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51 days -- average booking lead time for South African independent hotels (2025)
During the summer 2024/2025 season (1 December 2024 to 28 February 2025), the average booking lead time for South African independent accommodations was 51 days.
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51 days
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Duration Days
Data Vintage
2025
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4,500
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95
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60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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RoomRaccoon
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Up from 41 days in summer 2023/2024
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South African independent hotels: 51 days average booking lead time. Source: RoomRaccoon (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/sa-hotels-booking-lead-time-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/sa-hotels-booking-lead-time-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>51 days</strong> -- average booking lead time for South African independent hotels<br><small>Source: RoomRaccoon (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/sa-hotels-booking-lead-time-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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