Medellin Hotels and Rental Apartments

[Hioctane]

The Sheraton is girl friendly, but they made copy of her id when she comes in at night, and they ask why are so many women coming and going.

Have fun.

Tell them you're interviewing for a job position. LOL

[Neworlean]

The Sheraton is girl friendly, but they made copy of her id when she comes in at night, and they ask why are so many women coming and going.

Have fun.

[Dennisdejesus]

Hey guys,

Can someone help me and advise of apartments for rent that are chica friendly? I will be in Medellin Halloween weekend and would like to stay at an apartment where I can bring a few chicas and party without worrying that I might bother the room next door or have someone knock at my door at a hotel.

[Parcero]

If everything you say is true then I would have told them to screw off when they arrived for the rest of their money and at least milked it for another couple of days since you only paid them $317 up front. I would have also ran to a internet cafe and had print outs of the original agreement with what you wanted highlighted.

I read this post last week about First American Realty, and what was written seemed extremely off base because I know both John and Rich personally.

Richard is probably the hardest working guy (American) here in Medellin.

He actually, only handles the Real Estate Sales there at First American, and John handles the rentals.

Being in Business most of my life, I know for a fact that you can´t please everyone all of the time.

In addition, there are three sides to every story. There are the stories of those two opposing views and then there´s the truth.

I actually took the time to have Rich over and interviewed him about was written.

Richard proceeded to tell me his version of the story.

Apparently, you posted this for your friend, and somehow you were doing him a favor.

Flaming First American like you did was unnecessary.

Most of the Americans that live here know and llike Rich and have done business with him, but they don´t post here on this forum.

Really, Jackson shouldn´t have allowed that post because of the negativity of it.

IMHO, We are all here to post positives and negatives to save one another from the pitfalls that exist when traveling etc.

Also, when hearing Rich´s side of story, it was 180 degrees different.

He did admit that there were things that were not working, and that he would´ve offered a discount.

Also, this is not to discredit the other two businesses that were listed.

Both of them are getting good reviews from the people that I have talked to.

Just my two cents.

[Paisalover]

Hi AlwaysRandy,

the FourPoints Sheraton is reasonably chica-friendly. They'll want to see the ID of the girl and probably register her if she stays more than just an hour or two. If they register her, they'll also charge you a guest fee. That's the same with all hotels in Medellin.

If you look for a more private place to stay, why don't you check out my rooms (http://vacationrentalsmedellin.com)? As you might know, I'm the owner of Girlfriend 4 A Week, I have a professional photo studio in my apartment and I also own a modeling agency. People who stay at my place are also automatically invited to the VIP Parties I occasionally throw for my clients. Lot's of action going on. Drop me a line if you're interested.

Regards,
PaisaLover
Girlfriend 4 A Week
http://girlfriend4aweek.com

Hi guys,

My wingman and I are coming down to Medellin the first week of October. I've got a room at the Four Points Sheraton. It is near the Oviedo mall in El Poblado. Does anyone know how girl friendly they are and if they charge a chica fee?

The plan was for my buddy to get a room close by. Frank's Place II is walking distance or the Mansion. But I see from Frank's posts that FP II is now closed? Any recommendations guys for somewhere else that is close by and girl friendly?

Sounds like it's hard to get girls from the Mayorista to come back with you anyway? We both have very limited Spanish.

[Always Randy]

Hi guys,

My wingman and I are coming down to Medellin the first week of October. I've got a room at the Four Points Sheraton. It is near the Oviedo mall in El Poblado. Does anyone know how girl friendly they are and if they charge a chica fee?

The plan was for my buddy to get a room close by. Frank's Place II is walking distance or the Mansion. But I see from Frank's posts that FP II is now closed? Any recommendations guys for somewhere else that is close by and girl friendly?

Sounds like it's hard to get girls from the Mayorista to come back with you anyway? We both have very limited Spanish.

[BayBoy]

The hotel felt very safe to me, there were a lot of staff and employees around the premises. Yes, there is air conditioning.

I didnt bring any chicas back to my room, so I don't know if they're chica friendly. Website: www.hotelnutibara.com, reservas@hotelnutibara.com

Helpful staff, I'll be back on Oct. 15.

bayboy

[TheKnife]

What are your top jacuzzi suites in hotels or apartments?

Which ones don't you recommend?

TheKnife

[Fade Into]

I want to make a pitch for the Hotel Nutibara in El Centro, which I stayed at in June.

Their rate is 107,000 COP per night ($53). Discounted for stays of 10 days or longer.

I got a nice, comfortable room and bed with the color/cable TV, and a shower where the hot water came on right away. There's a safe in the room for your valuables. They've got a unheated pool, plus sauna and steam room. Also, every morning I got a big buffet breakfast plus coffee and juice.

The staff speaks some English and is very helpful. Its in the heart of Medellin, close enough to walk to all the action.

I'm staying there when I return in October, bayboy

Hi,

Do the hotel have a website? Do they check for ID's for the girls or otherwise chica friendly?

How safe did you feel staying there?

Also do they have air-condition?

[Aussie Greg]

Room 10, El Castillo.

Aussie Greg

Greg,

If you don't mind me asking, but which rooms at the Castillo does that rate cover? If only for a set number of rooms, please advise here or in PM the monthly rates you'd charge for room #9.

I'm booked into room #9 for approx 33 days and I'm paying almost triple that rate.

I've asked this in private as well, but I hope that others will see that at $900 USD for a month, I'll personally vouch that it's the best deal I've ever seen in Medellin.

Cheers

[Pixelpirata]

ACAZAR DEL PARQUEL have studios in an apartment hotel from 1. 3 million COP + public servicies.

Anyone have experience from living there?

It seems to be a good option for a long term rental, even though it is above my normal price range, but the luxury can make it worth it.

However there are lot´s of cheap apartments to rent, but they are not furnished. It costs to furnish, write all contracts, pay all bills, and then leave , practically having to leave everyting behind.

The best option should be to rent a room, but then you loose your privacy (chicas).

A catch 22-situation for one who wants to have a low rent.

[GringoLoco2]

If everything you say is true then I would have told them to screw off when they arrived for the rest of their money and at least milked it for another couple of days since you only paid them $317 up front. I would have also ran to a internet cafe and had print outs of the original agreement with what you wanted highlighted.

My buddy ask me to post this on ISG to warn other members about First American Realty.

The email below is the email I sent to the apartment owner when he finally sent us a response well into our trip, looking for the rest of his money, after we left his apartment. This should answer everything. I will do a real trip report of the fun stuff. This email summarizes our experiences with this rental/sales agency. There have been reports of them inconveniencing others, but this takes the cake.

Even though we didn't get reimbursed owner sent us an apology, the other fuckers. Still haven't heard form them after this email.

If you want to rent an apartment www.theapartmentmedellin.com are the most professional cats around (maybe pricier, but you get what you pay for)

James at www.paradiserealtymedellin.com has the same listings as these guys, actually more. And I think cats have used him.

DO NOT FUCK WITH http://www.firstamericanrealtymedellin.com/

Now, in all fairness, John Duque was a trooper, he made some of his usual promises that all would be well by Saturday, the 25th, with the internet and the Jacuzzi, and mentioning that HE didn't feel that it was a 'big deal'.

Wait, Did I mention:

The pseudo property manager asked us to leave our keys at the front desk each time we left the apartment. On our second night, Saturday Night, we realized that Someone STOLE one of our brand new bottles of Alcohol from our Kitchen Counter, it was a BIG bottle. Yet another first.

After no one showed up on Saturday, we realized that we were being taken for a ride.

Aside: why was John emailing us, when we had NO internet connection?

We were being taken for a ride by the same people who failed to inform us that the apartment we wanted to book was 'already booked', well in advance, something that would have been nice, since we were coming to Medellin during the busiest year, thereby giving us some VALID OPTIONS (believe me, we tried to find alternatives).

Taken for a ride by the same people who kept changing their story about the reasons the apartment wasn't available (there are loads of emails that went back and forth)

Taken for a ride by the same people who had the audacity to send us an email on Saturday (telling us that they were coming for the rest of their money on Monday--no mention of the shortcomings of the apartment, or the lack of resolution of the issues? )

We decided it was best to get out of there, and salvage what would be left of our trip.

We actually believe we are owed something, since we had very few options because of the timing, forcing us to leave Colombia earlier than we planned.

Once again, we can see that there is more miscommunication seeing as we left the apartment the morning of Monday, July 27th (something that would have been obvious if workers really did show up to fix all the things that were wrong with the apartment), leaving our key at the front gate.

You people did a lot towards ruining a trip that was a half a year in the planning, but we were not going to let that happen--that was NEVER going to happen.

By 'you people' I mean:

· David R (you are the owner, whether or not you have any knowledge of what has been happening)

· Rich H /John D of First American Realty (no need for explanation)

· Albert (we never met, not sure we should have even needed to meet)

· The pseudo property manager and the other gentleman with him

We are businessmen ourselves, and conduct business overseas. We also own properties, NEVER have I had an experience with people with such a lack of integrity, and with blatant disregard for the intelligence of customers.

Maybe it is best that we all never met.

Fortunately, we do have large networks of fellow travelers to your city with interests in both rental and purchase properties that we will be sure to inform of your incompetence, dishonesty, and complete disregard.

[Tweeners]

Hotel El Castillo, right in the middle of Poblado.

Monthly rate is around $900.00 USD, included is breakfast, laundry (no ironing but you can do it your self or pay a maid)

Rooms have cable T.V. airconditioned, wireless internet and also in the living room acsess to a computer, safe and other gringo guests and the famous Big Bad Boyds free tour to the low end ***** houses in el centrol "gas"

Aussie Greg

Greg,

If you don't mind me asking, but which rooms at the Castillo does that rate cover? If only for a set number of rooms, please advise here or in PM the monthly rates you'd charge for room #9.

I'm booked into room #9 for approx 33 days and I'm paying almost triple that rate.

I've asked this in private as well, but I hope that others will see that at $900 USD for a month, I'll personally vouch that it's the best deal I've ever seen in Medellin.

Cheers

[Superboy1]

Does anyone know what is the price range for a long term (2-3years) rental apartment in medellin? Its not a big deal if it has a tv or computer as i would just ship my own stuff.

Superboy

[Aussie Greg]

Hotel El Castillo, right in the middle of Poblado.

Monthly rate is around $900.00 USD, included is breakfast, laundry (no ironing but you can do it your self or pay a maid)

Rooms have cable T.V. airconditioned, wireless internet and also in the living room acsess to a computer, safe and other gringo guests and the famous Big Bad Boyds free tour to the low end ***** houses in el centrol "gas"

Aussie Greg

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