For some safari countries, tour operators need more quote requests to generate a booking. To ensure quote requests from SafariBookings remain great value for tour operators, we are providing a discount on quote requests for tours to these countries. As the conversion rate of quote requests to bookings changes over time, we will periodically update the discount accordingly. Tour operators will be informed about these changes by email. Please find our various discounts below:
16 Countries: quote requests are free
Quote requests for tours to the 16 countries listed below are free until at least January 1, 2027. This decision was not made because of a bad conversion rate for these countries. We would like to have more tour packages for these countries on SafariBookings, and by keeping quote requests free we hope that tour operators will upload more tours. Please be aware that quote requests for multiple country tours are only free if all countries visited are 'free' countries that occur in the list below.
- Angola
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Congo (Brazzaville)
- Congo (DRC)
- Djibouti
- Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
- Ethiopia
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mozambique
- Réunion
- Seychelles
Zambia: 50% discount
The discount on quote requests for tours to Zambia is 50%. This includes multiple country tours that visit Zambia (except if the tour also visits countries for which a lower or no discount applies, then the lower or no discount will apply). Additionally, Zambian tours also have a minimum bid of only 1.0%.
Countries for which no discount applies
For Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, the conversion rate is in line with or better than our platform average. Therefore, no discount is provided on quote requests for tours to these countries. Tours to these countries are split into two categories based on the minimum bidding percentage allowed:
Minimum bids of 1.0%
- Namibia
- Rwanda
- Zimbabwe
Minimum bids of 1.5%
- Botswana
- Kenya
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Uganda
Discount on quote requests from travelers of 9 countries
The conversion rate of quote requests to bookings has been lower for quote requests from the countries below. To ensure these quote requests remain good value for tour operators we are offering a discount. If a quote request from these countries relates to the 16 countries listed above, the quote request will be free.
When a traveler is from the following countries, a 40% discount can be enjoyed:
- Botswana
- China
- India
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Other discounts on quote requests
Quote requests on SafariBookings are also discounted if they exceed a certain group size or length of travel.
For uploaded tours
Quote requests on tours for groups larger than six travelers will be discounted. Any group size above six will be charged only for the first six travelers.
For custom tours from your company profile
Quote requests received via your company profile will also be discounted for groups larger than six travelers, as well as for any tour length longer than seven days. Each quote will only be charged for the first six travelers and the first seven days.