I'm back again talking about where to stay on your vacation. It's kind of tricky thinking about where to stay. Some things to ask yourself .
1. Do you want to be in all the touristy areas?
2. If your not driving is it easy to get to and from your place by public transportation?
3.What are the neighborhoods like ?
4. Do you want laundry facilities or a kitchen?
5. Do you need extras like room service ,pool, breakfast?
These are some things to think about. When we booked, we decided we wanted a kitchen or it least breakfast included like a B&B. I figured we could cook our own breakfast, pack a lunch, and splurge on dinner.
Also since we aren't driving that limited us a little from villas and farms.
We started looking around for all our options. You can rent everything from a whole Villa to someone's couch.
Here are some websites
House Trip -Houses
Airbnb- Vacation Rentals of all types
Home Away -
Couch Surfing- Couches
Agriturismo - Farms
We used Venere and House Trip. They were both so far very easy to get a hold of by phone and email. I guess it just depends the homes you go through.
Our homes have washer and dryers, full kitchen, nice bathrooms, and the owners live in the city. So they will be easy to get a hold of if we need anything. Our houses are about 20 minutes outside the city. Transportation is close by to our house. We wanted to be out of the touristy areas and its also extremely discounted for all that's included in the homes.
Always call 1 month and 1 to 2 weeks before arrival to make sure everything is still correct. Our owners are picking us up from the metro station at no cost. You can always ask if they will do that. This way we aren't all disoriented when we first arrive.
Most will not allow you to check in early so you may want to consider either arriving with check in time or if you arrive early check your bags at a metro station and tour the area while waiting.
I will write a blog on our trip when we return with full reviews to let you know how it goes.
The next blog post will be about packing and what books/websites we are using to plan.
Airbnb- Vacation Rentals of all types
Home Away -
Couch Surfing- Couches
Agriturismo - Farms
We used Venere and House Trip. They were both so far very easy to get a hold of by phone and email. I guess it just depends the homes you go through.
Our homes have washer and dryers, full kitchen, nice bathrooms, and the owners live in the city. So they will be easy to get a hold of if we need anything. Our houses are about 20 minutes outside the city. Transportation is close by to our house. We wanted to be out of the touristy areas and its also extremely discounted for all that's included in the homes.
Always call 1 month and 1 to 2 weeks before arrival to make sure everything is still correct. Our owners are picking us up from the metro station at no cost. You can always ask if they will do that. This way we aren't all disoriented when we first arrive.
Most will not allow you to check in early so you may want to consider either arriving with check in time or if you arrive early check your bags at a metro station and tour the area while waiting.
I will write a blog on our trip when we return with full reviews to let you know how it goes.
The next blog post will be about packing and what books/websites we are using to plan.
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