Planning your trip to Argentina?? Now that you have downloaded your free Nightlife or Family Guide, you are probably dreaming of the perfect place to stay during your adventure.

More and more travelers are choosing the ease of renting an apartment during their stay, especially in the bustle of Buenos Aires. An apartment offers all the conveniences of a hotel but with less cost, the freedom to cook and the chance to stay in an authentic location complete with colonial architecture.

It’s important, however, to CHOOSE an Apartment with CARE. Why? Because this is your dream trip to Argentina. Where you stay is crucial to your trip.

Upon arriving in Buenos Aires, I could not help feeling slightly overwhelmed. Not, however, in a bad or stressful sense, but rather in the way one is overwhelmed at a music festival or at a carnival: there were just too many things to see, to do, to hear, to experience. There were beautiful people everywhere, and I had to meet them! There were fantastic restaurants where I had to dine! And there were cafes, bookstores, antique galleries, and tango lessons, all of which I had to be a part of! On my first walk through the streets of San Telmo, where I was dropped off in the taxi from the airport, I decided that I needed to stay in Buenos Aires for a long time, in order to experience all of this. It was that kind of overwhelming.

Many travelers coming to Argentina for the first time appreciate the option of staying at their favorite name hotel. The Sheraton, the Four Seasons, and the Hilton all have high-rise luxury properties in downtown Buenos Aires. However, if you’re staying for more than a few days in Buenos Aires, renting an apartment from an agency is an excellent option to booking a hotel room by the night.

Anyone knows that dealing with real-estate agents for rentals can be a headache, and even more so when attempting to short-term rent an apartment in a foreign city. Most intelligent, well-organized people will settle their accommodations well in advance of arriving in a foreign city. However, since I am neither intelligent nor well-organized, I left the task of finding an apartment in Buenos Aires until I had already landed in the beautiful city. The upside of this is that you get to research good spots to live before settling into an area. The downside is that you are in limbo land for a few days, which is not something that time-sensitive travellers are willing to risk.