Anyone have any personal experience renting a vacation apartment in Sydney? Not much listed on VRBO and I'm not sure what equivalent sites are available with lists of Sydney rentals. Specifically looking for a 2-week, high season (this Jan/Feb) 2-bedroom in Darlinghurst. Does Craig's List in Sydney have an audience? Anyone dealt with ozstays.com? Suggestions welcome. Relatives suggested York Apartments but we would rather stay in a more vibrant part of the city.
I've not had any experience looking for vacation rentals in Sydney, but in Australia we use HOLIDAY and not vacation - so if you google something like "holiday rental apartment sydney darlinghurst" you should get loads of hits.
Most places that have a .com.au web address should be okay to deal with. And besides, us Aussies are generally nice, honest people
If I interpret "vibrant" correctly then you should also be looking in Paddington and Kings Cross, which are close by. I stay with rellies (relatives) in Sydney so I do not know the vacation rental scene. I have heard of vacation rentals in Leichhardt, which is Sydney's Little Italy. It's a popular dining area, but I don't think there are (m)any night clubs.
John "There are two types of problems: those that solve themselves, and those which you can do nothing about" Isabel Allende's grandmother
Posts: 1582 | Location: Mullumbimby, NSW, Australia | Registered: 26 March 2003
You could also try searching on a search engine called http://www.sensis.com.au it is more Australian focused for search results. Another site to try is http://www.realestate.com.au I have used this to book holiday houses for summer (but I only looked in Victoria.) There is a tab at the top of the page you can select holiday rentals. Good luck and remember the sunscreen, Jan/Feb is summer here!
Posts: 346 | Location: Melbourne,Australia | Registered: 16 August 2003
Forget http://www.realestate.com.au I just had a look and the only choices to come up for NSW was Canberra (!?) or Jervis Bay. But give sensis a try, I definately found lots of hits on that site!
Posts: 346 | Location: Melbourne,Australia | Registered: 16 August 2003
This website has rental apartments (short term)in various parts of Sydney including Darlinghurst. The apartments look very good but I don't know what your requirements are in terms of price/bedrooms etc. http://www.sydneylinks.net They also have a "last minute" sections where they sell apartments off up to 15 days before the date you require - just add "last_minute.cfm" to the above web site.
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