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Travelzoo  《旅行族》（杂志名）

Gabe Saglie  （人名）

 

We continue now with something to think about as you plan your summer vacation. When it comes to lodging, hotels are the first, and often the only option considered by most people. But now a growing group of travelers are finding comfort in a full-fledged home away from home. And here with more is Travelzoo editor Gabe Saglie. Good morning again, Gabe. Good to see you, thanks again. It's a little bit of a fantasy. I would love to do this with my whole family, go away, rent a house. A lot more people are doing it, ah? Yeah. So this is a trend? Well, I mean, I love the great hotel, and hotels are always gonna be the No. 1 choice really for travelers. They are, you know, convenient, they are easy to book, and you know what you are getting. But more people are traveling today than ever before, for a greater variety of reasons than ever before, so vacation rentals offer probably greater options now, depending on the kind of the trip that you wanna take. You're literally renting somebody's home. You get amenities like fully-equipped kitchens, you get your washer and dryer, things like Internet access and parking that usually carry a price tag at the hotel, are standard fare at the vacation rentals. Now, you usually think it's gonna be more expensive automatically than a hotel would be, but that's often not the case. Yeah, when I was doing research for the segment, and I found for example, a castle in the French countryside, a medieval castle that sleeps 34 people on 20 acres for 7,000 dollars for the week, and that comes out to about 2,000 dollars, 200 dollars per person for the entire week.
我们现在继续讨论计划暑期旅行应该考虑的事。当说到住宿，就不得不提酒店，通常酒店是大多数人要考虑的唯一因素。但是现在，越来越多的人在离家远的地方寻找舒适的、装备齐全的房子。在这儿，《旅行族》杂志编辑盖格会为我们提供更多信息。早上好，盖格。 谢谢，很高兴见到您。 这个办法不是幻想。我会在和家人外出旅行时租一套房子。很多人都这么做，对吧？ 是的。 所以，这是一种趋势吗？ 哦，我是说，我喜欢大酒店，对旅行族来说，酒店总是第一选择。酒店方便快捷、容易预定。但现在，越来越多人出门旅行，旅行原因也五花八门，因此现在，度假租赁为人们提供更好的选择，这取决于你想要怎样的旅行。从字面上说，就是你租了某人的房子，获得齐全的设备，比如厨房、洗衣机和烘干机。在酒店，网络接口和停车费收的很贵，而在租赁房收的就很合理。 你经常说，人们自然而然地认为酒店比较贵，而事实并非如此。 是的，当我在做这方面的调查后，我发现了一个例子：一座法国乡村的中世纪城堡，20英亩，可以容纳34人，要7000美元，而结果只要2000美元，每人只要200美元就能住上一周。