If, for either business or personal reasons, you need to stay in a particular town or city for a week or even a couple of months or so, then you may well have automatically assumed you’ll have a hotel stay arranged or be looking to book one yourself.
However, you may not have thought about the other cheaper and infinitely more flexible option of renting a room, floor, or entire apartment instead and in an attempt to redress the balance, continue reading.
Here’s a guide on why renting a room is, in the vast majority of cases, far superior to an extended hotel stay.
1. You’ll Save Money
Especially in large cities and busy towns, the prices of a simple, single-bed hotel room can be extortionate, even more so if you’re staying during a particular festival or other public event.
If you’re renting a room, a flat or simply a bed through Airbnb, you’ll undoubtedly end up paying significantly less in terms of both your rent and other basic necessities. Usually, short-term and long-term rentals have amenities in the building such as washing machines and kitchens which you’ll have access to as part of your contract. With the use of a kitchen, you will also save money by cooking your own meals instead of constantly ordering takeaways or eating out.
2. You’ll Have Much More Privacy
Whether you choose to look for a single room for rent, or else an entire apartment (naturally, the former being substantially more affordable of course), either way you’ll be afforded the benefit of much more privacy and ‘alone time’ than in a hotel.
Not only will your private time be your own, but the noise, hustle and bustle, and other distractions which are constantly going on in the background of any hotel are simply not present, allowing you to concentrate on your studies, your work or just relax of an evening in front of the television.
3. You Can Have Visitors
Another huge advantage to choosing a short-term rental property over staying in a hotel is that, in the event that you want your family or friends to come and stay over, this will be entirely possible.
Obviously, in the vast majority of cases, when it comes to wanting an extra person to stay in your room, even if just for one night in a hotel setting, you’ll be charged more money. This is obviously made significantly easier if you’re renting a two- or three-bedroom apartment, but this theory does indeed apply regardless of the size of the space you’re renting.
4. You’ll Feel More Like a Local
Finally and perhaps most important of all, when you stay in a hotel, even if you’re staying there for several weeks, you’ll always feel and even more so, be treated, like a tourist.
However, spending just a short amount of time in rented accommodation will mean you’re experiencing the location as a local resident and you can gain a real sense of what it’s like to live there.
