Selecting a Short-Term Slow Travel Apartment
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- We're visiting Great Britain for March and April 2024, spending a bit over a month in a very nice short-term furnished apartment in Edinburgh, Scotland. This video provides a brief tour of the apartment, and some tips for selecting an apartment for slow travel and part time expat trips.
More videos coming soon!
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We are visiting Great Britain for March and April 2024, spending a bit over a month in a very nice short-term furnished apartment in Edinburgh, Scotland. This video provides a brief tour of the apartment, and some tips for selecting a apartment for slow travel and part time expat trips.
More videos coming soon!
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BEAUTIFUL apartment!!
We really couldn’t believe how lucky we got!
Wife and I doing our slow travel going into our 2nd year. We are from the Southwest US, HOT, so I love cold, windy, rainy weather. Great video. Will be traveling Ireland, Scotland, England for June and July. Great info comparing Marriott hotel rate to home rental. Please continue providing comparison info to us. It helps a lot when comparing arrangements between hotels, and home rentals.
Sounds like you have a great summer planned. Enjoy.
Love those high ceilings
Thanks for sharing your temporary life in Edinburgh and giving us so many great tips. Especially good for late fall, winter and early spring when days are shorter and less pleasant, and it's probably off-season so cheaper. Enjoy!
Edinburgh (like most destinations) is much cheaper in the off season. And August when the Fringe Festival is going on is really pricy.
April 2023 I stayed in the Yotel across the street. 😊
😊😆Looks like a nice hotel. We enjoyed watching guests coming and going while we had our breakfast.
On a previous trip we were in front of a high school in Marchmont. We really felt part of the community being in the middle of the kids coming and going throughout the day.
I discovered your channel this morning and am working my way through your videos on a rainy day here, a little north of Atlanta. I have been fast traveling for about 7 years doing one, often 2 trips a year. I usually stay 10 days to 2 weeks, but have stayed 10 weeks. I am ready to slow travel, so am enjoying the information you provide. I understand this apartment was through a local agency. Do you usually stay in an Airbnb and if so, please do a video on tips for choosing one. Thank you.
Thank you for your thoughtful message! We have a "selecting an apartment" video on our to do list. We have had some interesting experiences with AirBnb and Booking in the past, and have some things that we do to help avoid places with issues. We have learned a ton! Hopefully we'll get something out in the next few weeks. This topic is really interesting to us and we have a lot to share that hopefully will be helpful to others. Thanks again for watching and writing.
Great. I will be on alert to it. I watch many travel channels and love your organized, thoughtful presentations. Thanks.
That is a great place and super rate for a long-term stay. Besides visiting with your daughter, have you done any day trips or excursions to nearby places? Also, how did you find this space and are you willing to share a link?
We have come to Edinburgh many times in the last few years, so we’ve been throughout Scotland previously. Though on this trip, we did go to Glasgow, went to see Stirling castle, and have a few more shorter local trips planned. And then we’re going to take a road trip south through England for a week or so.
We found this place through a local company called Dinkins. They have a discount rate starting at a one month or more stay.
But keep in mind that rate is off season. Summer, and Fringe Fest time is much higher…
Is this an AirBnB? If it isn’t, how did you find it? Thanks!
It is not an Airbnb or Booking.com apartment. I found it by searching for a local real estate company. Try searching Edinburgh, short term apartments, and see what you get. I really don’t want to create the impression that I am endorsing a specific vendor in that city.
Oooof. $3000 a month for rent really hurts.
It is a bit pricy, but not that extreme when compared to the costs in the US, for a really nice place, in the center of town, furnished. A basic 2 bedroom apartment outside of DC in a decent area costs around that amount unfurnished.