| One option that often remains unnoticed is the possibility of renting a flat rather than staying in a hotel room. The difference is that a hotel room commonly will have a refrigerator that is generally filled with high-priced drinks and provides no facilities for preparing food and often no facilities for doing the washing. Up-to-date hotel rooms have a "bar refrigerator" that is equipped with sensors and is completely stocked with things that you have to pay for, if anything is moved.
A flat will ideally have a refrigerator which is completely empty for you to store food. It will have a kitchen supplied with all the necessary where you can cook. Some flats for rent have a washing machine and a dryer, but it's quite common to have communal facilities for washing clothes. Anyway, there will be some option for doing the washing which does not cost much.
Another significant difference between rented accommodation and hotels is the layout which is determined to a large degree by the size. A flat may have separate rooms divided by walls. Some flats for rent may have two bedrooms, a kitchen area, and a dining area separated from the rest of the apartment. This enables a tenant to organise a business meeting in the dining area while somebody is having a rest in one of the bedrooms. There is a considerable difference between inviting a business associate to the lounge of a rented flat and inviting them to a hotel room.
Flats frequently are commonly a lot more expensive than hotel rooms, as they need more space for the kitchen. But by preparing food in the kitchen of a rented flat you can save a great deal of money on restaurants and mini-bar drinks. One more way to save money is to use some inflatable camping beds for four tenants to sleep in a rented flat that is designed for two. However, landowners try and discourage this by solely having enough cutlery for two tenants and not having extra towels, blankets, etc. Quite the opposite, hotel rooms often provide spare towels and blankets, because it is easier to fully stock every closet than to deal with customers' requests at odd times of the night.
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