About Us

AVAILABED has been in existence since 2005, and started with a database of 6 guest houses in Pretoria. The number of clients grew and the enquiries for accommodation in all areas of Pretoria started pouring in!

  • I had to quit my halfday position after 3 months due to the heavy AVAILABED workload.

  • After 2 years full time personnel (not owner) had to be appointed.

  • After 3 years the first branches were established due to enquiries for accommodation in many
    other areas in South Africa.

At this stage, AVAILABED has quite a variety of establishments on her databases and several branches all over South Africa.

AVAILABED identified more towns where branches could be established and we believe that the success of AVAILABED will result in more branches coming shortly!

Elsabé Welman (CEO)

Origins

 

“The Availabed idea sprung to life during a time in which I worked at a guest house. In a particular month, the guest house was unable to accommodate several guests due to no available rooms. Availabed was born to fulfill an admin function to arrange alternative accommodation for the guests. Herewith, my deep gratitude toward Ignatius and Rialette Gous, owners of Beds of a Feather Guest House, which laid the foundation for this opportunity.

 

Each day, I acknowledge the existence of Availabed with excitement, as it provides a mid-way between the client and the provider (guest house), whom both benefit by this service.

 

As a Christian, I believe the Lord began Availabed and has blessed it. As a token of thankfulness it’s my passion to provide excellent service to our clients and have faith that all branch managers will do the same.“

Availabed Founder

 

Elsabé Welman established AVAILABED in 2005.

Elsabé is the manager of Head Office, and provides support to the other branches of Availabed.