{"id":91859,"date":"2018-12-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:52:35","slug":"new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"Hand Luggage Restrictions at South African Airports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Updated: 7 December 2018]<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to what you carry on to a plane, things have become stricter. ACSA has enforced new land luggage restrictions for domestic travel at airports across South Africa which came into effect <strong>2 February 2015<\/strong>. Find out what you need to know for your next trip!<\/p>\n<h2>Economy Class passengers<\/h2>\n<p>At the crux of the new hand luggage regulations is that Economy Class passengers boarding a commercial aircraft are restricted to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One bag + one slimline laptop bag per passenger.<\/li>\n<li>No bag should exceed these dimensions: 36 x 23 x 56cm = total dimensions of 115cm, including handles and wheels.<\/li>\n<li>Weight limit per bag: 7kg<\/li>\n<li>In addition to your carry-on baggage, you may carry with you a handbag and overcoat.<\/li>\n<li>Guests with infants seated on their laps are allowed to carry a small bag with the in-flight needs of the infant such as feeding bottles, nappies and medication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any hand luggage which exceeds the dimensions, piece and weight restrictions stipulated above will have to be checked-in. This could delay you, cause you to miss your flight, or incur extra charges so take heed of this announcement to avoid a frustrating domestic travel experience. The airlines are not accepting responsibility should you miss your flight due to incorrect hand baggage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73049\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/hand-luggage1.jpg\" alt=\"Hand Luggage Restrictions\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Carry-on baggage restrictions for Business Class and First Class passengers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Two bags + one slimline laptop bag per business class\/first class passenger.<\/li>\n<li>No bag should exceed these dimensions: 36 x 23 x 56cm<\/li>\n<li>Weight limit per bag: 7kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How would you classify a slimline laptop?<\/h2>\n<p>A slimline laptop bag accommodates a laptop and a charger. It can be carried over the shoulder or in your hand. A slimline laptop bag does not have any wheels.<\/p>\n<h2>Are there exceptions?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes, if an airline has granted a passenger exception, a uniformed\u00a0airline staff member will accompany the passenger to the security checkpoint. The airline staff member needs to confirm the exception to the security staff or any official manning the hand baggage control point. If a passenger wants to get approval for a greater baggage allowance, this can only be done by the airline.<\/p>\n<p>In each of the cases above, a woman&#8217;s handbag and a man&#8217;s satchel \/ &#8220;man-bag&#8221; is considered part of dress code and is exempt from these regulations. Essentially what they are concerned with is people with large bags trying to pass these off as &#8220;hand luggage&#8221; in addition to bringing on regulation size hand luggage.<\/p>\n<h2>ACSA says<\/h2>\n<p>Airports Company South Africa will be supporting the airlines and the South African Civil Aviation Authority regulations with regards to hand luggage that is allowed within the cabin.<\/p>\n<p>The principles of this campaign will be in the interest of ensuring compliance of the airline&#8217;s hand baggage policies and also in enhancing safety measures when flying.<\/p>\n<p>The enforcement of this programme will be led by the airlines operating at Airports Company South Africa airports and supported by the airport authority.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers who do not comply will be identified before the security checkpoints. In the event of hand baggage not being compliant, the passenger will be referred back to the check-in counters to check the baggage in as hold luggage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73050\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/hand-luggage3.jpg\" alt=\"hand luggage\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Airlines\u00a0say<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/lp\/airlines\/mango-airlines\">Mango<\/a> says it will not penalise travellers for additional bags that have to be checked in as a consequence of the new regulation as it does not charge per piece of baggage within its 20kg allowance.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers using other low-cost airlines such as kulula and FlySafair need to be aware of the additional costs they could incur.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/lp\/airlines\/kulula-airlines\">Kulula<\/a> allows one free checked bag weighing up to 20kg and one piece of hand luggage weighing up to 7kg. Additional bags require passengers to pay between R320 (online &#8211; payable by credit card only) or R415 (at the airport). While FlySafair tickets include a hand luggage quota, checked baggage fees start at R155 (purchased online) and R250 (purchased at the airport). An extra bag will cost you R250.<\/p>\n<h2>Travelstart says<\/h2>\n<p>Always keep in mind peak travel seasons and longer queues over the holidays. Make sure you are well within the luggage restrictions to enable a seamless and hassle-free check-in experience for you and your fellow travellers.<\/p>\n<p>Also check out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/liquids-in-luggage\/\">Restrictions on Travelling with Liquids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/lost-luggage\/\">How to Deal with Lost Luggage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now that you\u2019re equipped with the hand luggage restrictions start packing your bags and get ready for your next exciting trip. Sign up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/lp\/sign-up\">Travelstart\u2019s newsletter<\/a> and get the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/lp\/flight-specials\">flight specials<\/a> to incredible destinations!<\/p>\n<p>What has your experience been with hand and check-in luggage at the airport? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Updated: 7 December 2018] When it comes to what you carry on to a plane, things have become stricter. ACSA has enforced new land luggage restrictions for domestic travel at airports across South Africa which came into effect 2 February 2015. Find out what you need to know for your next trip! Economy Class passengers At the crux of the new hand luggage regulations is &#8230; <a title=\"Hand Luggage Restrictions at South African Airports\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hand Luggage Restrictions at South African Airports\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":91862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_destination_ratings":[],"_destination_review_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[456,16,459],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-insight-travel","category-travel","category-up-in-the-air-travel","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hand Luggage Restrictions at South African Airports - Travelstart.co.za<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Avoid delays due to hand and check-in luggage. Find out everything you need to know about the luggage regulations at domestic airports.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hand Luggage Restrictions at South African Airports - Travelstart.co.za\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Avoid delays due to hand and check-in luggage. Find out everything you need to know about the luggage regulations at domestic airports.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Travelstart Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-10T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-04T13:52:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/hand-luggage2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brandon Mlilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brandon Mlilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brandon Mlilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0c92c48c805c2d5ebd15bafa2395fa16\"},\"headline\":\"Hand Luggage Restrictions at South African Airports\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-10T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-04T13:52:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":767,\"commentCount\":27,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/hand-luggage2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Industry Insight\",\"Travel\",\"Up in the Air\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hand Luggage Restrictions at South African Airports - Travelstart.co.za\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/hand-luggage2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-10T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-04T13:52:35+00:00\",\"description\":\"Avoid delays due to hand and check-in luggage. Find out everything you need to know about the luggage regulations at domestic airports.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/hand-luggage2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/hand-luggage2.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hand Luggage Restrictions at South African Airports\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Travelstart Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Travelstart Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/logo.svg\",\"width\":147,\"height\":35,\"caption\":\"Travelstart Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0c92c48c805c2d5ebd15bafa2395fa16\",\"name\":\"Brandon Mlilo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/85747dfa7c29be6c5eab5afe41b9a4d31b3db20961febcb45650400a9bc94a62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/85747dfa7c29be6c5eab5afe41b9a4d31b3db20961febcb45650400a9bc94a62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/85747dfa7c29be6c5eab5afe41b9a4d31b3db20961febcb45650400a9bc94a62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brandon Mlilo\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/brandonm\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hand Luggage Restrictions at South African Airports - Travelstart.co.za","description":"Avoid delays due to hand and check-in luggage. Find out everything you need to know about the luggage regulations at domestic airports.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hand Luggage Restrictions at South African Airports - Travelstart.co.za","og_description":"Avoid delays due to hand and check-in luggage. Find out everything you need to know about the luggage regulations at domestic airports.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/","og_site_name":"Travelstart Blog","article_published_time":"2018-12-10T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-04T13:52:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/hand-luggage2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Brandon Mlilo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Brandon Mlilo","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/"},"author":{"name":"Brandon Mlilo","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0c92c48c805c2d5ebd15bafa2395fa16"},"headline":"Hand Luggage Restrictions at South African Airports","datePublished":"2018-12-10T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-04T13:52:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/"},"wordCount":767,"commentCount":27,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/hand-luggage2.jpg","articleSection":["Industry Insight","Travel","Up in the Air"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/","url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/","name":"Hand Luggage Restrictions at South African Airports - Travelstart.co.za","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/hand-luggage2.jpg","datePublished":"2018-12-10T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-04T13:52:35+00:00","description":"Avoid delays due to hand and check-in luggage. Find out everything you need to know about the luggage regulations at domestic airports.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/hand-luggage2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/hand-luggage2.jpg","width":800,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/new-hand-luggage-restrictions-south-african-airports\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hand Luggage Restrictions at South African Airports"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/","name":"Travelstart Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#organization","name":"Travelstart Blog","url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/logo.svg","width":147,"height":35,"caption":"Travelstart Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0c92c48c805c2d5ebd15bafa2395fa16","name":"Brandon Mlilo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85747dfa7c29be6c5eab5afe41b9a4d31b3db20961febcb45650400a9bc94a62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85747dfa7c29be6c5eab5afe41b9a4d31b3db20961febcb45650400a9bc94a62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85747dfa7c29be6c5eab5afe41b9a4d31b3db20961febcb45650400a9bc94a62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Brandon Mlilo"},"url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/author\/brandonm\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}