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Where to Seclude with Your Loved One in the City Bustle

Surely, many of us have gone through the candy-bouquet period, when meetings with your loved one were so rare, yet so desired. Where did these meetings usually take place? Most of you will answer: at a nearby café, at each other's places or at friends'. The more well-off rented rooms in hotels and inns. And the more frugal huddled in a room of some kind old lady, which, of course, had no amenities. In such conditions, there was no talk of romance...

Times have changed. The tourism business is developing rapidly, and along with it, prices for rooms in ordinary hotels, inns, and boarding houses are rising. However, they have strong competitors – hourly apartments, rented for a few hours, and moreover – there is already a similar service in some hotels. In terms of comfort, they not only do not yield, but often even surpass the classic approach of hotels for travelers.

In such apartments, you are always given fresh bed linen, there is a bathroom (and, of course, a private one), a TV, and other amenities of civilization. But the main difference and advantage of apartments rented by the day is that you have the opportunity to rent them not for a full day, as standard hotels offer, but for a couple of hours at a time convenient for you. This is undoubtedly a good saving and, most importantly, by saving money, you do not economize on your own comfort. When renting such an apartment, a minimum period is set for which you need to pay, from one to three hours. In a regular hotel, you will be charged for a full day, even if you were in the room for a couple of hours.

An hourly apartment will be a real find for young people. It is much more pleasant to spend an evening in an intimate home setting than in a bar – in a smoke-filled room with loud music, surrounded by noisy, tipsy people. For a fancy restaurant, you will have to save money for more than a week, and outdoor recreation is only pleasant in the warm season.

Of course, there are still options like going somewhere away from the city bustle in your own car, but sitting in the car is a dubious pleasure, and not everyone has a car. Constantly inviting yourself to friends' places is impolite. And being together with your significant other every day in the presence of parents – that's still not it, you must agree.

Only a couple of options remain – rent an apartment for a few hours, or book a room in an hourly hotel. Finding such apartments is not difficult. After all, if you really want something, your feet will find the way themselves, won't they?