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London Apartments Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Book A Serviced Apartment In London Through An Agent



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ear reader, before you all      helped him to book the right      
accuse me of blatant            London apartment and eventually   
propaganda for my own           received many words of thanks for 
company, please let me use the        my help. But it niggled me that   
80:20 rule and declare that only      some agents are giving all agents 
20% is propaganda and the other       a really bad reputation, so I     
80% is based on the truth. Read       have decided to fight back and    
on and if something strikes you       remind travellers around the      
as nonsense, you can choose to        world why using agents are the    
stop reading or share your            best choice.                      
feedback with me.                                                       
                                      1.Good agents are like your       
The source of this article was        friends in the city of your       
borne out of frustration at one       destination. Imagine having       
particular incident which             someone who will help you to      
happened a few months back. I         research and book a serviced      
received a call from a potential      apartment. Then they will also    
client seeking a serviced London      help you with free support and    
apartment for short stay rental.      advice of this city. If you       
When he discovered that Quality       choose an agent who actually live 
London Apartments was a third         and work in this city, then it    
party agent and not the owner of      will be like having your own      
the apartments, his comment was:      personal concierge.               
"Oh no, not another agent!"                                             
                                      2.Agents worth their salt will    
He then explained that he has         help you to find the right        
just had a bad experience with        apartments to fit your budget.    
one of my competitor. After           Obviously, you need to be         
listening to his story I totally      realistic as well, as London is a 
sympathised with his plight. I        notoriously expensive             



destination. Imagine if you had a     you have a smooth and happy stay. 
family of 4 on a budget of £250       They are your representative in   
per night for a two bedroom           London, who fights for you; act   
apartment and you wanted to be in     as trouble shooters when          
central London. Where do you          something goes wrong with the     
begin? How much time do you wish      apartments on arrival. What could 
to spend searching online, making     go wrong? Read on.                
expensive overseas phone                                                
calls/emails before you find          5.Who you turn to when something  
something suitable? That is a lot     goes wrong during your stay in an 
of time and expense. An agent         apartment? Here is a true life    
will have called at least 3 and       scenario to illustrate the point. 
give you the options within 15-30     One of my new clients booked a    
minutes. How? That takes me to        luxury apartment through Quality  
the next point.                       London Apartments for his break.  
                                      When he arrived on New Years Day, 
3.Good agents are specialist who      the apartment owner tried to fob  
has visited the apartment to          him off (whether mistakenly or on 
understand what their customers       purpose) with another different   
are going to stay in, have a          apartment with a totally          
relationship with the apartment       different décor…not to my         
owners, and know how flexible or      client's taste. If my client had  
inflexible the apartments will be     booked directly with the          
with prices. They will squeeze as     apartment, he would have had to   
much as reasonable to fit your        fight his case on his own. But he 
budget.                               phoned me on New Years Day, I     
                                      then complained (diplomatically   
4.Agents are your advocates. Good     of course) to the apartment owner 
agents are on your side, they         and presto! All sorted for him.   
want to help you and ensure that      That is a difference that many    



people in this age of automated       are shoddy, until you work with   
bookings do not realise, is the       them.                             
human help. Convenience and                                             
efficiency is great, but when         Here comes the 20% propaganda     
things go wrong, as it invariably     that I did pre-warn you about     
does, it is the people you trust      earlier. My company's mission is  
who will make that call on your       honesty, good old fashioned       
behalf.                               service and service with          
                                      integrity. I am passionate about  
Sadly, not all serviced               serviced apartments as the best   
apartments agents follow this         way to travel and I really love   
code, nor do they respect their       helping clients. Period.          
customers. Conversely, there are      How can you know if this is true? 
also many great agents who are        I cannot prove it just by words,  
passionate about service,             only by action. I dare you to     
actually enjoy taking care of         choose Quality London Apartments  
their clients and are honest to       next time and let us prove it to  
you. It is hard to know which         you.                              
agents are excellent and which        

                              




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Binh Zientek www.QualityLondonApartments.co.uk


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