Want to rent your holiday home out to 2010 visitors?
With 2010 just four years away, South Africa is already abuzz with FIFA World Cup fever! Many SA homeowners are considering the possibility of offering their holiday homes for rent, but it's not as simple as that. Holiday home rentals expert Glenda Moore has investigated the issue thoroughly and tells how you can also benefit from 2010.
With 2010 just four years away, South Africa is already abuzz with FIFA World Cup fever! Everyone is talking about the opportunities that are on offer for the astute entrepreneur. This is the largest global event that has ever been organised in South Africa. With up to 300 000 visitors expected during the six weeks, plans to host this enormous event are well under way.
As such, stadiums are currently in the process of being planned and built, transport facilities upgraded, the road system examined and our entire infrastructure to stage this intercontinental event, closely investigated. However, the simple truth is that once the international soccer fans have reached South Africa, the most important thing to them - apart from securing tickets for the matches - will be where they are able to lay their weary heads at the end of each exciting day.
I recently attended the first accommodation workshop, organised by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) on behalf of the FIFA World Cup 2010 committee, to discuss the accommodation needs for this global event. The seminar highlighted that if you are a homeowner who is thinking of offering your holiday home for rent during this time, there are certain criteria that you need to consider in order to be registered as an official accommodation supplier.
Firstly, MATCH Events Services Pty (Management of Accommodation Ticketing Computer/IT Solutions Hand-in-hand) is the officially mandated company appointed by FIFA for the provision of tickets and accommodation for this event. MATCH has managed the past six FIFA World Cup events and is also contracted to manage the 2014 event.
While accommodation establishments are not obliged to sell their facilities through MATCH, there are distinct benefits. In addition to their excellent past track record, your accommodation will be packaged with match tickets – the two most vital elements of the event. Furthermore, MATCH offers standardised conditions, dedicated sales and marketing efforts, fair and fixed rates, and a single point of contact and payment.
The FIFA World Cup 2010 is the first time that lodging, other than traditional hotel accommodation, will be used by MATCH. However, certain conditions do apply. The most important of these being that the establishment must be quality-assured through the grading system of the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa. Furthermore, the facility should be located in or around one of the nine host cities. These are Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Polokwane, Rustenberg and Nelspruit. Other satellite areas such as the Garden Route are still being finalised. A further requirement of the establishment is that it enters into a contract with MATCH by the end of 2006.
And now, the million dollar question……how much is MATCH prepared to pay for your accommodation? The rates for the event will be based on your rates applicable during June/July 2007. These rates will be increased by a factor equal to three times the average annual percentage increase in the official Consumer Price Index for South Africa during the period 2005, 2006 and 2007. This factor is estimated to be nine percent, which means that your rates applicable for the FIFA World Cup 2010 will be your June/July 2007 rates plus nine percent. MATCH will pay you 70 percent of these rates, the 30 percent deduction being used in the marketing and selling of your accommodation.
So, the decision for every housing establishment is whether you follow the tried and tested official FIFA channel to sell your lodgings at a fixed rate or whether you take your chances on the open market. It seems like a long way away, but if you want to be part of the game, you need to make that decision soon.
News source: www.news24.co.za
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