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Terms and Conditions

Last updated: September 2026

Welcome to The GSA’s website, www.thegsa.co.za. With more than 45 years travel industry experience, The GSA is a travel marketing and media company based in South Africa.

By using this website, you agree to the terms and conditions as they are set out below.

For how we collect, use and store information from you, please see our privacy policy.

Definitions

The terms ‘The GSA’, ‘The GSA website’, ‘GSA Preferred Supplier Portfolio’, ‘Travel Ideas Publishing (Pty) Ltd’, ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website. Our company registration number is 2017/383756/07. The term ‘you’ or ‘your’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.

Standard Terms & Conditions For Competitions

  • The promotor of the competition is Travel Ideas Publishing (Pty) Ltd t/a GSA Preferred Supplier Portfolio
  • The Competition is open to all Registered Users of The GSA Website, excluding:
    • Employees of The GSA and their family members
    • Anyone else connected with the Competition or setting the competition up
    • Any person who has won a Competition with The GSA within the last 3 months
  • Entry details will be found on The GSA Website.
  • The closing date for the Competition will be clearly advertised on the Competition page. After this date, no further entries will be accepted.
  • No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received.
  • The GSA reserves the right to cancel or amend the Competition due to unforeseen circumstances. Any changes to the Competition will be communicated.
  • The prizes are as stated, are not transferable to another individual and no cash or other alternatives will be offered.
  • The winner(s) will be responsible for any expenses not included in the Competition.
  • Unless otherwise stated, the competition winner will be drawn at random. This decision will be final.
  • Reasonable efforts will be made to contact the competition winner.
  • In the event of a discrepancy between these standard terms and conditions and the details in the promotional material (or any other terms and conditions provided/referred to at the time of entry), the details of the promotional material (and any other terms and conditions provided/referred to at the time of entry) shall prevail.

Conduct

The GSA website provides a platform for travel and market related discussion on topics affecting the travel industry. Discussion threads should be kept on topic, and all users should be respectful of others.

By using this website and making use of the discussion boards and interactive features, you agree to the following:

  • You agree not to transmit any material that is unlawful, harmful, defamatory, abusive, threatening, vulgar or obscene.
  • You remain liable to any third party for your comments.
  • The GSA is not liable to any third party for the content of your comments.
  • The GSA will moderate and remove any comments found to violate this clause and may suspend the user from making use of this website.
  • Any uploaded content, including avatar images, photographs and videos, should adhere to this policy.

If you wish to report a User for not adhering to the code of conduct, kindly contact us on webadmin@the-gsa.co.za.

Suspension of Accounts

The GSA reserves the right to suspend, deactivate or remove any User account.

Website Content

The GSA acts as a marketing agent and information service to the travel trade. Information and services on our website is supplied by certain third party service providers, including tour operators, hotels, car rental agencies, airlines, and other organizations.

Products and services contained on this website are on offer by third parties, and not by Travel Ideas Publishing (Pty) Ltd.

The information on this website is intended for use within the travel trade and industry. You may distribute information which is intended for that purpose. You may not use the information for any other purposes, or to the extent that it is limited in the Terms and Conditions policy.

Copyright

This website and its content is copyright of The GSA - © 2026 Travel Ideas Publishing (Pty) Ltd or our third party content suppliers. All rights reserved. Some content on this website may be the intellectual property of third parties and is used with permission or under license and remains the exclusive property of their owners.

The names, images, logos or other intellectual property identifying The GSA, Travel Ideas Publishing (Pty) Ltd and other third parties are subject to design rights and trademarks.

You may not reproduce, duplicate or sell any content belonging to The GSA or third part content suppliers, nor may you remove or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices from our or their content.

Disclaimer

The GSA aims to keep all information up to date and correct, however we cannot guarantee the completeness and accuracy of the information, as changes do occur quite frequently, and inaccuracies or errors may occur. In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage arising from the use of this website and the information contained therein, including loss or damage which results from incorrect, inaccurate or outdated information.

The information on this website is intended for use by the South African travel trade. We cannot guarantee that the information will be applicable beyond this scope.

The use of the information on this website is solely at your own risk.

Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of The GSA. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. Although we aim to include only safe, relevant and quality external links, the inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.

Miscellaneous

This policy may be updated from time to time without prior notice. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are aware of the contents of the policy.

These terms and conditions shall be governed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of South Africa in respect of any disputes of any sort that might arise between you and The GSA.

If any part of this policy is found to be invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition. Should we choose not to enforce any provision of this policy, this does not at any time waive our right to enforce this policy in the future.

Contact

The GSA is open weekdays from 08h30 - 17h00 and is closed on public holidays and weekends. We will tend to all queries during working hours.

If you wish to contact us regarding updating or removing your personal information, please contact us on webadmin@the-gsa.co.za.

If you have any queries about these terms and conditions or our privacy policy, please contact us webadmin@the-gsa.co.za.

If you wish to contact us regarding the personal information that we hold about you or the way in which your personal information is being used for marketing services, please contact us on webadmin@the-gsa.co.za.

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