Luxury Buenos Aires Apartments Rental-Versus-Hotels

Luxury Buenos Aires Apartments – ‘what is the deal?’

There is no doubt that renting Luxury Buenos Aires Apartments for vacations or a business stopover is much better value than comparably priced hotel suites.

Buenos Aires Apartments – Versus – Buenos Aires Hotel Suites

A cost and space comparison:

Deluxe Suite Four Seasons	Buenos Aires Stay Luxury Apartment
100 SQM overlooking Avenue 9 Julio	160SQM view of St. Francis Square Recoleta
$7,000 US Dollars Per week	$1,500 US Dollars Per Week

BAStay.com ‘tells it like it is’ and discusses the pluses and minuses associated with luxury apartment vacation rental versus hotels and concludes that luxury apartment rental is not for everyone, but during the upcoming months, economic uncertainty ( creating potentially lower cost apartments) might just change that view – ‘we will all be watching our pennies!’

The Buenos Aires apartments industry has grown substantially over the last five years. At last count, we found nearly 147, 000 Google listings advertising or related to the search phrase ‘rent vacation apartments Buenos Aires’ but few websites that compete against Buenos Aires Stay LUXURY. We strongly believe that our enviable range of services is unrivalled.

The vacation apartment industry is generally professional and service is better than 2002 when we first rented apartments in Buenos Aires and found it cheap, but a real headache. Without regulation, market forces and competition has meant that both the quality of apartments and the companies that sell them have improved enormously.

Always research your agency of choice on the internet and read their Apartment Rental Terms & Conditions – VERY CAREFULLY (please). Make sure that rents are final, and when you check-in, should the apartment not be as advertised the agency state clearly that you get an apartment comparable to your agreement or your money back. Again, if something should go wrong during your stay, make sure your agent has a published Complaint’s Procedure. These points are just as important, if not more so, as the luxury Buenos Aires apartment rental you select.

From time to time, every company has the odd problem and luxury vacation apartments are not unlike our own homes and not without the periodic hitch – how agents deal with those unforeseen occurrences, separates the good from the bad. It is important to add that third party service provision, anything the property owner or agents cannot control, is unreliable and time consuming to resolve, so apartments are not for those who demand immediate resolutions or people who expect to move the instant an insect pays them a visit, the internet fails, or they suffer a power cut on their street. If you want hotel style care – we recommend you select one and pay for that privilege – we are happy to both suggest and reserve your hotel suite for you.

Staying in a Buenos Aires hotel
We all know what hotels provide so we will not dwell long in this subject. Generally, when you rent a hotel room, you are purchasing brand familiarity that is a well constructed, well decorated, a cleanly furnished ‘clone’ with familiar rules and the security of knowing that if something goes wrong, the hotel will fix it immediately or move you to another room. Your room is cleaned everyday and linens and towels replaced and as if by magic, and all is well again when you come home to change or climb into bed. Hotels are not for everyone, as many of us find hotels too much of the ‘same-ole thing’ and instead value apartments which give us all the comforts of home - access to our favorite food direct from the fridge, home cooked meals, anonymity and privacy. Another problem concerning hotels in South America is categorization (apart from known chains). Stars are just stars and often mean very little when compared with the exacting standards found elsewhere. Additionally, many of the perks of hotels, noted above, may not be available at your hotel regardless of its so-called star rating.

However, there is no doubt that your personal safety and security is generally good as well as that of your property, and you benefit from room service, internet, mini-bar, sometimes a health club, sometimes a pool, and a concierge. Most important to many people in the current economic climate is that you can use the old ‘plastic’ to pay from your dream holiday and face the music later. Tried and tested, but not without their many problems, not least the cost being $500 to $1000 a night for the basic suite, the luxury hotel is fast losing ground in Buenos Aires and apartments are the vacationers number one choice, especially for a longer term Buenos Aires Stay. If you are prepared to foot the bill, some apartments have all the services of a first class hotel and more – cook, servants, chauffer, and bodyguard – it is all available you just have to ask. One thing is certain: you will have change to spare when comparing the cost of an apartment to that of a comparable hotel suite.

Luxury Buenos Aires Apartment Rental
The negatives that detract from the offer of a home-away-from-home, at a fraction of the cost of a hotel can send those who do not have the pioneering spirit running for cover. All over the internet, you can find complaints some valid, others blown out of all proportion - keep an open mind and be sure to consider our earlier points – read an agency’s terms and conditions, look for specific final rental rates and seek agencies that offer you the comfort of their professionalism and have a published complaint procedure.