Vacation rental

Under an apartment is generally understood as a furnished apartment where guests can spend a fee for a specific period of their vacation. The German Tourism Association uses the term apartment both as a definition for the mode a rental property and also as a definition for a room. The transition to home is often fluent in resorts.

An apartment can be housed in a building with other apartments or as a self-contained unit, with or without their own input as part of a normal house. In some apartments the guest therefore dwells with the landlord in the same house.

Equipment

Generally, holiday apartments have private bathroom facilities with shower or bath and toilet, a simple kitchenette or fully equipped kitchen and one or several bedrooms. Many apartments also have a balcony or terrace, some even a garden area.

The quality of equipment from apartments and other optional services are dependent on the interests of the landlord and therefore very different. The classification of the German Tourism Association ( DTV classification ) with stars serves the accommodation seeker as an indication of the quality of the object. This review is checked by the DTV every 3 years.

In the Netherlands, a similar rating system is to be awarded ( one to five stars according to specified criteria ) from the general Dutch association for road users ( ANWB ).

Rental costs

Depending on the number of persons inclusive prices are as common as the pricing per night for a period of time. Often done an exact calculation of additional costs for water, electricity, linen, towels, etc., and the calculation of a final cleaning at a basic price. When specifying the price, however, is a legal requirement that the price quoted shall include electricity and cleaning costs. Failure to do so is a violation of § 1 of § PAngV. The costs calculated by the landlord for its performance and expenses, often come even extra costs are added. Agencies typically increase the time estimated by the landlord Nächtigungspreis in the form of commission and or commission. So it happens that the guest must often up to 30% pay more when he booked the apartment through an agency. Many portals and so-called private landlord therefore often advertise commission or commission-free with the terms.

Rental

Apartments, as well as other accommodations supplementary accommodation are offered, for example, via independent websites over or Internet directories. These will bring together interested parties and private landlords. The guest is made possible in detail to obtain information on the quality of accommodation and service of the landlord in advance. The majority of the holiday apartment bookings are now finding place in the Internet. The apartment rentals can also be done through a tour operator or a travel agent. Classically, this method is very useful when booking a vacation in famous tourist holiday destinations and booking vacation packages. In the management of holiday and tourist offices that publish every year for their region current accommodation directories, as well as specialized agencies can help. Course, is also a last minute booking of apartments possible.

In many known and popular holiday regions apartment rentals is due to the high demand on a weekly basis. It is the arrival and departure ( especially in Germany ) often Saturday. Elsewhere apartments are available for short or longer-term stays.

Specific business models

  • Holiday cottages and apartments are also available via special Vacation Ownership ( timeshare ) or the Mitwohnzentrale.
  • In self-catering accommodation and temporary workers are housed in times of low occupancy. An example of this is the accommodation of seasonal workers of Trenkwalder International in the Marine Park Kirchheim, which were used in 2012 in Bad Hersfeld Amazon.

Trends

Meanwhile, the number of beds per Parahotellerie significantly exceeds that of the hotel. Reasons are mainly the price-performance ratio here. Hotels offer more services, but are much cheaper apartments especially for multiple people. For several years, the trend is to be observed that not only each other famous people rent an apartment together and start a residential community, but also vacationers who do not yet know each other. On the one hand, of course, has cost reasons, but also social aspects play a role.

Studies show that most of the holiday apartment holiday German holidaymakers will continue to spend in Germany.

Apartments outside the German-speaking

In Canada and the United States, where apartments and holiday houses in particular are as widespread as in Europe, have since the 1970s apartment hotels, increasingly, their service. These connect the temporary living in a fully furnished and equipped apartment with industry-standard services of a hotel.

In New Zealand Holiday Homes from inspiration from the popular brook. In a stream, derived from bachelor pad, it was originally to often very modest holiday homes for their own families, mostly located on the beach or in ski resorts. Nowadays it is called to a detached house in a stream, often holiday home. These are usually offered through Internet portals. Holiday homes are becoming increasingly popular. Since cottages are not classified and only in a few localities such as Queenstown are regulated by the city administration, the number of holiday homes in New Zealand can only be roughly estimated. The New Zealand's largest Internet portals offer about 8,000 holiday homes in New Zealand. This points to a larger cottage density than in Germany, where the largest portals post about 25,000 holiday homes in Germany.

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