I haven't contacted anyone yet. We need to finalize where we want to be on which days, but here are a few options for 10/21 to 10/25. I'm assuming we want a washer/dryer
Fifth floor, but only $90/night, supposed to be a good neighborhood (although Frommers says Chueca is the center of the gay scene), close to city center. Close to the 1, 5, and 10 Metro, which are the ones we'll need for airport, train station(s), city center.
This one is in the Salamanca neighborhood and is about $105/night. It's near the 2 and 4 Metro lines.
This one is off the Gran Via, the main walking avenue from what I read. About $110/night. They really like their fabrics. I was hoping the balconies would be more bad ass, like in Prague, but it overall seems nice. Near the 2, 3, and 10 Metro.
We're tentatively hitting Madrid first right. Is it more important to have a washer/dryer in Seville if that's during the middle of our trip? Or maybe we do laundry in Madrid before heading out?
ReplyDeleteI'm cool with these places. I like the idea of renting an apartment versus a super expensive hotel.
As far as I know, we haven't agreed upon an itinerary for the trip, so I don't know where we're going what day. I kind of assumed we're doing the hub and side trip thing, but want to confirm with you. Make sure we're on the same page.
ReplyDeleteIf we do that route, Saturday, October 26 will be the technical half way point of the trip. I'm not sure if we'll be in Seville or en route. I'm flexible on hotel vs. rental. I don't really care what city we do which. I generally feel the longer we are in a city, the more cost effective an apartment becomes, but I don't know that for sure. Just thinking you can buy food in more bulk, sometimes they require 3 night stays, the cleaning fee is split among more days, etc.
We could do apartments in Madrid and Barcelona, do laundry twice, pack light, etc. A European washing machine is small, so we should keep that in mind. So a week's worth of clothes for two of us may be 2-3 loads, and they don't always have dryers along with the washing machine, so we may need to line dry.
Or simply avoid dryers and potentially shrinking our clothes.
I think apts in Madrid and Barcelona and a fancy hotel in Seville. I get my one night of fanciness remember? I'd prefer to do laundry twice versus packing extra clothes. Keep it simple is what I've learned from our previous Euro travels.
ReplyDeleteThat's fine. Except we are in Seville for more than one night...
ReplyDeleteYou make it sound like we're staying at the No Tell Motel (or the Sin Contar Motel en espanol) other nights.
"My husband, makes me sleep in sleazy motels on vacation"
"My husband, never turns on the air conditioning under any circumstances. It's inhumane"
"My husband, doesn't clean the house and the dust bothers my allergies"
"My husband, never has any food in the house for me"
"My husband, takes better care of the dog than me"
We should probably not pay $200/night for an apartment, but this place is pretty sweet.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.vrbo.com/1050050ha
That is sweet. Is that man not wearing any clothes in the picture?
ReplyDeleteI assume he comes with the apartment
ReplyDeleteI contacted the owner, this place is available
ReplyDeletehttp://www.vrbo.com/278842
I haven't contacted the owner, but this one says it's available, looks pretty nice. Cheap.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.airbnb.com/rooms/706963
Another one that's available.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.airbnb.com/rooms/543566
Be about $500 total, so a little expensive. Nice space and nice patio, although that toilet looks dangerous. Good location.
I didn't notice the toilet on that one. I like the second one you shared. The cheaper one.
ReplyDeleteThe one called BEAUTIFUL CENTRAL APARTMENT + WIFI
ReplyDeleteThat would be $430 once you add in all fees. Air bnb has some sort of booking fee, which is lame. VRBO doesn't have that!
Yep that's the one.
ReplyDeleteWith the fee it's pretty close to $90 a night right? If we wanted to look at another one on vrbo instead.
$430 for 4 nights I believe. I think I found one on BNB that's like $70 a night. Not sure I've found anything better on VRBO.
ReplyDeleteI'm not going to sweat $110/night