World Cup accommodation prices slashed

Specialist tour operator Fleewinter reports that many of the villas and apartments that it offers for hire in Cape Town have dramatically reduced their prices as the FIFA World Cup approaches, in some instances by almost £1800 per night.

Comments Alisdair Luxmoore, Managing Director of Fleewinter: “We did diplomatically try to tell the owners whose properties we manage that the prices they were asking during the World Cup were unrealistic but our advice fell on deaf ears.

“Now, as the tournament draws ever nearer, I have never seen so much humble pie being swallowed and prices are coming down to a much more affordable level.”

For example, Camelot in the Constantia area has reduced prices from £3537 per day to £1768 per day (minimum 5 night stay). The 6-bedroomed house (sleeps 12) is in two acres of grounds. Situated in the Cape Peninsula National Park forest, on the slopes of Table Mountain it also has two swimming pools (outdoor and indoor) and panoramic views of the Indian Ocean, Winelands and surrounding mountains.

A five night stay at Villa Lyonesse, a huge 8 bedroomed, 8 bathroom mansion, which sleeps 18 and is also in the Constantia area, now costs £8840 from an original asking price of £17,685. This works out to just £492 per person when fully occupied.

Fleewinter has hundreds of properties in Cape Town sleeping from 2 people to 20 plus; many are within walking distance from Green Point Stadium where England will play Algeria on 18 June.

For further information on accommodation in Cape Town during the FIFA World Cup, visit: fleewinter.com

Fleewinter specialises in offering a concierge-style service with international and regional flights, car-hire, private chauffeurs, restaurant/concert/sporting bookings and baby sitting all available on request.

In addition to Cape Town and the Garden Route Fleewinter also offers holidays to Brazil, Bali, Barbados, the Maldives, Morocco, Norway, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, Thailand and Tobago.