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Naples in April: America’s Cup

April in Naples is a time of  fine spring weather, and lively streets not yet swamped by a sea of touristy humanity. Take advantage of these beautiful times to savour Neapolitan pizza, weather, and world-class sailing action.   America’s Cup begins April 7 http://youtu.be/HX7tFA6oBEIThe world’s most famous competitive sailing event comes to the southern tip of […]

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Who exactly am I renting from?

There are many good reasons to let your guests know who you are before you meet them. Updating your profile with a picture gives your listing a personal touch, and may lead to more bookings. And getting in touch with your guests, telling them a bit about yourself, can help them feel more comfortable, even […]

Join the 9flats Easter Egg Hunt!

Easter. The time of bunnies, chocolate, too much food, four beautiful days off and… yes, all things eggy!! To celebrate, we’re having a little 9flats Easter Egg Hunt over the next three weeks. 9 eggs. 9 days. 9 prizes. Here’s how it’s going to work: Hide: We’ll cleverly hide an egg in a photo in […]

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How maps can save you from shame and embarassment

This is the second in a series of posts containing practical advice on how to have a safe, enjoyable trip when vacationing with 9flats. Part 1 is here. Last time I wrote about the importance of making sound arrangements for handing over your keys. This week continues with a simple check list. After you give […]

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How travel booking engines scam you

On any platform, while browsing for that perfect place that will charm the missus, let the kids run around, and have a view to kill for, you discover a dream villa in Bali that satisfies everybody, and even has the rustic Balinese feel that you adore. The page shows that the price-per-night is an unbelievable $200. You make a quick call to your wife to get her ok, and proceed to book 5 nights with the smug satisfaction of a savvy consumer getting a deal.

Interview

Pop king and queen: Porcelain Raft and Little Boots

We’re big music fans at 9flats, and love that we can offer musicians a more comfy, homely life on the road. Most recently, we provided beautiful vintage and art nouveau Berlin flats for electro-pop stars Porcelain Raft and Little Boots, both performing at Intro magazine’s 20th birthday party. We caught up with them both to […]

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Your best birthday wishes

Happy birthday to us! We’re so thankful to all of you for supporting us and for helping us help you reach more and more places in the world every day. Here are 9 of our most favourite birthday wishes you sent us.

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We czeched out Prague

At 9flats, we’re just about to turn one-year-old. We thought this was a good excuse to celebrate: and what better way than with a weekend escape to the jewel of Central Europe? So, last Friday afternoon, in a minibus full of dreams, eager to discover this beautiful city, we headed off to Prague. When we […]

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Don’t want your hotelier to be your hippie guru?

You may have heard a lot about the hip concept of collaborative consumption – often it is marketed as a sort of new age, free love community marketplace when that plainly isn’t the case. Mashable’s Erica Swallow has the right idea in her article. Not that 9flats doesn’t like to get a bit idealistic sometimes too, […]

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9trips visits Hamburg

Hamburg is famous for its harbour, abundant fresh fish and seedy Reeperbahan. A little-known secret is that this north German city has a fantastic art scene. On the latest 9trips stop, our travel reporters Caroline and Louise discovered small designer boutiques, the best cheesecake in Hamburg…

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Naples: Pizza & Pompei

Naples, Napoli in Italian, is the third most-populated city in Italy. Its close proximity to many interesting sites, such as Pompeii and the Bay of Naples, makes it a good base for exploring the area. Naples is full of wonderful historical and artistic treasures and narrow, winding streets with small shops, making it worth at least a few days visit (and if you want to get out of town, Capri, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast all lie within striking distance).

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Madeira: Portuguese paradise

Looking for some winter sun? Our 9trips travel experts Luise and Karo escaped the grey and cold January weather and flew directly to Paradise: Madeira. The magical Portuguese Island is situated in the Atlantic, approximately 450 miles off the coast of Morocco.

Behind the scenes with 9flats

Making of our TV ad

What do 9flats, Angelina Jolie and a Golden Retriever have in common?
They all play a leading role in our new TV ad! Claudia, our host, leading actress and German voice of Angelina Jolie, invited the 9flats team over to shoot the TV commercial in her gorgeous apartment in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Check out our Making Of Video, meet Claudia’s cute Golden Retriever dog and take a peek behind the scenes – the crew had lots of fun!

9flats host tips

Synchronise your calendars

Even though we’re the best site to list your place with we realise that as a host, you may have listed your place somewhere else, too. With different calendars to juggle, it can be hard to keep track of whether your place is free or not. More importantly, it is disappointing for guests to find […]

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Our brand new TV ad

Here’s our brand new TV ad which is now live! We can exclusively reveal that she’s actually a 9flats host AND she’s the German dubbing voice of a very famous Hollywood star. Can you guess who it is? http://youtu.be/Qz-VIe7xDtk

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‘Instant booking’. Now you can book… well, now!

Sometimes, I dream of running away on a spontaneous holiday. Taking the first flight somewhere far away, without looking for accommodation, writing emails back and forth, waiting for confirmation… Well, the good news is that that dream has got a step closer. On 9flats.com you can now book many of our places instantly, without waiting for […]

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A top tip from our hosts Ralph & Maria

Let us introduce you to our hosts Ralph und Maria from Berlin, who kindly shared their number-one tip with us to get people to pick their apartment over others: “Berlin has become a crowded marketplace for holiday apartments these days and therefore, we are very happy to have found our partner 9flats.com. In order to […]

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How to get lots of booking requests as a new host

When our hosts have questions, they either write us an email, call us… or sometimes they come to see us in person. Like Martin: the Berliner who listed his property on 9flats.com a few weeks ago. Because this is just down the road from our office in Kreuzberg, Berlin, and he passes by every day […]

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Glasgow: whiskey & wilderness

In December, our 9trips travel journalists Luise and Karolin flew to the east coast of Scotland and explored the city of Glasgow with its Art Nouveau buildings, fantastic second-hand shops and famous whiskey.  After checking out of their stylish 9flats apartment, they went on a trip into the wilderness and took the high road to the Scottish Highlands. Get into the Scottish swing of things […]

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A private gig with Smith & Burrows

9flats, Juke and the record label PIAS will be hosting a very special evening on 24 November to ring in the Christmas season: A private gig with Smith & Burrows, who will be presenting their upcoming Christmas album Funny Looking Angels in a festive and intimate environment: a cosy loft in Berlin-Kreuzberg, provided by 9flats. […]