Posts Tagged ‘apartment rental’

25% off Paris apartments

Posted on February 2nd, 2009 by Laura Byrne Paquet

Welcome2France.com, which specializes in luxury apartment rentals in Paris, has just announced last-minute discounts of up to 25% on some of its properties. Most of the deals are valid February 1-15 and March 1-15, but there are a few available in late March. Many owners require a minimum stay of five days or a week. [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Top five perks of vacation rentals

Posted on December 8th, 2008 by Laura Byrne Paquet

Buenos Aires apartment

I’ve been raving about the benefits of vacation rentals for years to anyone who will listen. So what’s so great about staying in a house or apartment instead of a hotel room? Here are my top five reasons to go local. You can discover new neighbourhoods. In many cities, hotels are clustered downtown or in [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Bed down in a Korean temple

Posted on October 20th, 2008 by Laura Byrne Paquet

The Korea Tourism Organization is making it easier for visitors to find accommodation options beyond hotels. An easy-to-search section of the KTO website includes lots of English-language details on unusual places to lay your head. For instance, there are links to over a dozen hanok–traditional Korean homes, usually featuring wide porches and sloping roofs–where you [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

New website for NYC vacation rentals

Posted on September 4th, 2008 by Laura Byrne Paquet

Looking for a studio in Midtown or a temporary pied-a-terre in the West Village? Try Roomorama.com, a new peer-to-peer service that helps travellers find short-term apartment rentals and spare rooms in New York City. Properties include a Williamsburg house owned by an actor who appeared in “The Departed,” complete with its own Zen garden, for [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

More News

Books

Book review: Female Nomad and Friends

A book that combines two of my favourite things: travel ...

Contests

bicycle on bridge near Almonte, Ontario

Enter your travel photos for chance to win a cycling trip!

Do you like to cycle? Do you bring along a ...

Destinations

Three great ways to see Jamaica beyond the resorts

[caption id="attachment_2228" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Sunday morning in rural Portland, Jamaica. ...

Food

Greatest hits from Facing the Street: My 7 links

Way back in July, I blush to admit, fellow blogger ...

Home Exchanges

Love Home Swap: Home exchanges for stylish travellers

Are you intrigued by the idea of home swapping--where you ...

How To

24 tips for renting a vacation property

Arranging a short-term rental of an apartment, house or cottage ...

Language

Five places to find foreign language schools

The current online issue of The Atlantic Monthly includes an ...

Music

desert sands dunes Algeria

Year of Geography: Algeria

Unfortunately, Algeria is going through a bit of a rough ...

Recipes

Cinco de Mayo recipe: Easy salsa

Courtesy of fine dining restaurant Andrea at Velas Vallarta in ...

Travel Trivia

Travel trivia: Week 21 winner, answers…and an announcement

Travel trivia: Week 21 winner, answers…and an announcement

Thanks to all of you who played this week's round ...

Vacation Rentals

More info on Montserrat villa

A while ago, I wrote a blog post about the ...

Volunteer Travel

Year of Geography: Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda is the first country on the Year ...