"Traveller" wrote in message
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"Stuart Palmer" wrote in message
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Dear alt.travel.uk.air / rec.travel.europe

How're things?

I'm hoping you might be able to offer some useful suggestions.

I will be travelling the University of Plymouth in the UK in March 2006
(from Australia).

My family will be travelling with me (2 adults and 2 children) and we
will be
staying in Plymouth for 13 weeks.

I'm having some difficulty identifying suitable accommodation.

Our needs fall between short-term hotel accommodation and long-term
renting.

We really need something that is furnished and offering better
longer-term rates than hotels.

I sympathise with your position. Serviced accommodation, which is what
you're after, is easy to find in major cities but Plymouth being more of a
holiday destination and less of a business destination, might prove
tricky.

A quick google brought up
http://www.selfcatering-directory.co...?town=Plymouth this
which was a good start point. Try googling from www.google.co.uk (as
opposed to .com), choose the "from the UK" radio button, and the search
phrase "furnished accommodation plymouth short term"

A holiday rental you might be able to do for £250/week or less for a long
(for holiday property) let. Worth contacting local estate agents too; in
the UK, property is normally let for 6 months, but they might be able to
do something for shorter periods given your situation. Will you have a
car when you're here?

Cheers Traveller,

Thanks for the suggestions.

I had found the link you indicated in my searching to date.

Will try some more using Google UK specifically.

I'm trying to squeeze a good rate out of some holiday properties for the
promise
of an 'extended tenancy.

Will also try some local estate agents.

I've got some tips on areas, transport, etc from some staff at my Uni who
studied at Plymouth themselves.

Will probably only have a car at the start - to drive down from London
and get ourselves settled.

Thanks again.