charging its special festive fare (not reflected in this survey though, as Shosholoza hasn't reopened the Durban > Cape Town < Durban route as they said they might).

    And if you're wondering, this isn't the most expense flight prices we've surveyed - that honours belongs to the Easter weekend flights earlier this year when the cheapest flight was R1250 (with 1time airline).

    Cape Town accommodation

    Gordon's Bay, Cape Town
    Van Riebeeck Apartments
    62 Miller Road, Gordon's Bay, 7150

    Cheapest from R 259
    St Bedes Terrace Cottages
    26 Antrim Road
    Three Anchor Bay
    Cape Town

    Montagu, Western Cape
    from R 350 per person sharing
    Four Oaks Guest House

    Somerset West, Cape Town
    from R 400 per night (self-catering)
    Somerset Sereno



    Car Trawler cheapest vehicle rental

    R228 a day is pretty cheap for peak season. We priced the cost of Cape Town car hire (from the airport) from 21h00 on Friday the 16th of December 2011 until 13h00 on Sunday the 18th of December 2011 as follows:

    Europcar CPT

    First Car Rental

    FCR unlimited

    Compare Car Hire

    Car Trawler rental

    Total

    R 471

    R 550

    R 558

    R 718

    R 455

    Per Day

    R 236

    R 275

    R 279

    R 359

    R 228

    free km per day

    200 km

    100 km

    Unlimited km

    Unlimited km

    Unlimited km

    rate per km

    R 1.50 km

    R 1.17

    Unlimited km

    Unlimited km

    Unlimited km


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