Solutions for business: short term rent of apartments in Moscow
Moscow is the center of business life in Russia. Despite the fast development of technology of virtual communication, sometimes crossed with the ways of those who are ready to offer fellow countrymen and foreign partners special products or services, and those who yearn to purchase these products or services. This occurs, for example, in the framework of some exhibitions, participation in which the entrepreneurs see as an effective way of finding clients and confirming the stability of its market position. However, such a business activity is not a cheap pleasure for them: payment for participation in the exposition, travel costs, transportation of products samples, and also accommodation of travelers in the city.
Fortunately, there is at least one item of expenditure, in which the company can save a lot of without harming the business reputation and the comfort of its employees. We are talking about the conclusion of the contract on short-term rent of an apartment instead of booking rooms in the hotel.
The idea for business people and tourists to rent the apartment for short term was «imported» from Europe to Russia, where the history of this business has only about nine years old. It is easy to guess that the best market for such services developed in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but each of these cities has its own specifics. If St. Petersburg landlords live mainly thanks to the tourists, Muscovites – thanks to business travellers and it’s approximately 80% of the total number of clients of the company, and approximately half of them are the participants of various exhibitions. This determines the «geography» and the seasonality of this business. A significant part of the apartments offered by Moscow companies, concentrated in the immediate vicinity of the largest exhibition centers – “Expocentre”, «Crocus Expo», “Manege” - or along the corresponding lines of the metro.
As a rule, the company, are working not only with their own apartments (under their ownership or lease), but with the bases of apartments of partner companies to satisfy the needs of all clients. Now the bases of such short term rent apartments in Moscow are more than 15000. Our company also refers to the main apartment basis in its business, which allows the company to meet customer requests, even in the absence of available apartment in its own base. Our company includes a number of apartments close to the metro stations: «Okhotniy Ryad», «Pushkinskaya», «Ulitsa 1905 goda», «Barrikadnaya», «Chistye Prudy», «Kurskaya», «Mayakovskaya», «Arbatskaya».
So, what you are going to do if you decided to rent an apartment for short term or for several months? Why apartment rent is better than hotel booking?
So, which apartment is available, you can find on the website www.flat-moskva.ru where you will find the detailed specifications, pictures and price for each daily rent apartment. You can book an appropriate apartment by phone, email or Skype, and if you have a contact person in Moscow, the order can be made directly in the office of the company near the metro station «Tverskaya». For apartment reservation is necessary to pay one night's stay; the rest amount should be paid in advance upon check-in to the apartment. We also includes a small insurance deposit in the amount of one night stay, which will be given you back upon check-out from the apartment. The insurance deposit is required in case of you decide to check-out, without waiting for manager arrival and taking the keys with yourself (by the way, if this happens, the apartment lock should be changed) or leave a complete defeat in the apartment. If the guest is a responsible man and leave the apartment in good condition, the insurance deposit will he returned to him. He also can use this amount as an advance payment for further booking of this or any other apartment upon his future arrival. Important to know: one night payment for apartment booking is not refundable in case of cancellation of the apartment booking 14 days before arrival.
Perhaps the main question for potential customers is a method of payment and pricing. The company OOO Viridis home» works both with physical and with legal companies and the payment is accepted in cash, and bank-transfer forms. The cost of rent depends on the class of apartment, the number of rooms, location and period of stay and is starts from 9500 RUR till 2900 RUR per night. We would like to emphasize for all potential short-term tenants that the prices is specified for the apartment - regardless of how many people it is going to reside. This, of course, does not mean that in one-room apartment will stay a football team. Maximum number of guests is tied to the number of beds in the apartment, belonging, as a rule, not more than two in a room. For example, the studio apartment can accommodate two people; two-room apartment can accommodate four people, and so on.
The periods of great exhibitions – is a «high season» in the rental business, and it will be difficult to find the ways to save more money for exhibitions participants. Moreover, if you don’t want to stay in this period without appropriate apartment, it is recommended to book an apartment - three to four weeks before arrival. But if your trip to Moscow will be in regular period or in traditional «dead season» - the end of July - August and all holidays, - feel free to ask for a discount! In our company we will be happy to offer a discount, if your arrival will be on the weekend or in the period between the two orders. This is another great advantage of companies offering such services: unlike hotels. Bargaining is almost always appropriate in this business.
Check-in and check-out time in the companies-tenants, as a rule, coincide with hotel - check-in time at 14:00 and check out time at 12:00. For the extra money, the client can organize a transfer from the airport or from the railway station, but, as experience shows, the majority of travel services refuse it, preferring to get to the place on their own or use corporate transportation.
Also many customers, who are not citizens of the Russian Federation, are concerned about Russia's official registration. Our company provides assistance in obtaining such documents through the Federal Migration Department. But this service is only for the customers staying in the apartment of our company, and for additional payment, which is 1700 RUR. You should note that Federal Migration Department doesn’t work on weekends and holidays, so in some cases the only way (though expensive) will be accommodation at the hotel.
We mentioned almost everything that needs to know when a person decides to rent apartment in Moscow for short term through a specialized company. And we want to confirm that the tenants of the apartments have the opportunity to save money without compromising your comfort, and with great advantages. So, what any client can have regardless of the number of rooms in the apartment and its cost?
Standard «stuffing» of each apartment for short-term rent includes:
- all the necessary equipment for a comfortable stay: electric kettle, microwave, oven, washing machine, iron with ironing board, vacuum cleaner, and similar equipment, - as well as tableware, bed linens and towels, soap in the package and a roll of toilet paper.
- everything that is necessary for access to information and keep in touch with the world: satellite TV, high speed Internet, telephone with outside communication; to make long-distance calls, you can buy IP-telephony card.
- maid service in the apartments and change of bed linens will be made once a week. And for an additional fee, this can be done more often. Some apartments also have air conditioning.
Disadvantages of accommodation in rented apartments are first of all connected with the autonomy of such residential areas. Living in a rented apartment, you are not insurant from those troubles that may occurred during your stat: you can forget or lose the keys; go out to smoke in slippers and find that the door was closed behind you; the lift or intercom can break in you building, electricity can be disabled; finally, your peace may violate any strangers, which can be absolutely harmless and friendly neighbors, and can and fraudsters. Despite the fact that employees of the company are ready to help the guest even at night in case of necessity, it will not always be as rapid as in a hotel. However, most problems can be avoided, if you will save the sobriety of thought and vigilance in any situations.