Looking for accommodation while traveling, especially if you plan to move around a lot and need to find many different hotels or apartments, can take a lot of time and effort. Finding accommodation becomes even more challenging with an overabundance of options, making it extremely difficult to choose. That’s why two words are essential in your search: filters and a map.
Filters help you choose only from those hotels that meet your requirements.
My filters:
- Free parking near the accommodation (since I travel by car);
- Free Wi-Fi;
- Included breakfast (if there are no complaints about breakfast in the hotel reviews);
- Free cancellation (in case of change of plans). It’s worth noting that a reservation without this option is about 10-15% cheaper;
- Only available options – shows only those types of accommodation that have available rooms for your dates;
- Budget up to a certain amount;
- Housing rating. I strongly advise you not to choose accommodation with a rating below 7.
After you have applied all your filters, open the map. The map saves a lot of time.
You immediately understand which accommodation is on the ocean, near the airport, the city center, etc. Depending on where you want to live, you immediately understand which options suit you.
After you have looked at several housing options, read reviews sorted by date for the last 6 months. Don’t limit yourself to reviews in your native language, take reviews in foreign languages, paste them into Google Translate, and voila!
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