Appartement in Berlin
 

!We (2 adults and 2 kids) are going to Berlin for 4 or 5 nights in july. We want to have an appartement or an hotel that would allows us to cook our own meals. Since we will arrive from Tegel we want a neighborhood easily accessible. Which one (Mitte ? Charlottenburg?). Which website to look for that kind of accommodation ?

Thanks

here are some websites that cover places all over the world

www.airbnb.com

www.vrbo.com

I already know airbnb but i've heard that the city of Berlin try to stop them. Is it the same for vrbo ?

We had a very good experience in an apartment in the Prenzlauer Berg area with www.oh-berlin.com
Great city with a wide variety of attractions.

Thanks but i'm a bit affraid that we wont find something not too expensive (100 euro or less by day) . In North America it's very easy to find accomodation for 4 people, it doesn't seems to be the case in Europe (Germany ?).

It's the first time we will make an european travel with our kids and all the hotels seems to accept only 2 persons by room. If not we have to pay for a suite with 2 rooms and they are very expensive. Our kids (4 ans 8 years old) are small they can easily share a roll over bed or a sofa bed but those seems hard to come by.

>>and all the hotels seems to accept only 2 persons by room.<<

Not at all true. MANY hotels/B&Bs/pensions have what are called 'Family Rooms' that sleep two adults and 2 small children.

In Berlin there has been no action against short-term apartment rentals comparable to the 'raids' in Paris.
The major issue here is those places 'avoiding' the city tax for accomodation, not the principle of short-term sub-letting.

You should find plenty in your price range (€100 per night).
As long as they are in the central districts and have a subway or S-Bahn station nearby they are good for exploring the city.
You obviously pay more for apartments in the touristy or hipster neighborhoods, like Mitte around Hackescher Markt.
But as Berlin has no one perfect "city center location" from where you could walk to "everywhere", you can economize by avoiding those expensive neighborhoods.

homeaway.com (= vrbo) has 1,736 apartments in Berlin, all of them legal. You should be able to find one.

There are also many hotels with connecting rooms or family rooms.

Probably the best solution for you are the Adina Apartment Hotels, large, separate rooms, full kitchen, washing machine, dishwasher, swimming-pool, restaurant, brand new and very comfortable. There are three of them in Berlin, among them this one:

https://www.tfehotels.com/de/brands/...kpoint-charlie

Thanks for your help !

I've send somme message on homeaway (lots of interesting options there) someone replys me that from the month of May renting for term shorter than 2 months won't be possible. It seems that doing such a thing expose them to an important fine. Does anyone knows anything about that ? It makes me a bit nervous to book an appartemnt (which would be the perfect solution).

Adina seems great but is not cheap at all. We were lookin to pay 100-125 euro by night (possible in an appartement) but the least expensive i could get with Adina is something like 180 Euros by night.

There are no laws specific to Airbnb, whatever the law is applies to every single method of renting such apartments, whether VRBO, Airbnb, Homeaway or whatever. Airbnb is just named sometimes because it is wellknown and popular (and very visible).

I can see articles in the German newspapers that there has been action in Berlin against them and crackdowns, like this one http://www.spiegel.de/international/...a-1026881.html

There was a grace period for illegal rentals until May 1, 2016, so the owner who replied must have been renting illegally, did not register and could not pass the standards when it is okay. Renting for 2 months+ in Berlin is not considered a short-term rental, but you can rent for less under certain conditions, which that owner must not have fulfilled. Sounds like they were solely renting it to vacationers all year, which I believe is illegal.