Recommended by SA-Venues.com

GetSmarter is a specialist online training firm that works together with top universities and industry experts to present professional short courses throughout South Africa.

The 10-week, part-time, online UCT Guest House Management course is ideal for existing and aspiring guest house owners and managers. Being a highly practical course, it teaches the basics of running a guest house establishment and goes into detail about every aspect from day-to-day maintenance to calculating expenses. Prospective guest house owners who want to learn about the industry will benefit from this course, as will current owners who want to brush up on and refine their skills.

Corine van Dyk, who is an experienced guest house owner and who has consulted with the government on related topics, is the course convener and offers her knowledge and guidance throughout this 10-week course.

Contact:
• Company: GetSmarter
• Contact: Amy-Jane
• Telephone: 021 447-7565
• http://www.getsmarter.co.za/.

A requirement of advertising any accommodation establishment on the SA-Venues.com site, be it an Hotel, Guest House, Bed and Breakfast or Self Catering Accommodation is that the Establishment be a registered, accredited accommodation provider.

Our preferred and recommended association is the Guest House Association of South Africa (known in short as GHASA). Their service offers many benefits. For us at SA-Venues.com the major benefit is that overseas visitors easily identify with the GHASA logo, are aware that the establishment they are considering booking with is a credible, assessed establishment and therefore their confidence in booking with that establishment is high. Over and above this the Association offers their members numerous additional value added services (marketing, advice and friendly, accessible staff) so it is a worthwhile investment getting your accommodation registered with GHASA.

Contact:
• Company: Guest House Accommodation of SA (Pty) Ltd
• Contact: Lyndsay
• Telephone: 021 762-0880
• http://www.ghasa.co.za/.

We are frequently asked which company we recommend for hosting of establishments' own websites. There are many hosting companies available - the one that stands out for us is Hetzner.

Hetzner offer fast, reliable hosting at a reasonable rate. For the average small to medium size website you should do fine with their Basic package which includes the choice of hosting location in South Africa or Germany (useful if your site has very high traffic), instant account activation, their KonsoleH award-winning control panel (really simple to use), graphical visitor statistics, 99.9% uptime with SLA, business day support via telephone, email & knowledgebase, a 30-day money back guarantee and month-to-month contract regardless of billing period.

Contact:
• Company: Hetzner (Pty) Ltd
• Contact: Sales
• Telephone: 0861-0861-08
• http://www.hetzner.co.za/.

Rushton Plumbers is a well established plumbing company which has mainly been involved in upmarket housing developments as well as smaller renovations and maintenance. We have been the number one plumbing contractor at Leopard Creek Golf Estate for the past eight years. Honesty, reliability, punctuality and quality of work have always been a high priority of ours throughout the years.

Although we specialise in up market housing developments our work does not stop there, we are a plumbing company and no job is too big or too small for us. I am a qualified plumber and the reason why we have been so successful is that I spend most of my time on site making sure the quality of work is up to the very best of standards. We value our work and above all we value our customers.

Contact:
• Company: Rushton Plumbers
• Contact: Lyall Rushton
• Telephone: +27 (0)83 256-6623
• Cape Town Plumbers.

The Cape Town Green Map is available in print. The print version - a handy snapshot in time of green Cape Town - is available as a free download. You can also pick up a free copy from your local Cape Town Tourism Visitor Information Centre, so if you run a Bed & Breakfast or offer accommodation in Cape Town, this is an ideal leaflet to add as a room drop.

The print map, printed on SAPPI sponsored triple green paper, gives an overview of green Cape Town by combining a number of visitable sites such as nature reserves, local organic markets, responsible accommodation, where to eat and shop organic, local recycling drop-off sites and more. It’s aim is to remind both residents of Cape Town and visitors to the Mother city to live, work and play responsibly so as to reduce our impact on the fragile ecosystems within the city.

Contact:
• Company: Cape Town Green Map
• http://www.capetowngreenmap.co.za/.