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signmeup May 26th, 2019 06:48 AM

Sites to search for large villa/home rentals
 
What sites other than booking.com, airbnb.com, homeaway.com, vrbo.com, rentbyowner.com should I search for weekly rentals in Zurich, Munich and Amsterdam? Thank you.

MyriamC May 26th, 2019 06:58 AM

Try Interhome, I believe it's a Swiss company but they have branches all over Europe.
https://www.interhome.com/

janisj May 26th, 2019 07:44 AM

Do understand that many listed properties in Amsterdam are illegal.

whitehall May 26th, 2019 09:18 AM

Be very careful online, especially with high end vacation rentals. HomeAway and VRBO (essentially the same company) demonstrate in this thread https://www.fodors.com/community/eur...legit-1665102/ that their listings cannot be trusted. If you do use one of these sites as a source, do not deal directly with the “owner” and look for properties that have a history of reviews.

There also are established local real estate companies in each city that normally handle vacation rentals.

signmeup May 26th, 2019 10:52 AM

Would love more specific sites or references. I appreciate the warnings too.

lavandula May 26th, 2019 02:36 PM

You might try www.fewo-direkt.de, which is related to HomeAway.

Lavandula

swandav2000 May 26th, 2019 08:33 PM

Hi signmeup,

Due to a housing shortage in Munich, many short-term apartment rentals there are illegal, as in Amsterdam. So I would be very wary using Homeaway or Fewo-Direkt.

There are aparthotels that will have kitchens, etc, that you can look at, using this site from the Munich tourist office:

https://tportal.toubiz.de/muenchende/ukv?lang=en

Have fun as you plan!

s

menachem May 26th, 2019 11:03 PM


Originally Posted by signmeup (Post 16925698)
Would love more specific sites or references. I appreciate the warnings too.

In Amsterdam most apartment short stay rentals are illegal. And a crackdown is underway.

Maybe this is something for you in Amsterdam:

https://livezoku.com/

signmeup May 27th, 2019 05:11 PM

Thanks. Ok. We will stay in hotels in Amsterdam. Really need places in Zurich and possibly Munich. THanks! Good warnings about Amsterdam.


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