Lodging Alternatives in Vienna

Apartment Rentals

If you want a home base that's roomy enough for a family and comes with cooking facilities, consider a furnished rental. Home-exchange directories sometimes list rentals as well as exchanges.

Vacation Rentals by Owner. With more than 160,000 listings, Vacation Rentals by Owner has established itself as one of the leading sites for private apartment rentals. For Vienna, the listing includes roughly 50 apartments in the €100 range. www.vrbo.com. 50 apartments.

Vienna Apartment and Vacation Rental Owner Association. Vienna's largest private rental association lists 250 places with rates from €100. All accommodations have been prescreened by the company. www.netland.at/wien/apartment-vienna.htm.

Vienna Residence. The city's largest portal for short-term serviced apartments has properties all over town. These luxury rentals are appointed with fine furniture and can even be rented for several months. Prices start at around €100. 01/307–222; www.viennaresidence.com.

Bed-and-Breakfasts

BedandBreakfast.com. This company advertises a dozen bed-and-breakfast establishments in Vienna, some of them with rates well below €100. www.bedandbreakfast.com/vienna-austria.html.