Rome short term apartment

Have you tried the usual sites like Booking.com, VRBO? If you want one someone has a personal recommendation for, how big does the apartment need to be, what facilities do you require (elevator, A/C, full kitchen?), and do you have a budget?

That's a very long stay, so I think you may have a problem chasing down people's recommendations, searching for an apartment with availability for the entire period. I think checking a web site like booking.com is a good idea, or other sources with a lot of apartments available.

I have tried VRBO, Airbnb, romeapartments.com, cribmed and others. Thank you!

So none of those sites meet your criteria? Is it budget or availability for that duration…or something else? (We still do not hav Elyria budget nor criteria.) is Trastevere imperative or are you open to the rest of Rome?

Another place to try is Sabbatical Homes. Many owners rent to travelers who are not academics.

Budget is up to $2500 month, 2 bed, 2 bath preferably. Open to other areas, but close to the main parts of Rome. I would like to know if it is on an upper floor with an elevator or not. Good amenities. March 12-April 20th, ish.

Good luck, you can easily pay that much for a week in Rome in a central area. You might want to check into a (licensed) rental agency, maybe a company with multiple listings would be able to move people around to create a larger block in one apartment. You may have to consider breaking up the stay into two or three different places. Look at this as a great opportunity to experience other parts of the city.

I just did a quick search on booking.com and got 29 hits in Trastevere for March 12-April 20. Nothing less than about $7000 (most significantly more) except for one that was $4500: Casetta de Trastevere https://www.booking.com/Share-Z6kbN2

I believe apartments with 2 bedrooms and 2 baths are quite uncommon, so that will probably make the search more challenging, even aside from the cost issue.

All I can go by is my experience...

February 2017, we secured a second floor apartment overlooking the Campo de' Fiori piazza--just across the Tiber from Trastevere--in Rome for a week. Not quite a studio, it had a separate bath and galley kitchen. Perfectly serviceable. Owned by a local hotel, we paid 85 Euro/nt. (Dollar:Euro 1:1.09 then) and when I asked if for a month stay he could give us a deal, and he said, of course. How much? Who knows? It would be less. And just for the hell of it, we decided to do a dry run cost-wise overall if we at some time decided to make that week look like two months or so, to see how cheaply we could exist without sacrificing any creature comforts.

Breakfast were goods bought at the market, and at the mom & pop salumeria steps away. Bought Lavazza coffee, cost 1,20 Euro for a brick--used half during the week. Using a Melitta filter, we poured hot water through and made Cafe Americano by the cup. Heading out for activities, we'd grab a 'take away' panini or Roman pizza slice, no more than 3 Euro. Bought weekly bus/Metro passes for 24 Euro apiece. At night, there were no shortage of great, inexpensive trattorias, most not even mentioned in any travel book. One app, 2 pastas, 2 secondi, 1 dolce, 1 carafe house wine usually was around 50 Euro, oft times less. We did this day after day--with daily gelato of course--and I loved every minute.

So this can be done, even in a relatively touristy area of Rome. The key is off-season. Can you imagine being in Rome last couple weeks, with zillions of people and 100+ temps?! BTW, weather in late February is mostly 40-60 degrees, for us only a sprinkle of rain during that week. Temperate & tolerable, for sure.

I totaled our expenses and concluded that my costs over a week were much less than I'd spend in Tampa or Phoenix or San Diego as a snowbird, and pretty much the same or less than if I was at home in suburban Chicago. And I was in ROME!! So in the next 3-4 years, I want to do something like January 15 - March 15. Can't wait!

megrankin1, Did you ever find a place? Hope you'll share what you decide on!

I looked on AirBNB and found a listing with 2 bedrooms, good location for $4K, that is with a monthly discount. Ground floor with a garden and a washing machine. Looks perfect this is nothing fancy, just good, clean accommodations and actually only $74 a night, making this extremely reasonable IMHO. Property #6910494ha

I am still looking. Cribmed has good prices but the area isn't as nice and I cannot see reviews about them.
VRBO and AIRBNB are very expensive for the area, Booking.com does not have the variety. We are kind of stuck to the area we like, ha!

Your budget is not realistic for the historic center during Easter season, where you would be lucky to score a long-term (1-3 year) furnished two-bedroom at that price. Also, be mindful that the short-term rental market includes many "bedrooms" that are actually just a loft space with room for a bed but no way to stand up, and a ladder to access them, so review any photos very carefully when you count the bedrooms. Particularly prevalent in Trastevere, in my experience.

Yes, you are right, I have had to adjust my budget. I was still hoping to find a rental co. in Rome to work with. thanks

Good luck. The rental companies in Rome usually expect the renter to pay 1 month's rent in commission to find an apartment, which is why short-term rentals are usually only to be found at the usual tourist sites such as AirBnB and Booking.com. Short-term is defined as less than one year.

Yes, you are right, I have had to adjust my budget. I was still hoping
to find a rental co. in Rome to work with. thanks

Meg--

My feeling is that post-Covid everything got jacked up price-wise, and compound that with the fact that Trastevere has grown white-hot as a preferred destination, if only for the 'cuteness', iconic Roma factor. I think across the river is your ticket. Haven't looked, but anything within a 5-10 minute walk of the Ponte Sisto bridge will still keep you close to Trastevere. Like I said, we were in Campo de' Fiori and crossed that bridge every day.