9flats.com, a new travel and accommodation website, officially launched in France today. Smarter, more local and often less expensive than traditional vacation accommodation, 9flats.com is turning traditional hotel accommodation on its head.
9flats.com offers new possibilities to travelers through a community website where, depending on their destination, they can securely book an excellent choice of places to stay. For their part, “hosts” can rent out their accommodations on their own terms and at their own price, in complete confidence.
A log cabin in Germany or a sofa in London
With 8,000 apartments in 40 countries, the site offers many unique properties, from a houseboat on the Seine, a sailing boat on the Thames, a 17th-century apartment near the Spanish Steps in Rome, to a log cabin in Germany’s Habichtswalden National Park. More than 50 new accommodations are added to the site every day, and over 500 new members across Europe join the community of 9flats.com users to enjoy this new way of traveling.
“From a studio at €20 a night to a luxury apartment at €600, 9flats.com enables all customers to find the place that matches their expectations and budget,” explains Stephan Uhrenbacher, founder and CEO of 9flats.com. “The principle of staying in the home of a local inhabitant means you can immediately feel at home, whatever the city, and experience it the way a local would.”
In addition to staying in unique properties and out-of-the-ordinary locations, direct contact with hosts also enriches the “local experience”. A genuine online community, 9flats.com connects travelers with accommodation owners in advance. The host not only hands over the keys, but often acts as a guide, helping guests discover local attractions off the beaten track…
9flats.com is easy to use. Visitors log on to www.9flats.com, choose their destination city and select one of the available properties. Nine places to stay, corresponding to different categories, are always displayed on the home page (hence the name 9flats.com). The length of stay can vary from one night to a week, or even several months. The traveler decides for himself where and how to stay.
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