...as featured on on Thursday 4 March 2010 on

Travel Buddy will soon be updated to be a service that is offered free to tourists - watch this space.

If you have any queries in the interim please contact
Andre Snyman on 082 561 1065 or email us

Travel Buddy - Tourism support network

Travelbuddy.co.za has extended this true South African welcome to its visitors with an effective network which ensures that each holiday is trouble-free and more than just a memorable time away.

"Dear Andre Snyman
I am Ron and Anne’s daughter and I would like to thank you as well as Louise and Dionne of the Guest House Belvedere for taking such great care of my parents after their trauma of the smash and grab. If it was not for all of your efforts and understanding of the situation then I do think my parents would never travel back to South Africa which is a shame as it is such a lovely place.
I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you.

Kind regards
Karen Hogg"

Have you hugged a tourist today?

Linking each tourist to a powerful national network during their stay, including the hospitality and tourism industries and the South African Police Services, eblockwatch's Travel Buddy embodies a spirited community attitude towards tourist's peace of mind.

Travelbuddy.co.za's strategy has always been about an effective, affordable and community-coordinated response to the needs of a tourist.
At the simple push of a button, a prospective tourist could mobilize the collective clout of the South African community to track and trace them to within a few metres of where they are.

Combining the skills and energy of each community, Travel Buddy provides a hotline for tourists for when it really counts.

Travel Buddy supplies tourists with:

  • A dedicated Travel Buddy button on their cellphone
  • A direct link to a national network of tourist support
  • Links to over 67 000 eblockwatch members willing to assists anywhere, anytime

Contact Andre Snyman on 082 561 1065 for further details

Map showing our registered Travel Buddies

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Are you visiting South Africa as a tourist? Register here for the Travel Buddy button Are you in the South African tourism industry? Register here to be a Travel Buddy

Register for your Travel Buddy button and access our map of Travel Buddies all over South Africa

Please help South Africa become the friendliest country in the world.

Become a Travel Buddy and volunteer your support if a tourist near you needs good South African hospitality.

NB: you need to be an eblockwatch member in order to become a Travel Buddy. If you are not an eblockwatch member yet then the registration process will take you through the steps to first become an eblockwatch member.

The support base for Travel Buddy comes from the eblockwatch membership.

eblockwatch has over 64 000 members, many of which have volunteered to help out when a tourist in South Africa when needed.

Find out more about eblockwatch at their website - www.eblockwatch.co.za

Travel Buddy featured on CNBC Africa 11 November 2008