Still looking for someone to give feedback on Under The Roman Sun Apartment rentals. Has anyone used them?

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Have you posted before about this? It looks like this is your first post.

Tell us the website for the agency - many have similar sounding names.

Have you checked our Italy vacation rental reviews to see if anyone has used them?

Hi-

I think she's refering to www.undertheromansun.com

I've been wondering about them too as some of the apartments look quite nice.

Their website has a 2/10 Google Rank which makes me think they have not been in business long. When I look up the domain to see who had registered it, they have blocked the information. Whois on Netsol The domain name was purchased in November 2005, so they have not been in business long.

The About Us only has a phone number - no company information.

I would pick a couple of apartments and google some phrases from the description to see if they are listed with any other agencies.

If you really want to book with them, ask them to put you in touch with other people who have used them.

I would be very careful about renting from a company like this without a personal recommendation. There are a lot of apartments in Rome that can be rented. Lots of agencies to rent from. I would choose one that at least one Slow Traveler had stayed at or had a review that I could read about it on the web.

The first rental agency I rented from in Rome did a bait and switch on me 2 weeks before leaving for Rome. The switched apartment was OK but more expensive. My vacation turned out OK, but next year when I discovered Slow Travel and did some other checking, I discovered that I was not by any means the only one that that they had done this switch thing 2 weeks before departing. I have been to Rome twice more since then and have used a different agency since then that has treated me fairly.

I feel the same way about Rome rentals - I have heard from many people having problems with agencies or rental in Rome. I would only deal with an agency that we have good reviews for.

Check out our SlowTrav Favorites for Italy for agencies for Rome.

Thank you all for your imput. I just love the listings on Under the Roman sun, but as you can see they have not much of a histoy and when I asked for references they said the page was not up yet. Its so frustrating to finally find an apartment that meets our needs and then read some awful reviews on this site about the rental agency. We need a full sized bath or jacuzzi and a lift if over the second floor for my bad knee so that eliminates lots of possibilities. We want to be near to the ancient sites also. I will keep plugging away and send tahnks to all that replied. Pennsylvania mimi

I like the ancient sites also.
I have stayed in both of these apartments which are close to the Coloseum and Forum
http://www.rome-accommodation.net/rome-apartments-ap06/rome-apartments.php

http://www.rome-accommodation.net/rome-apartments-ap18/...apartments.php
I wrote a review on the Celimontana one and can give you a link to my review if you are interested. The Celimontana one has an elevator to the sixth floor and then you only walk up one flight of stairs,
The Cavour one has a bathtub, but you have to climb all the stairs yourself.

These apartments in Trastevere have a bathtub. There are three of them so that you could maybe rent the first floor one. It is across the Tiber from tha ancient sites
http://www.rome-accommodation.net/rome-apartments-ap09/rome-apartments.php#
There is Tram 8 (runs up Viale Trastevere) that will take you to Largo Argentina (where Caesar was killed), and frorm there you can walk or take a bus to the Forum near Piazza Venezia/Vittorio Emanuele monument. If you take tram 8 south and get off at the bridge Ponte Sublico, you can get on Tran 3 there and go straight to the Colosseum.

According to the floor plan this apartment has a bathtub also and is on the first floor.
http://www.rome-accommodation.net/rome-apartments-ap13/rome-apartments.php#
These apartments have an elevator and a bathtub
http://www.rome-accommodation.net/rome-apartments-ap11/rome-apartments.phphttp://www.rome-accommodation.net/rome-apartments-ap27/rome-apartments.php#

Forgive me for unabashedly bumping this post, but I did bring the topic of this website up in another thread.

So, the question remains ... anyone use them yet?

Here I go again ..

Its almost a month since my last post in this thread and I am becoming increasingly concerned.

I emailed the contact person I had at Under the Roman Sun, as sort of a "check in" to let her know that we are still interested. She mentioned last month that they were hoping to have credit card capabilities soon, so I wanted to see how that was going.

I'm sad to report that I've heard 'nary a word

I really dont want to have to conceed that my intial hesitation and reluctance was justified. I would be very happy to hear if anyone has any experience with this agency.

~tug

We are going to rent from Residenza Giubbonari because so many people have posted favorable reviews of their apartments. Their web site is:
http://www.residenzagiubbonari.com/index.html

Their apartments have a lift and also have a bathtub and a shower in each apartment, as far as I remember. Funny, with my bad knees I avoid bathtubs because gettiing up out of them is so difficult!

I was happy to see that by renting directly from them we saved about 300 euros (for 4 nights!) from what we would have paid if we had rented from an agency that also advertised the apartments under other names.

Oceanwind,

Your post comes as such a relief to me!

Did UTRS give you the contact info for the property owner?

I did eventually hear back from Chiara from UTRS who assured me that they were still working on credit card transactions.

I am ever hopeful!

~tug

Tug;

Were you ever able to rent from UTRS? I am considering them myself....

Krappstape

Yes, Krappstape. We are renting from them. My contact there is Isabel. They were very happy to accept paypal for deposits.

If you have any other questions feel free to email me from the link in my profle

We're renting from Under the Roman Sun from 5/20-23 to start off our sixteen day journey in Italy. We had no problem getting set up with Isabel including a PayPal deposit, plus through them we arranged a pickup from FCO. Hopefully all will go smoothly. The apartment looks great.

ripple, We've been back from Rome for about 2 weeks now, but still trying to hold on to the mystique

I have nothing but the utmost praise for Under the Roman Sun and Isabel. Not only was their property of the highest standard and quality, the attention to detail and service from Isabel was absolutely perfect.

Please, feel free to email me with any questions.

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Originally posted by tug: Please, feel free to email me with any questions.

I would like to encourage those interested in asking tug questions to ask them here, on the message board. After all, this is how we all get to share in our members' experience.

Tug, would you consider writing a review of your rental? To do it, please start from here.