Travel Coordinator Services

Here is how this works in practice. We place travel coordinators who manage the flights, lodging and ground movement that keep cast and crew where they need to be across a South African production. Our network is centred on Cape Town and Johannesburg, where skilled travel coordinators support global features, series and commercials. The travel coordinators we supply book and manage global and domestic flights, hotels and longer-stay lodging, airport transfers and the constant rebooking that a live production demands, working closely with the production coordinator and production office.

Here is the short of it. We match each coordinator to your production's scale and itinerary, whether that means flying a unit in for a Cape Town commercial or moving a feature crew between provinces over a long schedule. Because English is the working language of the South African industry, travel coordinators liaise smoothly with visiting cast and crew, and the favourable South African rand exchange rate keeps lodging and domestic travel costs highly competitive. Our coordinators know South African visa needs and advise productions on the records needed for short shoots and longer engagements.

Here is the breakdown. South Africa is well set up for production travel. The country's gateways at Cape Town International, O. R. Tambo International in Johannesburg and King Shaka International in Durban connect to major global hubs and to each other, making it straightforward to fly crews in and to move units between regions. The convenient UTC+2 SAST time zone overlaps comfortably with European working hours, so travel coordinators keep overseas producers informed in real time. South Africa is in the southern hemisphere, with its summer running roughly November to February, the prime production season, aligned with the Northern Hemisphere winter. This a travel coordinator factors into scheduling and lodging demand.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. A mature tourism and film-services industry means hotels, lodges and longer-stay lodging are readily ready near production centres and even close to remote locations such as the Kruger bushveld. The cost-competitive rand keeps travel and lodging budgets manageable across extended schedules.