{"id":2604,"date":"2012-11-15T13:19:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T12:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2015-04-02T11:02:25","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T10:02:25","slug":"exchange-rates-make-south-africa-the-place-to-head-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/15\/exchange-rates-make-south-africa-the-place-to-head-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Exchange Rates Make South Africa the Place to Head this Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The South African Rand has now sunk to it&#8217;s lowest value since January 2009&#8230;.which is great news for anyone looking to book a safari holiday to get away from the Northern Hemisphere winter this year!<\/p>\n<p>The huge variety of attractions from beautiful, bustling Cape Town to the natural wonders of a safari in the Kruger National Park or the tranquility of miles of unspoilt beaches have made South Africa one of the leading long-haul destinations for visitors for a number of years now.<\/p>\n<p>With the Rand now at 4 year lows vs the British Pound and other leading currencies (and about 15% lower than it was in the earlier part of this year) this is the ideal time for people looking to save money and still beat the winter blues!<\/p>\n<p>You can see plenty of inspiration on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/south-africa\/holidays\/\">South African Holiday Guide<\/a>&#8230;.who said economics was boring!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African Rand has now sunk to it&#8217;s lowest value since January 2009&#8230;.which is great news for anyone looking to book a safari holiday to get away from the Northern Hemisphere winter this year! The huge variety of attractions from beautiful, bustling Cape Town to the natural wonders of a safari in the Kruger [&#8230;] <a class=\"read-more\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/15\/exchange-rates-make-south-africa-the-place-to-head-this-winter\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2604"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3430,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions\/3430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}