Questions from a newcommer (más amigo)

[JPD]

Thanks a lot for all the tips! For those of you who care; we've found an apartment and are going to book it for one month to begin with.

My Spanish is okay. I have been living in Andalucía; Seville, Malaga, Granada and Cordoba for almost a year and have been enrolled as a student at Universidad de Granada, so I'm used to listen to strange dialects. Anyhow, we’re both considering taking some Spanish lessons, but it's going to be decided after we've arrived.

 

[katti]

Good luck - I hope you will have a great time in BA!

 

[estudiolondres]

Hi, If you are thinking about taking up some Spanish lessons have a look at this site:
www.araucaria-languages.com.ar

 

[betts]

To answer your original question we used http://www.bairesapartments.com/
and had a good experience with them. The owner of our apartment lists his apartment with them and BYT (which was on your list) both have a good reputation.

Although we ended up not doing this - we had the option to pay through PayPal. So ask about that - maybe that way you won't have to have so much cash on hand.

Also ask if they can do a better price than what they are listing on the webpage. As it is winter and low season, some owners may adjust the rent a bit. I also noticed in my research that BYT and Bairesapartments sometimes listed the same apartments and BYT tended to list a slightly lower price. So it never hurts to ask.

 

[John.St]

Thanks a lot for all the tips!

One more, Jakob.

You probably have arranged for a travel insurance.

If not, take out extended coverage + super, in DK either from Gouda (my favorite for more than 20 years), International Health Insurance = IHI or <whatever else you may find>

http://www.gouda.dk/
http://global.ihi.com/