In the Top Insider Travel Secrets overview we mentioned understanding and leveraging destination tourism seasons as one of the five keys to realize dream of value for money holidays. The seasons of each tourism destination depends on the fluctuating patterns of the demand for travel and accommodation services throughout the year.

Understandably prices are highest during the time of the year when demand is the highest and vice versa. Usually, the high season periods coincide with local and international public holidays as well as with the local and international school vacations  in the northern hemisphere as well as in South Africa – the period during chosen by families to enjoy shared holiday experiences to nurture closer family bonds.

It does therefore not make sense to expect shoe string holiday fares during the high season periods when the local hospitality sector looks forward to and generally receives full fare payments in order to make-up for loss of income during the low season periods because of the accentuated seasonality of demand. You can by contrast have a holiday of a lifetime just before the july to September peak season rush when the European and American tourists descend on Namibia and the December to January period when South African tourist camping settlements mushroom along the entire coastline. If this what they associate with nothing happens in June in Namibia then I would love to take holidays to Namibia only during February to June as well as September to November when  as they say nothing happens, so that I can have the dolphins, the seals and the wide open spaces of the dunes all to myself.

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The aim of the government, Air Namibia, the national airline, the Namibia Tourism Board and the Namibian Hospitality industry is to target and attract segments of the international travel market which demonstrate a strong year round  travel demand.

Independent practitioners, young professionals, empty nesters, incentive travellers or the baby boomer generation of retired couples who enjoy the luxury of the choice over the period of the year when they take vacation can benefit from substantial reductions on travel and accommodation by choosing the off-season periods.

Travel and accommodation demand for destination Namibia is highest during the summer and winter holiday season in the northern hemisphere (July/September and December/January) as well as during the Namibia/South African Holiday season periods indicaded below. Accommodation on short notice is very difficult to have these periods and requires advance bookings many many months ahead of the intended arrival date. These are the Namibia Peak Season periods:

April 25^th – May 25^th Namibia/South Africa School Holidays

July 15^th – September 30^th Northern Hemisphere Summer Holidays

December 5^th – January 15^th Namibia/South Africa School Holidays

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Are “value for money Holidays” in Namibia Africa just a pipe dream or are there top insider travel secrets which one must know to make it possible? You can bet your last penny that there are travel insider secrets which your local travel agent and tour operator won’t share with you. I also know that I am not going to be the most popular guy with the industry for revealing these secrets. I can understand their anger -- but in these times where how you spend every cent counts, I thought you ought to know the Top insider travel secrets used by thousands of experts in the travel trade to realize their dream value for money holidays.

I don’t need to convince you that – during tough times or during good times, people make sacrifices on every other budget item except on food, holidays and entertainment. Whether you got a job or not we make a plan to eat. When holidays come around we make a plan to get to a holiday spot. Our night clubs and entertainment spots are full week in and week out with a healthy mix of employed and unemployed people of different social backgrounds. Why’s that so?

Our social status requires us to keep up with the Jones’, show off our tan and exchange platitudes about the exotic places we went to for our holidays -- spiced up with a bit of name dropping here and there. You would not believe who was seated in front of me on that Air Namibia flight from Frankfurt to Windhoek!.

Yea -- I could not believe my eyes either -- Michael Jackson, the king of pop himself with his family ! Guess what ? I got my Michael Jackson autograph on my Air Namibia Boarding Pass. Talk of priceless memorabilia.You cannot imagine the pandemonium on arrival at the Windhoek International Airport as word spread around that the star (and I) was arriving on the SW flight from Frankfurt on the next morning.

This by the way is a true Namibia Travel story as it it is not unusual to occassionaly run into Stevie Wonder and Audley “Kano” Smith the current Director of the Motown Studios Museum (and the #1 Ambassador of Namibia and Africa in the US) at the Windhoek Country Club Hotel or Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie strolling down the dunes at Swakopmund with their kids or Prince Harry barbequing with friends at the Etosha National Park.

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Who would not want to share fabulous value for money travel stories like these about their stay at great destinations, famous hotels, lodges and holiday rentals which they had for an unbelievable price? It’s the kind of stuff which animates genuine lively discussions between friends and colleagues at pubs, work, local clubs and after church. Rest assured that this does not only happen in your corner of the world – the phenomenon is universal – that’s the way the human psychology is hardwired.

Therefore the question of holiday budget planning is something that is always at the back of everyone. Unless one opts for an all-inclusive holiday packages, all travel budgets must address and cater for the following five main expense items applicable to any vacation trip:

1. Trip Travel Expenses – The flight, the train, the car rental
2. Holiday Accommodation Expenses – the hotel, the lodges, the holiday apartment
3. Trip Tours & Excursion Expenses – The à la carte outings to local attractions.
4. Holiday Meal Expenses – The local destination gourmet food places.
5. Holiday Destination Souvenirs to eternalize memories about the trip.

Trip Travel and holiday accommodation expenses account for the biggest chunck of any holiday budget and therefore also represent the area where the most savings can be made without sacrificing the quality of the holiday experience.

The term “value for money holiday” rather than “low cost holiday” tries to make a distinction between travel choices made purely on the basis of price and those made on the basis of minimum quality standards, as miserable quality standards can ruin ones holiday experience. For example minimum quality standards regarding the travel, accommodation, tours, meals choices etc. Remember that at the end, we always get what we paid for.

Quality Service has a cost for the one providing service at the level and standard associated with it. Quality services will never be provided unless those demanding it, are willing to pay the price incurred to provide it. The objective of the exercise should be to find a fair balance between the provider and end-user needs, so that they both are able to find value in the transaction.

Having said that, it is fair to say that the value for money holiday option is open to those who:

(1) Leverage Destination Holiday Seasons,

(2) Research and Compare Destination offers,

(3) Planning and Book In Advance,

(4) Make Direct Reservations with the Service Provider.

(5) Organize and share their Holiday Mementos

In the follow-up articles in the Top insider travel secrets series we will address each one of these points in detail and reveal the tricks of the trade used by thousands of experts and clever travellers to realize their dream value for money holidays so that you too can do so.

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After conquering the hearts and minds of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and their kids,  Namibia,  her neighbours Angola, Botswana, Zambia  and South Africa as well as the rest of africa are going all out to woo the likes of Christiano Ronaldo and  teammates to set-up their pre-2010 World Soccer Cup acclimatation base in the south west african country located between Angola and South Africa.

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The  spotlight in 2010 will be on these countries  when an expected half a billion global television audience from 210 countries will tune in to the World’s Premier Sporting Event which honours the African continent for the 1st time in its history. The   FIFA World Cup 2010 will be staged in the neighbouring  South African Cities of Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth which are all a mere  two hours away from Windhoek and Walvis Bay. It is therefore perfectly possible for VIP visitors to combine and use their 2010 luxury safari holiday in Namibia as a staging ground to hop over for two days and one night to attend  key 2010 world cup matches of their favourite teams.

Namibia and her southern Africa neighbours have started revamping their respective african travel, tourism and hospitality infrastructures to gain maximum exposure and develop the interest as well as the desire of  the expected half a billion world wide television viewers so that they choose to visit the countries in the region after the show piece  global sporting event.

Though the main act will be played in the above mentioned major South African cities, the neighbouring still have the opportunity to woe both the qualified teams and international press accompanying national and international media during reconnaissance visits to establish their pre-tournament base in the neighbouring countries to acclamatise to local conditions similar to those in South Africa.

It is through the eyes and ears of the accompanying international media, the top footbal players, sport administrators and the fans that the world will be observing and reporting about the good, the bad and ugly of the namibia-botswana-south africa and southern africa tourism and hospitality infrastructure.

In Love with Namibia  showcases the major namibia africa destination travel, holidays and accommodation infrastructure as well as  the  tours and  safaris which african and  global visitors can enjoy before, during and after the FIFA World Cup 2010

The Republic of Namibie or Deutsche Sud West Afrika as some die-hard Bavarians still refer to it gained its independence in 1990. It has since than been enjoying steady tourism growth with visitors coming mostly from Europe, the USA and Asia. Vistors from these countries enjoy Namibia because of its political stability, popular tourism attractions, international standard economic infrastructure and the highly rated tourism and hospitality infrastructure.

The rich and varied “namibia africa hospitality product includes but is not limited the Namib desert and the Kalahari desert with their characteristic sand dunes unfolding in a kaleidoscope of colours and shapes throughout the day as well as amazingly diversity of animal, plant and insect types adjusting to the harsh climatic conditions.

The vital southern African port city of Walvis Bay servicing the import needs of Namibia Botswana and South Africa is also a major hub of the skeleton coast desert tourism activities as well as the Namibian fishing industry.

Other namibia africa attractions include game viewing and hunting safaris along the vast savannah plains in the Etosha Park area, hiking trails in the Fish River canyon and the rich bird and game life in the Caprivi Region adjacent to the Okavango Delta and Victoria Falls which are typically included as optional add-ons to a Namibia holiday and safari tour package.

Windhoek, the country’s capital host modern business and tourism infrastructure and is also one of the major southern africa business conferencing hubs. There are numerous famous namibia africa hotels and game lodges located on the way to and from the Windhoek international airport and the city city centre as well as around the City of Windhoek. The most famous include Okapuka Game Lodge and the Gocheganas Wellness Centre and Wildernes Lodge.

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