Since travelling with work is becoming increasingly usual, it is important to find accommodation that is both comfortable and cost effective. Serviced apartments offer this as they are good value for money and provide residents with a home from home.
Serviced apartments tend to work out as being much better value than hotel rooms and suites. Moreover, incidental costs are also lower than in hotels as residents can prepare their own food.
Although costs do vary, serviced apartments tend to be around 25% cheaper than hotel rooms. Furthermore, because they contain more facilities, day to day living costs are lower too.
When you are staying in a hotel, you have to either eat out or in the hotel restaurant. As well as being tedious, this can also become very expensive. However, as serviced apartments are equipped with fully fitted kitchens, residents can cook food themselves. This is much cheaper than eating out all the time.
Furthermore, if you are staying in a hotel and need to clean your clothes, you have to use the hotel laundry or find a local laundrette. The first option is expensive and the second is time consuming. However, most serviced apartments have washing machines and dryers. Therefore you can dump a load of washing into the machine before you leave for work in the morning and when you come home in the evening your clothes will be clean. This is a cheap and very easy way to do laundry.
Serviced apartments also offer a cheaper alternative to longer term private property lets. Most private property rental agents require a tenant to stay in the property for a minimum of six months and sometimes as much as eight months or a year. Renting the property for less time than this can incur hefty penalties.
However, according to a recent study, most companies need accommodation between one and six months. Serviced apartments can be rented for the length of time that they are needed and do not impose penalties for short term lets.
Serviced apartments offer residents good value for money and as a result they are the perfect choice for business travellers. They tend to be around 25% cheaper than hotels and incidental costs are lower too because of the facilities that they offer.