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Old March 25th, 2004, 09:33 PM
cullulloo
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My wife and I plan on living in Europe for the next year or two
starting Sept 2004.
We'd like to spend about 3 months in a number of places including
Amsterdam, Berlin, Italy (not sure where), Greece or Turkey.

A small apartment conviently located to public transportation with a
kitchen would be ideal. We're flummoxed by my inability to discern
quality and comparitive price from googling various web sites.

two questions:
1- is there a group -listserve that I can access in which
accomodations and references from individuals are available for
apartment rentals that is trustworthy and friendly
2-Having had no luck with the big apartment rental sites (canned
responses from personnal that don't answer questions) is there a small
site with quality, well referenced apartments and a smart webmaster
who can actually answer querstions?

Any help would be most greatly appreciated.
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Old March 25th, 2004, 10:21 PM
tim
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"cullulloo" wrote in message
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My wife and I plan on living in Europe for the next year or two
starting Sept 2004.
We'd like to spend about 3 months in a number of places including
Amsterdam, Berlin, Italy (not sure where), Greece or Turkey.


For Berlin you need to look somewhere like here.

http://www.mwz-berlin.de/

This is not a holiday rental company, it is a company offering
appartments to temporary workers (like me) and a three
month let is not at all unusual. Usually the utility bills are
settled by the owner and taken from the deposit when you
leave. Don't expect better than average furnishings

You will find similar companies in most northern european
countries.

There's another compnay that is franchised through Germany:
homecompany.de, but my experience of using them is that
the ash tray on my bike is more useful.

tim




A small apartment conviently located to public transportation with a
kitchen would be ideal. We're flummoxed by my inability to discern
quality and comparitive price from googling various web sites.

two questions:
1- is there a group -listserve that I can access in which
accomodations and references from individuals are available for
apartment rentals that is trustworthy and friendly
2-Having had no luck with the big apartment rental sites (canned
responses from personnal that don't answer questions) is there a small
site with quality, well referenced apartments and a smart webmaster
who can actually answer querstions?

Any help would be most greatly appreciated.



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Old March 25th, 2004, 11:12 PM
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"cullulloo" wrote in message
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My wife and I plan on living in Europe for the next year or two
starting Sept 2004.
We'd like to spend about 3 months in a number of places including
Amsterdam, Berlin, Italy (not sure where), Greece or Turkey.

A small apartment conviently located to public transportation with a
kitchen would be ideal. We're flummoxed by my inability to discern
quality and comparitive price from googling various web sites.


Take a look at www.slowtrav.com They are heavy on Italy but have reviews of
apartments by members.


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Old March 25th, 2004, 11:47 PM
Keith Willshaw
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"cullulloo" wrote in message
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My wife and I plan on living in Europe for the next year or two
starting Sept 2004.
We'd like to spend about 3 months in a number of places including
Amsterdam, Berlin, Italy (not sure where), Greece or Turkey.


For Berlin and Paris Citadines have some decent offerings

http://www.citadines.com/ukindex0.htm

Keith


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Old March 26th, 2004, 03:45 AM
A Mate
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We've done similar for just 2 weeks at a time - in London and Rome. We
simply Googled, then followed up with individual apartments only. We didn't
bother with agencies. Reviews were often available.

The results for the places we selected were brilliant. Pretty much as
advertised. We had a ball in each city - in ordinary apartments in normal
residential areas. Cost less than a cheap hotel; much, much less than we
would have paid for the standard accommodation we ended up in.


"cullulloo" wrote in message
...
My wife and I plan on living in Europe for the next year or two
starting Sept 2004.
We'd like to spend about 3 months in a number of places including
Amsterdam, Berlin, Italy (not sure where), Greece or Turkey.

A small apartment conviently located to public transportation with a
kitchen would be ideal. We're flummoxed by my inability to discern
quality and comparitive price from googling various web sites.

two questions:
1- is there a group -listserve that I can access in which
accomodations and references from individuals are available for
apartment rentals that is trustworthy and friendly
2-Having had no luck with the big apartment rental sites (canned
responses from personnal that don't answer questions) is there a small
site with quality, well referenced apartments and a smart webmaster
who can actually answer querstions?

Any help would be most greatly appreciated.



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Old March 26th, 2004, 05:44 AM
A Mate
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Following on my earlier post - I was browsing for accommodation in Prague
and came across this site. Looks OK. I've never used it tho'.


http://www.vrbo.com/vacation-rentals/europe


Good Luck



"cullulloo" wrote in message
...
My wife and I plan on living in Europe for the next year or two
starting Sept 2004.
We'd like to spend about 3 months in a number of places including
Amsterdam, Berlin, Italy (not sure where), Greece or Turkey.

A small apartment conviently located to public transportation with a
kitchen would be ideal. We're flummoxed by my inability to discern
quality and comparitive price from googling various web sites.

two questions:
1- is there a group -listserve that I can access in which
accomodations and references from individuals are available for
apartment rentals that is trustworthy and friendly
2-Having had no luck with the big apartment rental sites (canned
responses from personnal that don't answer questions) is there a small
site with quality, well referenced apartments and a smart webmaster
who can actually answer querstions?

Any help would be most greatly appreciated.



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Old March 27th, 2004, 04:12 PM
Bob Fusillo
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If you are considering Venice I highly recommend this flat:
http://www.geocities.com/petelory/

Try to get real references -- we narrowed things down to three flats, using
multiple sources, and more or less flipped coin and took one. It was/is
lovely. Later we checked out the other two and they were ghastly. We were
lucky.
rjf


"cullulloo" wrote in message
...
My wife and I plan on living in Europe for the next year or two
starting Sept 2004.
We'd like to spend about 3 months in a number of places including
Amsterdam, Berlin, Italy (not sure where), Greece or Turkey.

A small apartment conviently located to public transportation with a
kitchen would be ideal. We're flummoxed by my inability to discern
quality and comparitive price from googling various web sites.

two questions:
1- is there a group -listserve that I can access in which
accomodations and references from individuals are available for
apartment rentals that is trustworthy and friendly
2-Having had no luck with the big apartment rental sites (canned
responses from personnal that don't answer questions) is there a small
site with quality, well referenced apartments and a smart webmaster
who can actually answer querstions?

Any help would be most greatly appreciated.



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Old March 28th, 2004, 05:29 AM
sumisu
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[This followup was posted to rec.travel.europe and a copy was sent to
the cited author.]

In article ,
says...
My wife and I plan on living in Europe for the next year or two
starting Sept 2004.
We'd like to spend about 3 months in a number of places including
Amsterdam, Berlin, Italy (not sure where), Greece or Turkey.


hello,

will you visit paris at all on your european odyssey?

we have a small studio that suits your needs. you can see more details
for it he

www.parisstudio.net

good luck planning your trip!

derek...




A small apartment conviently located to public transportation with a
kitchen would be ideal. We're flummoxed by my inability to discern
quality and comparitive price from googling various web sites.

two questions:
1- is there a group -listserve that I can access in which
accomodations and references from individuals are available for
apartment rentals that is trustworthy and friendly
2-Having had no luck with the big apartment rental sites (canned
responses from personnal that don't answer questions) is there a small
site with quality, well referenced apartments and a smart webmaster
who can actually answer querstions?

Any help would be most greatly appreciated.

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Old April 22nd, 2004, 11:17 AM
Manuel
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Hi,
I could give you just a little help about staying in Italy:
i suggest you planning to spend time in Rome (beautiful and warm...),
but apartments there could be really expensive, even if you rent for
more than a month :-( . What you can do is to look for apartments on
the coast (pay half price or less) even in residence, 30 minutes away
from Rome downtown, public transportation linked, relaxing and
seaside!! For examples towns by the sea: Ostia, Torvajanica (not so
beautiful...), or Anzio.
If you need more info take a look at this sites:
http://www.ostiaantica.net/
http://www.anzio.net/
http://www.t-village.it

regards,Manuel

"A Mate" wrote in message . au...
We've done similar for just 2 weeks at a time - in London and Rome. We
simply Googled, then followed up with individual apartments only. We didn't
bother with agencies. Reviews were often available.

The results for the places we selected were brilliant. Pretty much as
advertised. We had a ball in each city - in ordinary apartments in normal
residential areas. Cost less than a cheap hotel; much, much less than we
would have paid for the standard accommodation we ended up in.


"cullulloo" wrote in message
...
My wife and I plan on living in Europe for the next year or two
starting Sept 2004.
We'd like to spend about 3 months in a number of places including
Amsterdam, Berlin, Italy (not sure where), Greece or Turkey.

A small apartment conviently located to public transportation with a
kitchen would be ideal. We're flummoxed by my inability to discern
quality and comparitive price from googling various web sites.

two questions:
1- is there a group -listserve that I can access in which
accomodations and references from individuals are available for
apartment rentals that is trustworthy and friendly
2-Having had no luck with the big apartment rental sites (canned
responses from personnal that don't answer questions) is there a small
site with quality, well referenced apartments and a smart webmaster
who can actually answer querstions?

Any help would be most greatly appreciated.

 




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