May 23rd, 2006
Overview of Slow Travel and European Vacation Rentals
Who are Slow Travelers?
Slow Travelers go to Europe to experience different cultures and lifestyles, but they do it differently than most tourists. Instead of staying in hotels or B&Bs, they stay in vacation rentals – apartments, cottages or houses that you rent by the week. Staying in your own temporary “home”, even if just for a week or two, lets you experience a place more intensely because you get involved in the community where you are staying. You shop for groceries and supplies in the local shops, stop at the same café every morning, see the people in your village or neighborhood each day. My husband and I used to travel in Europe staying in hotels, but once we tried vacation rentals in Switzerland in 1988, we were hooked. Now this is the only way we travel.