Apartment, Hotel, Aparthotel, Boarding House, Bed & Breakfast – that are all possible accomodations for your stay in Vienna. But which one is the right one for you?

Apartment

Apartments for a city break or holidays in a capital is quite new. About 10 years ago City Breaks grew popular and so the price for a hotel or a boarding house suddenly increased in Vienna. At this point many private flat owners started private apartment rentals for a single or several apartments. These apartments are usually self-catering, but provide a kitchen and all cookware you need. These private apartments can be found all over vienna and especially internet booking helped that small businesses to grow.

Plus:

• reasonable price
• often at top locations
• much space
• good for families
• washing machine
• usually good equipped

Minus:

• No daily sheet/towel change or cleaning
• Usually no breakfast provided

Aparthotel

An Aparthotel is a special kind of apartment rental where a complete house of apartments is provided. It is kind of a mixture between apartments and a hotel as usually breakfast is provided or is at least an option. There exist a few aparthotels for holiday guests (weekend or up to a week). Most aparthotels provide serviced apartments at a high class level – at a highlevel price.

Plus:

• best of two worlds
• breakfast
• change of sheets/towels and cleaning

Minus:

• ofter high price
• top locations only bookable a month or more

Bed & Breakfast

Bed & Breakfast is in the UK and Ireland a very common form of accomodation. In Austria that would be called "Urlaub am Bauernhof", which is set on the landside not in the city center. So a classical bed & breakfast with single/double rooms and breakfast and the family living nearby is not very common in Vienna.

Plus:

• Price
• Breakfast
• perfect for short stays

Minus:

• not everyone likes that familial style
• not very common
• no kitchen on your own
• small rooms

Boarding House

A boarding house is the bed&breakfast in bigger cities. In German a boarding house is called "Pension". Rooms from 1 – 8 persons are usual and breakfast is always in cluded. Boarding Houses can be found everywhere in Vienna – from the historical city center to the edges in small "Heurigen"-Areas.

Plus:

• price
• breakfast included
• often good locations

Minus:

• often old fashioned
• often no modern equipment (TV, internet)
• small rooms
• no kitchen
• no washing machine

Hotel

Booking a hotel room is the most common way to travel to another city. And that has not changed in the time of internet booking. Especially the 4 and 5 star hotels are booming in Vienna. Every year at least one new highend 5-star hotel is opening. The disadvantage is the gap that is getting every year bigger: the gap between 3-star or less and upper class hotels. The midrange hotel and a reasonable price is usually at least 20 years old.

Plus:

• new high class 5 star hotels every year
• luxurious
• top city center locations

Minus:

• price
• high price
• no kitchen
• no washing machine
• all services cost extra money