One of the travel bloggers to heed our ‘City Escapes’ call was Kaveshan Chetty, online entrepreneur and founder of @RabbitMediaSA and @TheMagnifyingG. Kaveshan also spearheaded @iLuvEastLondon, and with a name like that we knew we had found the perfect ambassador for the seaside city of East London! So Road Lodge East London invited Kaveshan to be their guest for the weekend, and to use the time to enjoy being a tourist in his own city. Kaveshan later wrote: “24 Hours in East London with The City Lodge Hotel Group“, where he had the following to say: “My initial thoughts before writing this post was, “I NEED TO TELL PEOPLE HOW AWESOME EAST LONDON IS!” but I needed to stay grounded because you can’t really read a blog post with all CAPS.” We love Kaveshan’s enthusiasm! Let’s now look at the places in East London (EL) that earned a spot on his list of recommendations: WHEN…

South Africa has an incredible amount to offer visitors, both local and international. And what most people don’t realise; is that nothing beats hitting the road for seeing South Africa in all its glory. A roadtrip in our beautiful country is so much more than highways, freeways and the final destination – the roadtrip is about the journey; the people and places you discover along the way; and the memories you make that are intrinsically tied to off-the-beaten-track locations you’d be hard-pressed to discover on any map. With 9 provinces to explore, and around 15 national routes as well as a few paths less travelled, no two roadtrip itineraries will ever be the same, whether planned or spontaneous, but you can be sure that a roadtrip through South Africa will feature high on your list of favourite holidays. South Africa is a vast expanse of road networks, and can be traversed as…

Often we choose to live in a city because we like it there – albeit the climate, scenery, culture, or something else that appeals to us – but then a few years in we get caught up in the humdrum of life and perhaps lose a bit of the original love we had for it, seeing fewer of the sights, and doing fewer of the unique activities available in that place. #CITYESCAPES IN YOUR TOWN So we think it’s time we all adopted a tourist mindset towards our own cities, and really start to embrace the positives about where we live. To help us do this, City Lodge Hotel Group has commissioned a bevy of travel bloggers to come and stay at our various hotels throughout the country and write about their experiences in each specific city! This means that over the next few months different writers will be tapping away at their keyboards…

The 6 July is World Kiss Day! Now that’s a fun celebration, whether it’s about a friendly kiss on the cheek, kissing your beloved pet, or a romantic kiss with your significant other. Kisses are great! We thought we’d mark the occasion by suggesting the best places and scenarios in South Africa for a great kiss photo. There are of course many, many fantastic spots for such a photo, because South Africa is ridiculously blessed with beautiful, charming and unique settings. So we’ve picked a random selection from around the country to inspire you, and we hope you might go ahead and capture a special kiss shot this World Kiss Day. So where are South Africa’s best kiss photo spots? THE BEST PLACES FOR A ROMANTIC KISS 1.     MOYO PIER IN DURBAN Go to Moyo Pier near Ushaka at night and stand with the illumined Golden Mile behind you. We…