{"id":706,"date":"2026-07-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stayease.co.za\/checkedin\/gqeberha-business-travel-guide"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T07:00:00","slug":"gqeberha-business-travel-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stayease.co.za\/checkedin\/gqeberha-business-travel-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Gqeberha for business travellers: where to stay and how to get around"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) is a working city with a beach attached. Automotive manufacturing, the port and the Coega Special Economic Zone bring a steady flow of engineers, auditors and project teams. Here&#8217;s how to make a work trip easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting there and around<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The airport.<\/strong> Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport sits close to the city, so many central suburbs are a short drive away. Staying near the airport and main shopping areas keeps transfers short and makes early flights painless.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>A car helps.<\/strong> The metro is spread out and public transport is limited for business travel, so most visitors hire a car or use e-hailing.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Coega.<\/strong> If your work is at the Coega SEZ or the Port of Ngqura, budget around half an hour&#8217;s drive from central Gqeberha, more at peak times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where to stay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For short work trips, look for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Secure parking and controlled access.<\/li>\n\n<li>Fast Wi-Fi with backup power, so the internet stays on in an outage.<\/li>\n\n<li>A proper desk and a kitchen, for weeks when restaurant meals get old.<\/li>\n\n<li>Somewhere close to shops, so groceries and essentials are minutes away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our <a href=\"\/stays\">Executive Stay near Airport &amp; Shops<\/a> was set up for exactly this: a smart one-bedroom apartment in a secure estate with a fully equipped kitchen, minutes from the airport and shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After hours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The beachfront.<\/strong> Summerstrand and Humewood are the classic evening walk or run along the bay.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Eat local.<\/strong> The beachfront and Newton Park both have plenty of restaurants for team dinners.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Weekends.<\/strong> If your trip spans a weekend, Addo Elephant National Park is within easy driving distance for a game drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bringing a team?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For groups or longer projects we can house several people across nearby apartments with one point of contact and one monthly invoice. See <a href=\"\/contact\">corporate stays<\/a> or ask us for a quote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A practical guide to working trips in Gqeberha: the airport, getting to Coega, what to look for in accommodation and how to spend the evenings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayease.co.za\/checkedin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayease.co.za\/checkedin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayease.co.za\/checkedin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayease.co.za\/checkedin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayease.co.za\/checkedin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stayease.co.za\/checkedin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayease.co.za\/checkedin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayease.co.za\/checkedin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayease.co.za\/checkedin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayease.co.za\/checkedin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}