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SA-Venues: How the connection works

SA-Venues has been marketing South African properties to travellers since 1999, with more than half a million travellers using SA-Venues.com every month. NightsBridge links to SA-Venues through the Links Manager.

Site https://www.sa-venues.com
Contact details
About
  • SA-Venues offers accommodation booking on their website. More information about who they are and how they work is available via this linkFrequently asked questions on SA-Venues can be found here.
Who books here?
  • The public (potential guests) book online.
How to sign up
 
  • Open your Homepage>Integrations>Integration Requests>Links Manager.
  • Tick 'SA-Venues' to request the link.
  • A once-off setup fee of R450 (excl VAT) to add your first property - thereafter commission per booking. SA-Venues will create the listing but the establishment has to supply the requested documents before they will activate.
  • Once SA-Venues has created your listing, it will exchange rate, availability and booking information with NightsBridge in real-time.
Enquiries and bookings
  • SA-Venues accepts campsites as a room type.
  • Bookings can be made via instant booking (via NightsBridge) or enquiry (property direct).
  • By default, guest contact information is only provided once the guest has confirmed the booking on SA-Venues. The contact info is then sent to you by SA-Venues.
  • You may contact SA-Venues requesting that guest contact info be included when making the booking via NightsBridge.
Content: Listing Creation
  • NightsBridge provides the booking channel with your content (descriptions and images) as set up on NightsBridge, to create your listing.
Content: Listing Updates
  • Booking channels are able to extract certain content elements from NightsBridge.
    If any of the details listed below are updated on NightsBridge, please contact the booking channel directly, requesting a listing update.
    • New room type added
    • Amenities
    • Room description
    • About the property
    • About the area
    • Amenities available at establishment
  • Any other information must be added or communicated to the booking channel directly.
Payments

The deposit is collected by SA-Venues. SA-Venues will pay the establishment, less their commission, within 3 to 5 working days of the booking date.
Guests have two payment options when booking:

  • Full Payment Upfront: SA-Venues will take 100% of the booking total and pay you less their commission  OR

  • Only Deposit (minimum of 50%): SA-Venues will take 50% of the booking total as the deposit and pay you less their commission. The balance due will need to be collected from the guest directly.

For inquiries regarding payments, please contact SA-Venues directly.

Refunds

 
  • The property should refund SA-Venues directly.
  • SA-Venues will refund the guest.
Countries/Currency
  • South Africa only.
  • ZAR only.
Commission
  • 15% (including VAT)
Rates
 
  • NightsBridge provides your RACK Rates as entered in your NightsBridge Setup to SA-Venues.
  • VAT and commission payable to SA-Venues must be included in your rates.
Specials and packages
  • Should you choose to, you can load and link Specials and Packages to SA-Venues via NightsBridge.
  • Please note that Specials and Packages rates will also have the 15% commission charged on top of the applied discount.
Policies

The policies you have set up in NightsBridge are automatically applied to bookings made via SA-Venues:

  • Cancellation policy
  • Child policy
  • Minimum length stay
How to Cancel your link
  • Contact NightsBridge if you would like to cancel your link to SA-Venues.
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