Temporary living arrangements - LAX

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » December 19, 2006 4:14 pm

Does any one have experience with extended stay or temporary living arrangements? My wife has to go to LA for two months and we are trying to find her a somewhat reasonable place to live.

I've booked a room at an Extended Stay hotel, but there has to be a better way to do it? Short term apartment or something similar for business travelers.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » December 19, 2006 4:18 pm

maybe you could find something on VRBO.com?

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » December 19, 2006 4:22 pm

At any given time I have 50-100 contract workers on thre road in any given city... we find for several month contracts that you can find apts who will rent an apt for as little as 3-7 months. But you are responsible for electric, water, etc... some are furnished.

There are corporate firms who specialize in finding temporaary housing,...but they are very expensive.

For 2 months your best bet is..

Homewood Suites
Residence Inn
Extended Stay America
Comfort Suites
something like that....

or hotels.... you can get the Dir of Sales or Manager on the phone and discuss a suitable rate... sometimes its better than longer stay competitors.

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » December 19, 2006 4:23 pm

buffettbride wrote:maybe you could find something on VRBO.com?

Never heard of that website, but I will certainly check it out.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » December 19, 2006 4:25 pm

land_shark3 wrote:
buffettbride wrote:maybe you could find something on VRBO.com?
Never heard of that website, but I will certainly check it out.

I peek every once in a while to find good deals on weekends in the mountains during off-season.

Some neat stuff there.

You might call a theatre company in LA or something. We have a friend-of-a-friend who performed in Phantom of the Opera's touring company. They were in Denver for 3 months and subletted an apartment here.

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » December 19, 2006 4:27 pm

ToplessRideFL wrote:For 2 months your best bet is..

Homewood Suites
Residence Inn
Extended Stay America
Comfort Suites
something like that....

I have a room reserved at the Extended Stay, just in case nothing else comes up. I will touch base with the Sales Manager to see if I can get better rate. Right now, it is around $5k before taxes.

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » December 19, 2006 4:48 pm

land_shark3 wrote:
ToplessRideFL wrote:For 2 months your best bet is..

Homewood Suites
Residence Inn
Extended Stay America
Comfort Suites
something like that....
I have a room reserved at the Extended Stay, just in case nothing else comes up. I will touch base with the Sales Manager to see if I can get better rate. Right now, it is around $5k before taxes.

I'll ask my travel dept if they have any ins in LAX

txaggirl91 · Post by **txaggirl91** » December 19, 2006 4:54 pm

i needed a place for about 6 weeks when i moved back to texas. it was A LOT cheaper for me to rent an apartment for that time than stay in an extended stay hotel kind of thing....

many big apartment companies have coporate rentals... just have to dig for them.. apartments.com is a good place to start

ladyparrothead · Post by **ladyparrothead** » December 19, 2006 4:59 pm

Try Oakwood.com - I know that they do corporate short-term leases and there is one pretty close to where I live

also depends where in LA she needs to be.

jimsig · Post by **jimsig** » December 19, 2006 8:54 pm

I have stayed at a couple Extended Stay Americas. If there is an Extended Stay Deluxe (same company, they used to call it Studio Plus) I would book that over the ESA. At least at that time was not that much more and it is a little nicer, not sure of they have upped the prices since the rebranding. The majority of these type of long term lodgings are nice and in good locations, but to be on the safe side call the business number of the local police department and ask if they get any calls etc.

The past few times I have to to Orlando I have stayed at the ESA and the deluxe when it was known as Studio Plus on Westwood. I have recommended it quite a few people. I think for the 10 days we stayed the Deluxe was only like $50 more then the regular ESA.

You might even want to contact the Better Business Bureau and see what they recommend for the area.

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » December 19, 2006 9:58 pm

Thanks for all the suggestions!

I've tried Oakwood, but they are around $177 per night (about $5k per month).

I'll try apartment.com next. I've also contacted the UCLA housing department regarding sublets.

Mr Play · Post by **Mr Play** » December 19, 2006 10:09 pm

land_shark3 wrote:Does any one have experience with extended stay or temporary living arrangements? My wife has to go to LA for two months and we are trying to find her a somewhat reasonable place to live.

Let me rephrase the question.

Who lives near LA and will rent a room to LS3's wife for a fair price?

purpleskye · Post by **purpleskye** » December 20, 2006 3:22 pm

I would also try Craigslist.org under Temporary Housing/Subletting.

When I went on vacation I rented out my apt for a reasonable rate to someone for 2 months plus full use of my apt for under 1K per month.

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » December 20, 2006 5:08 pm

Mr Play wrote:Let me rephrase the question.

Who lives near LA and will rent a room to LS3's wife for a fair price?

And our puppy...

I actually think I have had some success on www.apartments.com. I still need to contact them regarding availability, but they have cheaper rates than what I've seen elsewhere.

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » December 20, 2006 5:09 pm

purpleskye wrote:I would also try Craigslist.org under Temporary Housing/Subletting.

When I went on vacation I rented out my apt for a reasonable rate to someone for 2 months plus full use of my apt for under 1K per month.

Hey wait, you're in Marina Del Ray.... Don't you have another vacation coming up?

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » December 20, 2006 5:14 pm

ToplessRideFL wrote:At any given time I have 50-100 contract workers on thre road in any given city... we find for several month contracts that you can find apts who will rent an apt for as little as 3-7 months. But you are responsible for electric, water, etc... some are furnished.

There are corporate firms who specialize in finding temporaary housing,...but they are very expensive.

For 2 months your best bet is..

Homewood Suites
Residence Inn
Extended Stay America
Comfort Suites
something like that....

or hotels.... you can get the Dir of Sales or Manager on the phone and discuss a suitable rate... sometimes its better than longer stay competitors.

I've stayed at a bunch of Residence Inns....I recommend it.

purpleskye · Post by **purpleskye** » December 20, 2006 7:06 pm

land_shark3 wrote:
purpleskye wrote:I would also try Craigslist.org under Temporary Housing/Subletting.

When I went on vacation I rented out my apt for a reasonable rate to someone for 2 months plus full use of my apt for under 1K per month.

Hey wait, you're in Marina Del Ray.... Don't you have another vacation coming up?

Maybe, soon and I now have a bigger APT!!!!

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » December 20, 2006 10:26 pm

purpleskye wrote:Maybe, soon and I now have a bigger APT!!!!

Well how about at least babysitting my wife?

purpleskye · Post by **purpleskye** » December 21, 2006 12:41 pm

land_shark3 wrote:
purpleskye wrote:Maybe, soon and I now have a bigger APT!!!!
Well how about at least babysitting my wife?

What month/s is she coming? I would be more than happy to give her some tips/help/recommendations...PM if u want

Christy

Skibo · Post by **Skibo** » December 28, 2006 3:29 pm

My company is just finishing up a project in LA. Extended stays were the most reasonable for most. We also had a couple of people at residence inns which were higher. If you don't need to be next to LAX, Santa Ana Comfort Suites was ~ 70/night. It was clean and in a nice area. Stay away from long beach, (I spent too much time there). Anaheim is ok if you don't mind tourists.

One of our contractors joined a health club, rented a storage unit and slept in his vehicle. He pocketed most of his $135/day per diem.

We had another that met this nice (crazy) person at a bar and ended up living with her for 5 months for free. He also did very good with the per diem.

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