If you are traveling abroad one of the first things that you need to think about is where you want to stay. If you are planning to be abroad for a couple of weeks, you have two choices- renting a hotel room or a serviced apartment Serviced apartments offer a number of benefits over hotels. They are much more spacious which gives you the opportunity to spread out and they are also more cost effective. Serviced apartments are fully furnished properties comprising of living rooms, fully fitted kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms. Therefore unlike hotel accommodation where you are confined to your bedroom if you want privacy, you can really stretch out in a serviced apartment. Most serviced apartments are also equipped with the latest technology including satellite television and wireless broadband along with direct dial telephones and fax machines. In most hotels however, if you want to use the internet or send a fax you have to visit the business centre which can be time consuming and inconvenient. Serviced apartments also offer a level of flexibility that cannot be expected in a hotel. As they have fully fitted kitchens, you can prepare food yourself when and how you want it. Alternatively, if you want to eat out you can visit a restaurant. As most serviced apartments are based in or near city centres, this is very easy to do. If you are staying in a hotel however, you cannot cook food yourself. As a result you have to rely on the hotel restaurant or room service or an external restaurant for meals. As well as being restrictive this can also become very expensive. As well as being more comfortable than hotels, serviced apartments are also more cost effective. They are generally around 25% cheaper than hotel rooms and enable you to keep your incidental expenditure down. After all if you are staying in a serviced apartment you can cook for yourself and do your own laundry. However, in a hotel this is not possible. Serviced apartments offer an excellent level of comfort and value for money. As such they represent the obvious and logical accommodation choice for travelers. |
