Option one: stay at a hotel. It is comfortable, expensive and angry.
Option two: stay at a hostel. This is a budget option with a minimal set of services. In essence, these are dormitories, each room of which accommodates 3 to 8 people. Amenities for guests include a microwave, refrigerator, iron, possibility of official registration, free Internet, Wi-Fi, a map of Moscow.
Option three: use such a popular service as daily rental apartments. These are apartments rented out for short-term lease. They are equipped no worse than hotel rooms and have more spacious accommodation, and cost an order of magnitude cheaper. The apartments have an equipped kitchen with a standard set of dishes for eating and cooking. The apartments are equipped with a TV, DVD player, washing machine. There is also a microwave, electric kettle, hair dryer, personal hygiene products (shower gel, shampoo), as well as tea, coffee, sugar.
Daily rental apartments are rented from a day or more, you can stay even a month. True, it will cost a pretty penny. And still it will be much cheaper than staying at a hotel.
You can rent a daily apartment in Moscow by buying a newspaper – for example, «Аренда без посредников». It contains offers both from apartment owners and from companies that professionally rent daily apartments in Moscow. There are also various services – intermediaries that will give you a set of phone numbers of apartment owners.
The most reliable way not to end up on the street or at the station is to contact companies that professionally deal with apartment rentals. They offer a wider range of additional services. You can rent a daily apartment in Moscow by first ordering and booking it via the Internet. This way you will find out where you will live in Moscow, and also you can order a transfer from the station or airport to the daily apartment, and order a number of additional services (such as stocking the refrigerator, mobile communication, possibility of registration, flight tickets and much more).
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