http://www.batips.com for Tourists and Tango Dancers - www.BAtips.com Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:26:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.batips.com/apartments/renting-an-apartment-in-buenos-aires-tips-from-a-reputable-agent/ http://www.batips.com/apartments/renting-an-apartment-in-buenos-aires-tips-from-a-reputable-agent/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:41:25 +0000 CJ http://www.batips.com/?p=774 Want to know the most the most common problems encountered when renting a furnished apartment in Buenos Aires? How about which neighborhoods to stay in and which to avoid? Or the best time of year to visit the city? To get answers to these and other questions about renting in BA, I interviewed a local expert. Adriana [...]]]> http://www.batips.com/apartments/renting-an-apartment-in-buenos-aires-tips-from-a-reputable-agent/feed/ 25 http://www.batips.com/uncategorized/buenos-aires-classified-ads/ http://www.batips.com/uncategorized/buenos-aires-classified-ads/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:21:52 +0000 CJ http://www.batips.com/?p=634 Over the past couple months a number of people have asked me how they can find apartments for rent in Buenos Aires directly from the owner. Others have inquired whether they can post information about their apartments on this blog. To satisfy these requests, I decided to add a Free Classified Ads section to BAtips. Feel [...]]]> http://www.batips.com/uncategorized/buenos-aires-classified-ads/feed/ 2 http://www.batips.com/apartments/renting-a-furnished-apartment-from-a-local-owner/ http://www.batips.com/apartments/renting-a-furnished-apartment-from-a-local-owner/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:08:09 +0000 CJ http://www.batips.com/?p=554 Most tourists who rent a furnished apartment for their stay in Buenos Aires use a rental agency such as Apartments BA or ByT Argentina to arrange their accommodations. But that’s not the only way to do it. You can rent directly from a local owner, which can be cheaper since you eliminate the middleman. But there [...]]]> http://www.batips.com/apartments/renting-a-furnished-apartment-from-a-local-owner/feed/ 2 http://www.batips.com/apartments/rentinba-cabello-square/ http://www.batips.com/apartments/rentinba-cabello-square/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:10:42 +0000 CJ http://www.batips.com/?p=408 I recently rented a furnished apartment in Cabello Square, a nine-story building in Palermo Chico built in 2007. Overall, I enjoyed my month-long stay and found a lot of reasons to recommend the place. I’ll list those below, as well as a few areas where I feel the apartment came up short. The main reasons why [...]]]> http://www.batips.com/apartments/rentinba-cabello-square/feed/ 0 http://www.batips.com/hotels/best-neighborhoods/ http://www.batips.com/hotels/best-neighborhoods/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:47:16 +0000 CJ http://www.batips.com/?p=210 What’s the best neighborhood in Buenos Aires? Well, the decision of where a person wants to live often comes down to a matter of taste, lifestyle and personal preference. That said, let’s take a look at my favorite neighborhoods in Buenos Aires, ranked in order from best to least-best. Palermo Palermo is probably the best neighborhood for [...]]]> http://www.batips.com/hotels/best-neighborhoods/feed/ 9 http://www.batips.com/apartments/my-experience-at-aaa-apartments-in-recoleta/ http://www.batips.com/apartments/my-experience-at-aaa-apartments-in-recoleta/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:49:46 +0000 CJ http://www.batips.com/?p=183 AAA Apartments rents out a number of furnished studio apartments in a relatively new building near the corner of Austria and Pacheco de Melo. I spent a month in one of these apartments in 2007. The apartments aren’t large. I would guess about 350 square feet. But they are modern and reasonably comfortable with a full [...]]]> http://www.batips.com/apartments/my-experience-at-aaa-apartments-in-recoleta/feed/ 0