Who Chooses to Stay at Serviced Apartments?

Apart hotels, or service apartments, have slowly been increasing in popular over the last decade, but few people realise that they were quite common in the early to mid years of the twentieth century, and they can often be read about, for example, in Agatha Christie’s novels, and in the books about Jeeves and Wooster from PG Wodehouse, in which butlers and valets whisk about arranging meals to be sent up at the right time, bundling the dirty dishes back via the dumbwaiter that delivers them to the kitchen from which they came.

Obviously, this rather luxurious way of life faded over time, with the advent of WWII and rationing that persisted well into the 50s, but the 00s have seen it making a resurgence, especially with those who are rich enough to afford the best hotels but want a little bit extra. Let us take a look at who might be a customer on this apart hotel site!

Discreet Celebrities

It is hard for A-listers to go anywhere without being mobbed unless they have disguised themselves behind huge sunglasses, baseball caps and immense jackets, and even then they are often recognised, tweeted about and find themselves having to flee a horde of star-struck fans in order to get a few moments of peace.

Service apartments are perfect for celebrities like this, as the apartment blocks often have security and receptionists who prevent access by anyone who should not be there, as compared to a hotel lobby where anyone might come and go – and perhaps offer a large incentive to be put in the room next to the star.

Being in the middle of a lengthy and tiring shoot, in the case of a film star, leaves the actors drained and ready to relax, put their feet up and stay well out of the public eye: an apart hotel allows this much more easily than a standard hotel room.

Businesspeople on Short Term Contracts

With the global village still in full swing, it is possible for companies to hire the very best in the business from wherever in the world they are based, offering them a generous accommodation allowance for the duration of their short term contract, which could be for a couple of weeks or up to six months or longer.

Apart hotels tend to operate on a less urgent basis than hotels which like to be fully booked for up to six months ahead of time. As long as you give enough notice when you are going to leave, you can keep your service apartment on a rolling monthly or weekly basis, for as long as you need it.

Those With Special Needs

Severe allergies can be lethal in restaurant environments where it can be impossible to remove every particle of a particular allergen from the dining room – other patrons could have enjoyed some peanuts earlier in the day, for example, and not noticed that one of the deadly legumes has become trapped in their clothing.

For the worst affected, mere proximity to the nut can cause a potentially fatal attack. Aparthotels, on the other hand, can be cleaned more scrupulously, and as there are fewer people going in and out, allergens can be more rigorously eradicated.

An apart hotel can be modified to suit whatever the needs of the customer, from low-stimulus environments for autistic people to accessible rooms for wheelchair users, making these apartments ideal homes away from home.