Hello everyone!

You are probably wondering why we haven’t  posted anything on our blog recently. We are really sorry about that, but you will be happy to know that we haven’t wasted any time. We’ve spent our days researching, brainstorming and thinking on interesting themes and ideas for you. We will write a brief description about our activity.

We’ve become really active on Facebook and Twitter, so make sure to follow us for more updated information about our activity. We launched our own personalized Facebook application. We thought it would be interesting to find out what your friends will do to stay in a rental apartment from ShortStayApartment.com. Check it out here if you are curious.

We’ve launched a Facebook contest. Vote your favourite photo from this album, and enter the contest to win a discount for a stylish apartment in Barcelona. For more information about the contest visit our fan page on Facebook.

We also posted other articles on our live section. We wrote our most sincere impression about London. Find out more about London’s areas, gastronomy and if you’re visiting the city soon make sure to attend this exhibition.

We’ve also added new apartments on our website, so you have a wider offer to choose from. We plan on adding new apartments and destinations, so we will end this post by asking you for a little favour.

Share with us which is your next travelling destination, and we will search for apartments for you there.

The SSA Team wishes you a warm and lovely Spring day!

Hello guys,

So, the SSA Team has been pretty busy last week working on our content for the Amsterdam destination, but we managed to write what we hope it will be useful information for our visitors. Check out our articles and tell us what you think. We look forward on hearing your impressions and thoughts on them.

Amsterdam Live Guide

Transport in Amsterdam

Amsterdam Museums: part 1 and 2

Must see areas in Amsterdam

Keep an eye on the SSA Live Guides. We are curently working on our Barcelona Guide.

Have a great day!

The SSA Team

Just  a short note of thanks from ShortStay staff to all our users and fans who have recommended ShortStayApartment.com to their friends.

This month we have hit a 10% ratio of referrals direct from word-of-mouth between friends, which is great news.  It  means 10% of our users are coming to us as a direct result of being advised so by friends.  We appreciate the support and the vote of quality on our service, we will continue to aim high to satisfy our customers.

Warm thanks and regards,
SSA Team.

SSA has staked it’s claim on Tecnorati’s illustrious blog engine… Technorati Profile

We have recently launched a small section on our website to help our users settle into their city break apartment and know something about the area they are in, what they can do, where they can go.  We hope to build a collection of interesting and useful articles about each of our destinations, and we are inviting our users to help.

If you are interested in contributing to our little city-break magazine/guide you can sign up here for an author account and join the SSA team in creating great content.

At the moment we have some content for Barcelona and Rome, however we will be adding content to our other destinations as and when we can.

The latest entry amongst our city break apartments listing is the bustling city of London, where a multitude of exciting activities are at your door.

Explore the famous London theatres, art galleries, museums, parks, cool restaurants and shops at your ease then relax in the comfort of your own home, your chic and basic apartment in the very heart of London.  Take a look at the Newton Court in Kensington for instance. Its pure white decoration, with just a touch of magenta, makes it incredibly bright and gives it a special chic feel.

Newton Court Apartment, London

Newton Court is situated in Kensington and is also close to London’s trendy Notting Hill. It is also a 5 minute taxi ride away from the major museums in Kensington (Science Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Natural History). Also a 10 minute taxi ride to the London Eye, great shopping at Knightsbridge, Harrods and Sloane Street.

For more information and reservations of this or more city break apartments, please visit our London page. Get ready to live the dream of a luxury lifestyle in the UK capital!

ShortStayApartment.com is proud to announce the entry of a new destination amongst our list of city break apartments, Istanbul, an exciting cosmopolitan city that connects Europe to Asia.

Istanbul is amongst the cities listed to be elected European Capital of Culture for 2010 and is rapidly improving the accommodation services and tourism facilities to be a top international tourism and exhibition centres.

The Istanbul Short Stay Apartments we list are professionally managed by a local agency who has taken care of the refurbishment and decoration and that provides direct customer service on site.

Lotus Suite Apartment, Istanbul

The Lotus Suite is charming short break studio in Istanbul, perfect for two, with a small kitchen and a bathroom. The apartment also offers a large terrace where you can enjoy a partial view of the Bosphorus entrance over the roofs of Pera or just relax at the open air while the beautiful Saint Antony structure looks upon you

The multicultural ambience you breathe in this ancient yet modern city makes Istanbul one of the most interesting and exciting short break cities to visit.

For more information and reservations please visit our Istanbul short stay apartment listing page.

Would you like to know what people have to say about the apartment they stayed in?

ShortStayApartment.com’s website now shows guests’ reviews so that, when you are browsing among the apartments we display online, you can get a feeling of what the accommodation is like, learn its positive and negative sides, as well receive tips given by people like you.

The reviews are displayed on the apartments’ profile pages with comments from guests, their rating and a quick reference of their origin and age group. Not all the apartments have a review yet, as we started collecting people’s comments through our review center only recently, however some apartments already display various.

For instance, the stylish studio you see in the photo below already has two reviews from guests who stayed there recently.

Studio Blanc in Amsterdam

Also the cozy Liceu B in Barcelona has collected many reviews already.

Liceu B in Barcelona

We hope that the guests’reviews can help you find your ideal apartment in one of our destinations and that if you reserve your accommodation through our website, you will be pleased to let us know your opinion.

The ShortStayApartment.com Development Team

We have just launched a special online community site through which travellers and locals alike can chat about the cities we represent.  If you are travelling to Barcelona or Amsterdam for example and are looking for more information on the area, leave a note on our forums, in our discussions groups.  The ShortStay team and our users will be able to help you out directly.

You can also become a member, post your photos, videos and share your thoughts on your favourite destinations.

Take a look around let us know.

ShortStayApartment.com is a website dedicated to providing short term rental apartments agencies and managers with an international visibility online, users’ reservation enquiries and, at the same time, present a selected choice of high-standard apartments both for tourism and business stays.

The statistics show that the website attracts a vast international audience. Our users come from North America - USA and Canada together are on top (30,7%), followed by Australasia (24,4%), then Europe with the UK (20,3%) on top followed by Ireland (5,7%), Italy (5,1%) Spain (3%) and France (2,8%).

The age group statistics prove our audience is a discerning mature group of people, as the main age group ranges from 35-50 years old. Most reservation enquiries come from Northern Americans and European nationals that use our website to find accommodation for their European tours, city breaks or business trips.

More and more often we receive enquiries and bookings from professionals that are being relocated and will stay in a capital city during several months or that are attending a specialization course. Some examples are doctors who attend a course in the famous IESE Business School in Barcelona, European Parliament interpreters who attend language courses in Amsterdam, entrepreneurs who visit Hong Kong.

Some comments from our users:

“I am a responsible medical doctor and will take care of the apartment as if it was my own. I am going to study in IESE and there are other apartments that are closer but your pictures are very nice and inviting. Also, response was quick and your site is very professional. Regards from Montreal”.

“I, interpreter at the European Parliament, and a colleague of mine are following a language course in Amsterdam and would like accomodation for 3 weeks, with 2 bedrooms. Anything available? Kind regards.”

Both professionals found accommodation through our site and confirmed their reservations. Their personal details were omitted to respect their privacy.

Feel free to contact us for more information, browse www.shortstayapartment.com for our contact details. Your feedback is really appreciated.