Watching the fast growing privately owned vacation apartments market in Israel, characterized by thousands of furnished apartments advertised on the Internet, made it very clear; vacation apartments rentals from a private Owner is a real Gamble.
No one knows what the exact odds are, but it's better to steer clear of them and acknowledge that it is very volatile.
You may have heard friends or relatives who have rented an apartment from a private Owner and were satisfied, but the numbers of stories about those who were disappointed and frustrated from this experience are significantly higher.
Even disregarding the extensive vacation apartment’s scams, which are already widespread, the chances that something would go wrong are very high while the “penalty” or the “price” for you as a tourist or a guest, during your family vacation, is almost unbearable.
As privately owned apartments do not have maintenance or service on premises, everyday problems that occur during your stay (i.e. AC not working, toilet clog & hot water issues..) take long time to resolve.
Taking all these in consideration, you pay your money, you take your chances. Consider renting vacation apartments from a company instead.
We would love to hear your comments/experiences.
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ReplyDeleteI totally agree with these points.
ReplyDeleteMy family and I previously rented a "privately owned" apartment in Israel and from the moment we arrived all things went wrong!
There was no hot water upon arrival plus the AC was not working well at all. To make things worse the contact telephone numbers provided did not work at all! You can imagine after a long flight from Toronto, all we wanted to do was shower and head to bed. We called the next day and finally got through to someone but nothing was fixed until the following day. I could not believe the service we were getting after paying so much money for our family vacation.
I will for sure rent from a company next time. We won't take a chance ever again with a private owner!
We actually rented an apartment this Summer from a private company. All was great, nothing to complain about but I did have a friend who rented a private two bedroom apartment and she was not happy at all. I do see a trend now with regards to really bad experiences at private apartments.
ReplyDeleteYou should really do a through check on all potential apartments ESPECIALLY private apartments!
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