Editor: Irina
What is the difference between an apartment hotel and a familiar hotel complex? We will tell you where to look, how much it costs, and why it is easier to book an apartment than to rent an apartment.
The apart-hotel is a newcomer in the modern hotel business. The first residential apartments were offered by popular family-oriented resorts. Traditional rooms are great for couples or one person, but if you are traveling with children or with a company, then apartment hotels are already able to provide greater comfort and personal freedom.
What is the difference between apart-hotels and standard hotels?
What is an apart-hotel?
What makes it stand out from a typical example from Booking is that instead of a "room-bath-balcony" set, guests are offered a full-fledged apartment, adapted for a comfortable and long stay. Apartments in the apart-hotel are equipped for everyday needs from and to: there will be a separate kitchen with a dishwasher / oven / cooking utensils, and the rooms (living room + bedroom, and maybe + office) are filled with everything that you have at home (in reasonable limits).
In an ordinary hotel, an alternative to such living conditions is suites with a price tag of three zeros after the two digits, but in an apart-hotel the prices are usually lower. It is especially beneficial to rent an apartment with a company: accommodation will be cheaper than booking several rooms, and you will have a "common" area.
What is usually included in the price of an apartment?
The main difference between such housing and an apartment: here you will receive the full service that hotels offer their guests. In addition, the procedure for booking and settling in is simplified at times - no contracts, no owners, jealously vigilant of the state of the rooms once a week. The algorithms are the same as when searching for a regular hotel: go to RoomGuru, enter your wishes, see photos / reviews / descriptions, choose.
What exactly is included in the price of an apartment is always written on the website of the booking system. Unambiguously at your disposal - your own kitchen, equipped with dishes, bed linen and towels, soap accessories, free parking, housekeeping, reception, round-the-clock maintenance. Breakfast may be included. Some hotels offer their guests a swimming pool, gym. For an additional fee, they will provide food delivery, complex meals.
Classification of apartments
We have explained what apart-hotels are, it remains to understand their classification. Instead of the usual "stars", the class of such housing is determined by "letters":
- Type "A": studio-type apartments with an area of up to 45 sq.m., designed for 2 people (maximum for a family of 4).
- Type "B": 1-2 separate bedrooms, living room and kitchen or studio (area - up to 90 sq.m., designed for 2 - 6 people).
- Type "C": 3-4 separate rooms plus living room and kitchen. This option is ideal for those who come with a large company.
- Class "Lux": luxury penthouses, villas and residences with a staff of servants and the maximum range of services.
The price directly depends on the length of stay and the included amenities.
Apart-hotels in Moscow and St. Petersburg
Apart-hotels in Russia began to appear relatively recently, and now they can be found in resort and large cities.
The list of some of the best in Moscow includes:
- MaMaison Pokrovka from 8000 rubles per night for two
- Adagio Moscow Kievskaya from 4500 rubles
- YE’S from 3500 rubles
- Hanoi-Moscow from 3750 rubles
- House on Mayakovka from 3500 rubles
- Diadem from 3700 rubles
In St. Petersburg:
- Kronverk from 6400 rubles per night
- YE’S from 3250 rubles
- Kon-Tiki from 9560 rubles
Where to find and book apart-hotels? Reviews and ratings
You can find the best apartments on the dedicated website RoomGuru. It collects offers from all hotel booking systems, such as, for example, Booking, compares prices and displays the most profitable options.
There you will also see the rating of hotels, compiled according to guest reviews, and evaluate the pros and cons of the various offers. You can book an apartment according to the usual scheme by clicking on the appropriate button and paying on the spot.
Famous apart-hotel chains
Accommodation apartments are offered by most of the major hotel corporations, including Hyatt and Hilton. This type of hotel is especially popular in the USA, Canada, and Western Europe.
The most famous global brands that offer apart-hotel services to clients, including those present on the Russian market:
- Staybridge Suites brand (InterContinental Hotels Group, UK);
- Adagio (Accor Group, France);
- MaMaison network (France);
- Marriott Executive Apartments (USA).
Since 2011, the first Russian chain of apart-hotels, Apart-Hotel YE’S, has been functioning and actively developing.
