The Search for a Real Home
Imagine moving to a new city for 3, 6, or even 12 months. You aren't a tourist looking for a resort; you need a real home in a quiet neighborhood with fair pricing and flexible terms. But when you search online, you find outdated listings, poor photos, or your ideal home is buried under hundreds of irrelevant results.
This is the reality for thousands of travelers, remote workers, students, and relocating professionals needing extended stays in niche areas. These charming "hidden" neighborhoods are often overlooked by major platforms. For property owners in these areas, the frustration is mutual: they have great spaces but no professional platform or marketing budget to reach the right audience. That’s the gap we’re closing.
Our Mission
To empower every traveler and small accommodation provider—no matter their location or budget—by building a unified, fair, and discoverable platform for both short-term tourism and long-term stays. We tackle core problems like fragmented platforms, unfair fees, and invisible neighborhoods by giving small providers the tools and visibility they've been denied.
Our Vision
To build a globally recognized, inclusive brand that gives fair and powerful representation to all accommodation providers. We aim to become the go-to platform for extended stays in overlooked places—where small providers thrive, travelers belong, and communities grow.
A Fairer Platform for Everyone
We aren't just another booking site; we are a movement to democratize accommodation. We bridge the gap with a solution focused on fairness, discoverability, and empowerment.
For Travelers: Discover Your Perfect Stay
Our unified engine lets you search for short-term stays (1-30 nights) and long-term rentals (1-12+ months) in one place. Our smart algorithms help you find authentic homes in suburbs, university towns, and regional gems ignored by big platforms; along side the usual holidy destinations.
For Providers: The Tools to Succeed
We empower small providers with professional tools, reports, and a transparent pricing model that works for you.
- Fair Commission: 10%, which is well below the industry average of 15–30%.
- Low Subscription: Just R250/month to keep your listing active and supported for those providing long term rentals.
Our Commitment to Quality: We Provide Media Services
First impressions matter. To ensure quality from day one, we are offering DISCOUNTED professional photography and listing optimization services to our first 100 registered providers.
Stunning photos increase bookings, and we believe every property owner deserves to shine. This is our investment in our community's success.
What the OPLANLA Business Suite Includes
OPLANLA combines a marketplace with provider operations tools, so the same workspace can help a business attract demand, onboard tenants, collect money, and keep properties running.
Listings & Bookings
Provider profiles, property records, rooms, photos, enquiries, reviews, short-stay bookings, and calendar sync.
Tenant Operations
Tenant records, document requests, potential tenant approvals, stay tracking, secure messages, and bulk notices.
Billing & Payments
Manual charges, bulk rent generation, payment proof review, tenant balances, statements, and payment reports.
Motla Utilities
Meter records, Motla CSV imports, custom electricity and water rates, VAT, fixed fees, minimum charges, and dispatch-ready previews.
Maintenance Desk
Tenant issue reports, job tracking, provider tickets, technician assignment, and maintenance user management.
Reports & Controls
PDF/CSV reports, utility consumption exports, notification badges, premium access controls, and provider appearance settings.
Join the Movement
Whether you're looking for a place to call home for a while or you have a space to share, Oplanla is where you belong.