This won’t really answer your question, but I was thinking of trying out a private apartment rental the next time I go traveling. There are some places you can rent them out for a day or two at a time (like a hotel), and they can be even cheaper than crappy hotel rooms a lot of the time. Here are just a couple of examples of what I’m talking about: Example 1 and Example 2

That site was very good actually, however everything I enquired about was already booked… but thank you so much for the info :)

Hi, I don’t know your budget, so I don’t know your concrete requirement. I think you can find your answer here: http://hoteleyes.com, it will search all the top best hotel booking sites at once and give you the best answer.