Hi Kerry,

Thank you for the advice, I'm so used to booking things well in advance, but
with the way the world is right now maybe waiting will be the best bet.

Went to Sydney last year for New Year's Eve, tried booking in accommodation
4 months in advance and struggled to find anywhere, just did not want to
have the same problem.

cheers


Linda

"Kerry raymond" wrote in message
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Going to Sydney for a week in November, looking for a self-catering
place, 2 bedrooms, for 3 people, prefer an apartment or cottage/house,
whatever I can find, don't mind where in Sydney it is so long as its
close to public transport, so it can be out in the suburbs.

Does anyone know of any reasonably priced apartments, looking at under
$200 per night?

The issue is really one of price, as this is very dynamic. I stayed for
one night in Sydney a week or so ago and got a 1-bedroom loft apartment
(with a full kitchen, laundry etc and a fold-out double/queen in the
lounge room) at the Medina Sydney Central for $150 and that's right next
door to Central Station and major bus routes (can't get much more
conveneint to public transport than that!). Now the alleged "rack rate" on
that room is $400 per night, but they weren't busy (all this recession
etc) so the prices were down. But I bet if I was there the same time as
some big event, it would be the full $400. So, looking so far ahead, it's
really hard to predict what prices will be like.

One of the impacts that Wotif (and similar services for airlines) has had
on accommodation etc is that it has shown people that you don't really
need to pre-book a long time in advance (and indeed that you often get a
better deal often if you don't). That has in turn changed people's
behaviour to stop booking a long time in advance. So the whole industry is
now a lot more "last minute" than it used to be.

For myself, I'd wait until within 3 months of your holiday and then use
Wotif.com to make the booking.

Or if you really want to lock in your accommodation now, use Wotif to find
the places that are in your price range over the next 3 months and then
phone the hotel and ask what's the best deal they will do you you for
November -- since you are booking for several nights, you may well get a
better rate just because of that.


Kerry