As AD mentioned in a previous post, I’ve just come back from
London and Paris where we stayed in a couple of apartments that we had rented
with my sister’s family. A brief recap of our London place is here.
In Paris, we had a 3 bedroom apartment in an amazing
location right next to the Pompidou Centre. This was the best thing about the
apartment! The interior was all oranges and reds and had a bull theme going on.
I counted 12 in various forms including statues, figure heads and posters.
There was also only 1 toilet for 8 people which wasn’t great. But again, the
location was so convenient that you tend to forget about the other things! Also,
the beds were much improved from our London apartment.
Both of these places lacked so many things that we have
listed as essentials. AD and I have been brainstorming as to why people don’t
have all the necessary equipment. Is it too expensive? Do things get stolen so
frequently that you just don’t bother to replace them? Why wouldn’t you keep
some money as a deposit and then take some money out of that to replace items
that are stolen or damaged?
I think it’s hard to make an apartment rental feel as clean
as a hotel but I love the flexibility an apartment gives you with having
separate kitchen and living areas. When you’re on the road for 10 days, it’s
nice to be able to cook up some simple things for the kids instead of them
eating chips at every meal!
So after all that … my holiday rental essential this week is
a good bed. The London apartment had beds with foam mattresses that sagged in
the middle when you lay down. My daughter’s cot had a thin single bed sized
foam mattress that was doubled over so that it would fit into the cot!
After my stay in these apartments I would have loved to have
seen something like this. Clean, simple and white.
Lastly, there is one thing that I’ve previously mentioned as
a “maybe” holiday rental essential and that is WiFi. After having stayed in our London place for 5
nights with no WiFi I can now definitely confirm that WiFi is most definitely an essential!
MP
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