The difference between an apartment and a hotel.

A traveler, having arrived at a holiday destination, will be primarily concerned with finding accommodation - unless, of course, he does not book it in advance. But in both cases, he is likely to choose between different formats of living quarters. So, many tourism lovers have to decide whether to stay in an apartment or in a hotel. What are the features of each of the respective residential properties?

What are apartments?

In the context of the hotel business, under apartments it is customary to understand, in fact, an ordinary apartment rented by a traveler for the period of his stay in the city in which he arrived. Of course, this property may differ significantly from a simple city building. Apartments for tourists in resort towns are often located in the most prestigious areas, if it is a seaside resort, then close to the coast or directly on it.

Apartments, like most typical city apartments, typically include:

1. living quarters;
2. the kitchen;
3. bathroom;
4. corridor, utility rooms, balcony.

In the apartment, a person, thus, organizes his life himself, prepares his own food, does the cleaning. Of course, a traveler can order the corresponding services in a specialized company, but, as a rule, these costs are not included in the cost of renting an apartment. But if the apartment is rented in a hotel, tourist area, then the necessary services may be included in the rental price.

The owner of an apartment can be either an organization or a private person. Having concluded a lease agreement with the owner of the property, the traveler, as a rule, gets the right to freely dispose of the premises: bring guests there, come and go at any time.

Note that subletting an apartment - if this is a typical tourist property - is generally not allowed by the owners. In turn, this phenomenon is very common in the ordinary rental housing market.

Apartments can be very well equipped, but they, as well as in the area of ​​the city in which they are located, may lack the demanded services - laundries, business centers, beauty salons. Sometimes there are problems with the Internet, despite its ubiquity. Again, note that this is a rare situation for a typical tourist apartment. They are located in areas where the necessary infrastructure is sufficiently developed.

Apartments, one way or another, in most cases are equipped with all types of household appliances - refrigerator, washing machine, TV, air conditioning. Therefore, a person who rented an apartment may not have a special need to contact specialized services, since he is able to organize his life himself.

What is a hotel?

Under a hotel means a real estate object that is used for the sole purpose of organizing temporary accommodation for visitors to the settlement in which the corresponding object is located.

The hotel consists of rooms that can be presented in a wide range of classes - "standard", "economy", "luxury", etc. e. The structure of a room is determined by its category. So, for rooms of "economy" and "standard" class, the presence of a separate kitchen is not typical, they also usually do not have a washing machine (you can wash the linen using the additional services of the hotel).

The "suites" may have a kitchen. It is often complemented by an enlarged bathroom - perhaps with a jacuzzi, pool, large terrace. "Suites" can have a particularly beautiful view from the window.

All hotel rooms are cleaned, which is included in the rent. Food for tourists staying in hotels, as a rule, takes place in an organized manner, in nearby catering points.

Visiting a hotel may be strictly regulated by its rules. The person who rented a room, in many cases, is forbidden to drive guests, to come after a certain time (but this is a rarity in modern resorts). As a rule, the guest should provide unimpeded access to the room for hotel staff - for cleaning purposes or, for example, for repairing equipment.

In modern hotels, popular services are usually provided - laundry, dry cleaning, ironing, services of various salons. As a rule, most of the rooms have Internet access - mostly wireless, there is a TV.

Comparison

There is certainly more than one difference between an apartment and a hotel. These are two very different formats of real estate, albeit similar in purpose.

An apartment is a separate apartment. It can coexist with residential premises, which, in principle, are not rented to tourists or anyone else (but, as a rule, focus on tourists is the main criterion for distinguishing between the concepts of "apartment" and "apartment").

The hotel is a specialized residential complex in which temporary accommodation for travelers is organized and services demanded by tourists are rendered.

Hence - the difference between the considered formats of real estate, which can be traced in many aspects. Such as, for example:

1. structure of premises, equipment;
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2. visiting rules;
3. location;
4. catering;
5. availability of demanded services.

It is worth noting that in the hospitality industry there are often apartment hotels that include residential premises that combine the characteristics of both types of tourist real estate under consideration. In this case, the term “apartments” will correspond to those premises that are similar in structure to individual apartments, but nevertheless coexist with “classic” hotel rooms.

There are, of course, apart-hotels, which are almost completely represented by "apartments" - apartment-type premises, but at the same time, guests have the opportunity to use the available services typical of any hotels.

Having determined what the fundamental difference between an apartment and a hotel is, let us reflect the conclusions in the table.

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