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Kelly from Belgium tells us about her stay

Kelly came from Belgium to volunteer at the Social Media Week in Berlin.  Instead of booking a room in a hotel, she chose to stay in one of our clean, modern and usefully central 9flats. When we met Kelly she told us how much she enjoyed the flexibility of being able to come and go […]

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9flats top tips: December – best New Year’s party

We all know what happens in December. It’s that month in the year where we fret to make our last deadlines before embarking on a well deserved and often too short Christmas break, where we then spend countless hours indulging in Christmas cookies, mulled wine and eating our way through what seems like one long […]

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9flats host Susi interview at the Oktoberfest

At the Oktoberfest in Munich we met up with our wonderful host Susi, who talked to us about her involvement with 9flats. She joined our Travolution almost a year ago so that her city center flats didn’t have to stay empty while she was at her countryside house. Until now she has had many great […]

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Benjamin Scheim, VP at Crowdcentric in New York, reveals his first impressions of 9flats

Even Benjamin Scheim, Vice President of Crowdcentric and Global Director of the Social Media Week, chose to stay with 9flats during his two day stop-over here in Berlin for the Berlin Social Media Week. He told us he travels frequently for his job but hasn’t warmed to hotels yet. Listen to how he found out […]

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9flats top tips: November festivals in Germany and the Netherlands

And we’re back. Today, as promised, we’ll be sharing our European top tips for November with you. By this time of the year, temperatures will definitely have dropped a few degrees, our warm and woolly winter clothes will no longer be waiting in the back of our closets and the idea of staying in for […]

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9flats top tips: October festivals in Budapest and Italy

Here we go! This is the first of 9 posts to give you inspiration for your holidays in the next 9 months. Europe is such an interesting melting pot, filled with examples of such unique and diverse cultures, that it would be a real pity not to travel around and experience as many of them […]

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9flats celebrating the Oktoberfest in Norway

In occasion of the Oktoberfest in Munich, this weekend 9flats sponsored a fun night in a bar in Norway called Wave. We organized a series of fun pub-quizzes and gave away exciting 9flats goodies, which amongst others included discout travel vouchers, exclusive 9flats towels, bags and pins.  The location was full and the mood was […]

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We chat with David from New York, 9flats guest in Berlin

9flats chats with David Radparvar from New York, Co-founder and Designer at Holstee, a sustainably focused lifestyle brand. He speaks about his experiences as a 9flats.com guest in one of our most popular apartments in Berlin.

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We met Dave Brown from Etsy

We hosted a lot of interesting people in our flats during Social Media Week, Berlin. One of them was Dave Brown from handmade empire Etsy, who came all the way from New York to moderate the panel during the week. He told us he loved staying in his cosy 9flat. You can see the full […]

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9flats chats with Matt LeMay from Bit.ly

Our latest business traveller, Matt LeMay from Bit.ly in New York, guest of Social Media Week, stayed in one of our most gorgeous Berlin apartments. We chat with him about his first experience with 9flats.

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And another winner is…

Paolo Bernagozzi just won our photo tagging competition on facebook. The prize is a trip to the fashion mecca of Britain: London! The fashion week might be over, but we assure our italian friend Paolo that he will have a great time anyway, with all amusements that only London can offer. He will fly to […]

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The lucky 9flats winner

Aleksandra was our lucky winner of the Berlin festival competition. By getting the most likes on our 9flats Facebook Wall she managed to win two Berlin Festival VIP-Tickets and a 2-night-stay at one of our fabulous 9flats apartments.

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I travel with 9flats because…

We are still cooling down after a fantastic weekend with Berlin Festival, and not to mention, you lovely guys. Our contest “I travel with 9flats because…” turned out great, especially for Olka, who won 2 VIP-tickets and stayed at one of our apartments (pictured below) in Berlin. We had many contributions that made us both laugh […]

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We now officially offer the best night’s sleep in the world

Introducing new 9flats.insurance, now covering every booking up to €500,000 At 9flats.com, we want to lead the world in being the safest place for you to book (and rent out) cool rooms and flats for holidays or business trips. So, a few weeks ago, we became the first travel platform in Europe to offer protection […]

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Chill out at Berlin Festival

As you may have noticed, 9flats.com is sponsoring the Berlin Festival! And now it’s countdown time. Tick tock, tick tock only only one day to go! We’re all getting really excited. Berlin Festival From 12.00 on the 9th of September Tempelhof will open itself up and allow the throng to swarm in for two days […]

Songs to inspire you to travel

Looking for inspiration for where to go on your next trip? You could randomly stick a pin in a map, you could browse through 9flats accommodation listings or…you could listen to the music below, and let your favourite song be the deciding factor of where you go. Perhaps my short musical lineup is not as […]

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2012 London Olympics in 3D

Are you travelling to London for the Olympics? We hope if you are that you will stay in a 9flats apartment.   Luxury Olympic Accommodation                    Stunning Apartment Near Olympics   Some lucky people will get to see the sporting events in reality, the rest of us will […]

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Inspiring Travel Images – Before and After You Travel

Imagery is where it’s at when it comes to recording your holiday. The experience of your holiday or trip gets extended way beyond the finish date because of the Internet, smartphones and social media networks. Take the above 9flats accommodation (House Trullo Amato) for instance, because I’ve added the image to this blog, it is likely that […]

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Innsbruck – A Visual Feast for the Eyes

Myself and a colleague were lucky enough to be given the opportunity by 9flats to travel to Innsbruck, Austria where we attended the TBU workshops. I had never been to Austria before and my main impression of that country came from books I read as a child, The Chalet School series by Elinor Brent-Dyer. These […]

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Stop being a tourist. Start winning Berlin Festival tickets.

I travel with 9flats because I want to feel like a winner! We have tickets to the Berlin Festival to give away! The Berlin Festival takes place in the historical (and might I add totally cool) Tempelhof Airport & Club Xberg on the 9th Here’s how it works:Not only can the winner get to go to […]