Extended Stay Columbus Guide

There are many kinds of accomodation available for different purposes. For instance, you can stay in hotel when you are going out of town. Or - on the other extreme - you can also rent a house to stay when you go to other city for long period of time. So when should you choose extended stay over the other types of accomodation?

Unlike most other accomodation options, extended stay gives you the opportunity to stay for long time at a certain place in a relatively affordable budget. Hotel suites will be too expensive if you choose to stay more than a few days. On the other side, you don’t plan to stay long enough that warrant permanent housing. In such situations, extended stay is the best solution that gives you the long-time accomodation you need.

There are a few scenarios in which you may want to use extended stay while you’re in Columbus:

• You go to visit your friends or relatives for more than just a few days. It could happen in vacation, for example.
• You go for a business trip which requires you to stay for relatively long time (but not long enough for getting permanent housing).
• Your home is temporarily not available to stay at. It could happen, for instance, if you are renovating your homes.
• You want to have access to kitchen so that you can cook your own meals. In normal hotel, you won’t have such facility.

If your situation matches one of them, extended stay is the likely choice for you. Extended stay will help you get whatever business you have done while giving you access to the common daily needs you have. I’ve mentioned kitchen above. Besides, you also have access to laundry and - at many extended stay places in Columbus - the Internet. This way you can be sure that you can get your business done in an affordable and relatively hassle-free way.

What is extended stay? Extended stay is hotel stay that is longer than one week. It may have been common these days, but it’s actually a relatively recent phenomenon in the history. This phenomenon first occured in the 19st century when people had a new trend in traveling, that  is to stay longer in a place. From this beginning, extended stay then became a new business that further extend the existing businesses of hospitality industry. Extended stay business opens the way to reach previously untapped niche of the customers.

The trend of extended stay in United States is different from Europe. In the United States, extended stay lodgings usually takes place in the suburban area while in Europe they take place in the downtown. It helps extended stay in United States grows faster than Europe since the land price is cheaper in the suburban. This cheaper land price makes it easier for the businessmen in the United States to make profit which leads to the growth of the business. Extended stay in Columbus also experiences this growth. The opposite thing happens in Europe. Since the land price is higher, it’s more difficult for businessmen there to make profit from extended stay business. Consequently, the business is less attractive there.

Marriott initiated extended stay business in the United States by opening its Residence Inn in 1974. The extended stay business grew to many cities since then. There were around 300,000 rooms available for extended stay in United States in 2000s which was almost twice as much as the 180,000 rooms available in 1999. Though exact data is not available, there is no question that extended stay in Columbus also experiences similar phenomenon.