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Business Travel and Relocation: Leased Apartment or Serviced Apartment?

Article Overview: If you are a business traveler, temporarily staying in a new location to work with a company, then you may be having some difficulty deciding what kind of accommodations to look for. A hotel room for an extended stay is almost certainly too expensive. Your options are likely limited to leasing an apartment, or renting a serviced apartment.

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Business Travel and Relocation: Leased Apartment or Serviced Apartment?

If you are a business traveler, temporarily staying in a new location to work with a company, then you may be having some difficulty deciding what kind of accommodations to look for. A hotel room for an extended stay is almost certainly too expensive. Your options are likely limited to leasing an apartment, or renting a serviced apartment.

One may be in the same position if they are planning to relocate their family to a new area, but have not yet found a permanent residence. In both cases, serviced apartments may be the solution.

• What are serviced apartments?

Serviced apartments can be divided into two categories, extended stay hotels and corporate housing. Both are utilized most often by business men and leisure travelers, but are also used more commonly now by relocating families.

Serviced apartments are unlike leased apartments, which often are unfurnished and offer a minimum of amenities (if any) unless one is willing to pay considerably more. Serviced apartments often include a full kitchenette and may have as many as five bedrooms, a living room, in-room laundry, and other deluxe amenities.

Extended stay hotels feature a 24-hour reception desk, though may lack the common first floor fixtures of a hotel you might visit on holiday, such as restaurants or bars. If the serviced apartment in which you are residing is part of a fine hotel, you shall often be given access to the same on-premises amenities offered to any of the hotel’s guests.

Corporate housing is similar to the extended stay hotel, but is usually targeted directly at business travelers, and is sometimes provided by a company for visiting temporary employees. Corporate serviced apartments are usually found nearer business and city centres, for the convenience of the traveling business person.

Both styles of serviced apartment are always fully furnished, and have a regular cleaning service to maintain the accommodations.

• How are serviced apartments different from leased apartments?

Serviced apartments rarely require a binding, long term agreement. Some may not be rented unless one is planning on staying longer than 30 days, however. As above, serviced apartments are also fully furnished and generally located for the convenience of the residents.

The issue of the leased apartment is just that—the lease. One may find oneself legally entangled in an apartment that doesn’t suit one’s needs, or for a much longer period of time than is needed. This is not just an inconvenience, but can be problematic for the relocating family. Leased apartments are also generally unfinished, and one may have trouble finding an open apartment in a convenient area.

If you know you are staying in a place for longer than a year, and you need a place to deposit your belongings, than the leased apartment may be a better choice.

• How do I book a serviced apartment?

There are a number of qualified agencies throughout the UK which specialize in finding serviced apartments tailored to the business person or the relocating family and can assist one in finding and booking serviced apartments.

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