Establishment Badges
Super Star Host
• Based on reviews from travellers
• This means you a fabulous host and with an outstanding establishment
• Verified ranking is auto generated by the system when a traveller receives and maintains 5 star rating for 6 months.
• Super star status is reviewed twice a year
Establishment
• Establishment owners are also travellers.
• Establishments like to know when they are hosting other owners. They are kinda like VIPS.
• Network and share information.
Digital Nomad Friendly
• Strong Wi-Fi
• Desk or table in room with good office chair
• Work stations in communal areas. (not required – specify if you do)
• Co working areas (not required – specify if you do)
• Admin services like printing (not required – specify if you do)
o Adapting your space to cater specifically for digital nomads, will be very beneficial to attract more bookings. Our target market is Digital Nomads
• Add something that these professionals would love. EG
o Sound room for video editing, video creation ect
o Bottomless coffee
o Courier service depot
o Outdoor work station.. (a hammock with a lap tray…)
• See our mini course how to become more Digital Nomad friendly. (link)
Vanlife Friendly
- Camper Vans, RVs and motorhomes welcome
- you have sufficient secure parking for vans
- you can offer electricity and water hook up
- Vans can park in establishment grounds for 1 token
- Vanlife friendly places are not necessarily camp sites
- If they sleep in your units std charge applies. (sometimes van lifers need to stretch out)
- Add something van lifers will love eg
o Laundry service
o Van/bike wash bay
o Bicycle/scooter hire
o Shuttle service into town
Unique stay
• 4 TRAVELMOOLA per night per person
• The type of accommodation needs to be totally unique
• IE its not a brick and mortar building
• It is a one of a kind
• Travellers will go out their way to stay here
• A level of luxury and comfort are required
• Provided a unique experience and outstanding hospitality
• You can charge 4 Moola, so make it really worth their while
• Your listing will be viewed online by management before you may display this badge.
• This is still an unverified badge, unless an agent stays with you.
• Verified by agents
Luxury lodge
• 5 TRAVELMOOLA per night per person
• This is for boutique hotels, luxury tented camps, 5 star graded guesthouses
• This is top of the range accommodation and silver star service
• You average rate exceeds R2000 per person per night
• You may charge 4 Moola
• Your listing will reviewed online and checked before you may display this badge
• This is still an unverified badge, unless an agent stays with you.
• You may charge 5 Moola…
Campsite
• 1 TRAVELMOOLA per night per person
• You offer a secure and safe environment for campers, tents, camper vans, RVs, motorhomes and big rigs. (if you cant accommodate big rigs – please specify.
• You provide ablution blocks, electricity and water
• Specify if you offer additional feature like laundromats, games rooms ect
• If you have cottages on your camp site, you can charge 2 TRAVELMOOLA per person per night for cottage
Backpackers
• 2 TRAVELMOOLA per person per night
• You offer dormitories, private rooms, cottages or a combination there of
• You have a great communal area for socialising
• If you have a camp site as well, you can charge 1 TRAVELMOOLA per person per night.
Guesthouse
• 3 TRAVELMOOLA per person per night
• You have a guesthouse, Airbnb, self catering, BnB, guest room, motel or hotel.
• Clarify your offering in your listing
• If you can accommodate a Vanlifer, you can charge 1 TRAVELMOOLA
Wow factor
• All types of accommodation can qualify for this unverified badge.
• This is something that makes the guest go WOW when they arrive.
• Is it the location, the décor, the view, the extras, the food, the pool, the private beach, the actual property, the beach, the waterfall? – make it clear in your listing.
• You may not charge extra for wow factor
• But wow is cool, to lets show off your wow factor!
Secret spot
• Off the charts type secret
• Best kept secret in town
• New amazing establishment
• Or off the beaten track
Pet Friendly
• You allow pets
• Specify in your listing what type of pets you can accommodate
• Do you offer anything special for fury guests?
• Add details to your listing, if you do/have anything special for pets
• EG private garden, dog pool, playground
Murphy Moola Award
• Our mascot Murphy awards this verified award to outstanding pet friendly accommodations.
• Verified.
Kid friendly
• You accept all ages of children
• Clarify your Moola cost for children – do they stay free or pay full or half price
• What cool things do you have for kids?
Wheel chair Friendly
• Access for wheel chairs in rooms and communal areas
• Able to cater for guest with special needs
Pioneer
• First 1000 Establishments
• This is a verified badge that will automatically be awarded to the most legit pioneers in this community.
• They are the early adaptors, and believed in us, before we took our platform public.
• They participated in the beta testing phase and gave invaluable feedback.
Honorary Member
• Verified badge
• Only a very select few members will be awarded this exclusive badge.
• Honorary Members have gone above and beyond to serve this Travel Moola Community
• Our business would not be where it is today, without their contribution.
• A member has done something outstanding and kind for another member.
Traveller Badges
Super Star Guest
• Based on reviews from establishments
• This means you a fabulous Hooman being and an absolute pleasure to host.
• Verified ranking auto generated by the system when a traveller receives and maintains 5 star rating.
• Super star status is reviewed twice a year
Founding Agent
• Verified badge
• Only our first 100 agents have earned this prestigious badge.
• They are the ones who were working hard on the ground, helping us launch.
• Apply to become a secret agent here (link)
• Agents receive intensive training from the us, so they are skilled people that understand this platform well.
Digital Creator
• See article entitled “are you an influencer or a selfie queen?”
• In short you need to provide proof that your posts increase revenue for the company that you work for. Your niche and audience needs to be travel related.
• You need a minimum of 10000 followers on fb or 20000 insta or ??? on tiktok
• Verified – if you obtain certain results from clients
• (details of this to be confirmed….)
Digital Nomad
• You work while you travel • You will may need strong wifi and certain other requirements to do you work properly • You may have skills that the establishment needs – helps identify leads and service providers
Vanlifer
• You travel and live in your van
• You are happy to park anywhere safe – including a drive way/parking lot of an establishment – you pay 1 Moola for this if you sleep in your van
• You may need an electrical hook up and access to water
• If you are sleeping in a guest house, you need a big enough, safe place to park your van
Pet companion
• You travel with your pet/s
Pioneer Traveller
• This is awarded to our first 300 travellers that joined TRAVELMOOLA
• They are special people, as they helped test in our beta phase.
Honorary Member
• Verified badge
• Only a very select few members will be awarded this exclusive badge.
• Honorary Members have gone above and beyond to serve this Travel Moola Community
• Our business would not be where it is today, without their contribution.
• A member has done something outstanding and kind for another member.
We do not police your choice of badges and Moola ranking. If we receive 3 complaints that your badges are not accurate, this means that you are not an honest and kind person, so we will remove you from the platform.
Bad reviews linking to your incorrect Moola Ranking and badges, will also get you removed from our community.
Verified badges are awarded by the company, only if strict criteria are met.
You may request to have your badges verified. This is subject to agent availability in your area. You may be required to reimburse travel costs.