Yes, better accomodations and your own kitchen. You can cook, do take-away, entertain friends in a way you just can't in a hotel room. Also most of them have clothes washers and some even dryers (which are, in general, must less common over there having only gained wide adoption in the 1980s according to the York Museum). Our flat this time was three blocks from Kensington High St tube station (I actually wanted to be on a bus route that had direct service to most of the sights) and had a doorman, elevator, living room, bedroom, kitchen (with dining table), bathroom with washer, dishwasher, television, all that sort of thing. Both this flat and the one we rented from them in Seven Dials several years ago were very nicely furnished with art and just really comfortable accommodations. The bed in our flat was much more comfortable than any of the hotels we were in. It isn't about saving money so much as just having a nicer space. With more people it can save money (8 of us rented a flat in Barcelona last year and it was great) but I just like having something that feels like my own space in a way a hotel room can't.
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Date: 2005-09-18 11:10 pm (UTC)