Self-Catering Multi-Destination

Specialist Reports Holiday by Accommodation Self-Catering Self-Catering Multi-Destination The Apartment Service 

	The Apartment Service
5-6 Francis Grove, Wimbledon, London SW19 4DT			MAP
tel: (020) 8944 1444

An agency offering serviced apartments, predominantly for business people but also families, for periods ranging from a day upwards.

Where

Cities in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, and Wales and aiming also to cover all major cities worldwide - aiming for the biggest apartment database on the web by the middle of next year.

Style

Averaging three-star but ranging from two to five-star.

Season

Year-round.

Facilities

Cots at around half the properties, high chairs at around a quarter, babysitting at around a fifth (because serviced apartments are not as fully staffed as a hotel for example) but might be able to help with details of local babysitting facilities.

Extras

Maid service though regularity depends on the apartment (and there is cleaning equipment in the property itself), kitchenette (ranging from galleys to full kitchens), and in around a quarter of properties a restaurant or room service - though this is a growing trend. Around three quarters offer washing machine and slightly fewer a tumble dryer. Around a quarter offer a dishwasher.

Sample Price

For a week in an apartment with two bedrooms sleeping four in Paris around £500 in a three-star.