Monday 26 May 2008

Holidays - Apartments Or Hotels?

When we book our holidays chances are the first thing you consider is the destination, maybe that idyllic beach holiday in the sun or perhaps a city break with plenty to see and experience. After you've chosen your destination you'll want to decide on your accommodation. For some people this won't matter as much, as you'll be out of the room for most of the day and simply need somewhere to rest your head at the end of the day.

The thing is that sometimes a simple hotel room is not going to do much to help you relax on your holidays, renting an apartment can provide the comfort and luxury that you'll appreciate more. Apartment holidays have risen in popularity because people want to feel more like they are at home rather than a clinical, cramped white hotel room.

Aside from the increased space, apartments have more facilities than hotel rooms such as full kitchens so that if you don't feel like going out for dinner on a night you have the choice of cooking for yourself. Apartments can truly give you the feeling that you are at home in another country and not just on holiday for a week or two.

For family groups apartments are preferable as they tend to have communal living areas such as sitting rooms or dining rooms, this way you can have family members round to your apartment as opposed to having to go out somewhere. Much like villas apartments can normally house more people than hotel rooms typically with more than just one bedroom so the kids don't have to put up with dad's snoring or having two hotel rooms at opposite ends of the building to each other!

Apartment holidays have been popular in a wide range of usual holiday occasions such as golf holidays; your bulky set of golf clubs would certainly reduce the amount of space in a hotel room, the same goes for skiing holidays. Other holidays such as Disney theme park breaks where you may be taking a full family with many young children are helped by staying in larger accommodation such as apartments as opposed to hotel rooms.

People who have been on apartment holidays have said how they feel more like locals as they have more self-reliance and not having to go to the hotel's restaurant every day to eat. Couple that with the ability to wake up and leave the room whenever you are ready, not when the maid comes a knocking and it makes for a much more relaxing holiday indeed.

The price for this increased space and comfort is not as high as you'd expect either, many rental accommodation agents offer significant discounts for early bookers as well as last minute bookings for larger numbers. People who book their own holidays online can expect further discounts as they can take advantage of cheap flights by booking themselves as well as hand picking their accommodation.

So for your next holiday, whatever and wherever you go maybe you could improve it by considering renting apartment accommodation instead of a simple hotel room.

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