Have you ever thought about why you would rent an apartment when traveling to Peru for vacation or for business instead of renting a hotel? If you are only going to be in town for two or three days, then the costs of a hotel are not a major factor. You can find decent three star hotels in Miraflores, the commercial and entertainment center of Lima, for as little as $75 to $80 a day. This would be your average cost of a double room, not a triple. The room would have a phone, a TV with cable, and usually an internet connection, but it would not have a refrigerator or stove, so if you wanted to bring back food to eat, or drinks, a hotel room would not be the best choice. However, if you plan to eat out, then not having a kitchen is not an important factor. There is also the matter of privacy. Hotels pretty much monitor your every movement, so if you want to bring a friend over for a drink, you will probably feel like you need to ask the hotel's permission. Unlike a hotel, A vacation rental affords all the privacy of you own apartment. And most rental apartments come with full kitchens and enough space to move around comfortably. Then there is also the savings part if you plan to stay in Lima for more than a couple days. And renting an apartment can be a real money saver. Lima Accommodations has one bedroom apartments located in central Miraflores, close to everything. All of their apartments have internet services, cable TV, a phone, DVD players, and 24 hour security. Their rental prices also include utilities. You simply pay the rental fee, around $350 a week or $650 a month, and that takes care of it. All apartment rental expenses are covered. When you examine the costs per day versus a hotel, you come out with an altogether different figure. Instead of your hotel fee of $75 to $80 a day, the vacation rental apartment, if you rent it for a month, will cost you about $21 dollars a day, and you get a heck of a lot more than you would renting a room in a hotel. Lima Accommodations has a number of apartments available in Miraflores. You can rent a one bedroom a few blocks off Kennedy Park on Grimaldo del Solar for $650 a month or $350 a week, with a full kitchen and internet hook-up, cable TV, DVD player, and phone. It also has a microwave, coffee maker, and linens and kitchenware. How can you go wrong? Lima Accommodations also has a studio apartment on the top floor in a quiet neighborhood close to cinemas, coffee houses, restaurants, banks, supermarkets, and parks, with the same amenities. If you would like an ocean view and a panoramic view of Miraflores from the 17th floor, Lima Accommodations also has a mini-penthouse located a couple blocks from the Pacific Ocean boardwalk in MIraflores. The mini-penthouse rents for $375 a week or $675 a month. Those are hard prices to beat! If you would like to spend a view days in a villa right outside of Lima close to the suburb La Molina, then you might want to consider staying at Villa Condorhuaca in Cieneguilla, Lima's resort town situated in the Lurin river valley only minutes from downtown Lima.
The choice is yours: What will it be? A hotel? Or a vacation rental home?