Bologna Accommodations...A Bargain Apartment!

After booking flights to Bologna I started perusing accommodation options and let me tell you it wasn't easy.  Oh, I found some great hotels, some really nice boutique hotels and for a fleeting moment I really wanted to book the €250 a night room, but then I started to check more options.

After reading a few posts on Fodors I found out Bologna is a city known for it's conferences and conventions and rooms can book up quickly.  Then I read the earlier a room could be booked in Bologna the better.  Now I was understanding the high room rates for mid-November, well, that and it was 9 months in advance, so reduced rates probably weren't likely.  Still, I really wanted to try and get something booked.

While scouring the Fodors threads for information on Bologna I came across some information about PerfectPlaces.com.  This is a vacation rental website similar to Vacation Rentals By Owner.  I was really happy to see several aparment options in Bologna.  Once I picked the one apartment that was really appealing to me I checked the rates.  Oh My God!  I nearly shot up out of my chair and did a little happy dance.  The listing said for a one week rental in November the price was €480, I had to rub my eyes to make sure I was seeing correctly!

I quickly composed an email to the apartment owner asking if the apartment would be available for the dates I was looking for and what the price would be for 8 nights.  I wasn't expecting a fast reply from the owner, so you can imagine my surprise when I checked my email the next morning and found a reply and it was positive!

The apartment was available for the 8 nights I wanted in November and for 8 nights the price was €550 plus a €50 cleaning charge.  8 nights for €600 is a great deal!  The owner did request a deposit, which I was able to wire through my bank account and he recieved it within a few days.  Having never done an international wire transfer before, it was definitely a learning experience, but it was easy.

So now I'm booked into the Due Torri, one bedroom apartment in the centro storico of Bologna!  check it out http://perfectplaces.com/vacation-rentals/32702.htm