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Lekker
Joined: 09 Feb 2008
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:28 am Post subject: Europeans, if you see this, click on it. |
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I am going to the Netherlands in two weeks. Hotel prices are astronomical. Youth hostels are cool, but I don't want to stay in one. I've done enough Youth Hostelling. I want to stay somewhere a bit nicer with more privacy.
I have been in touch with a guy in Amsterdam who has advertised his flat for vacation rental. It is a fairly good deal I think, 65 Euro right smack in the middle of the Dam. It's a one room studio apt, all the amenities, full kitchen, towels, bedding, wireless internet.
He wants me to pay up front for 6 nights, with a 100 Euro Deposit as well. 490 Euro altogether, getting back 100 at the end of my stay.
What do you think? Sound legit? |
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pootle
Joined: 05 May 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:44 am Post subject: Europeans, if you see this, click on it. |
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I don't want to piss on your bonfire but I have heard of people getting very screwed in these types of deals (not in Amsterdam, I have to say but in Nice and Berlin).
Personally, I'd be wary of paying so much up front. Can you negotiate to pay the deposit and the rest once you get there, get the keys and establish it is actually his flat?!
There must be agent sites that deal with this kind of rental and I'd rather go through an agent and have some kind of come-back to an established company. Private rentals can be brilliant when they work but there's no way to get your money back if it all goes wrong. |
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swigs
Joined: 20 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:53 am Post subject: |
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I agree with the above poster.
I would not recommend paying for rent/housing in advance when not dealing with a company. |
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Lekker
Joined: 09 Feb 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Im not that stupid to pay someone over the internet. He said that the best way is to pay him in person the day I arrive. |
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Capo
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:19 am Post subject: |
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| i always book hotels etc. when i get there there will always be places and prices become more negotiable hostels are a different story because the good ones tend to get booked up |
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Frankly Mr Shankly
Joined: 13 Feb 2008
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| Question is, will he let you smoke dope and bring hookers back to his pad? |
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R-Seoul
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Location: your place
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Lekker wrote: |
| Im not that stupid to pay someone over the internet. He said that the best way is to pay him in person the day I arrive. |
In that case, yes. |
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StrayCat
Joined: 13 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:25 am Post subject: |
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| Did he mention that he'd be staying with you? I'd bring some KY Jelly just in case... |
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allarise
Joined: 06 Apr 2008
Location: Texas
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Staying in Amsterdam wasn't too expensive actually. I was there June 2007 and stayed at a 2 bed hotel room about a block from Anne Frank's House for $45 Euro a night. |
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travel zen
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Location: Good old Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:12 am Post subject: |
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| Find a Euro-cougar and shack up with her. |
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