Do you know that Montreal is the number 1 couchsurfing city of the world? Yes it’s from Montreal that most members of couchsurfing.com are! In short that means that you are very likely to find friendly people in Montreal ready to have a drink with you, to show you the city or even to provide [...]
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Priceline Hotel Discounts
Priceline.com is a great solution to find Montreal top hotels at a portion of the real price. Priceline was only available to US residents a few years ago but it’s now open to Canadian credit cards… yeah ! Priceline has become famous for its bidding system that allows you to name your own price for [...]
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July 1st… It’s Moving Day
For reasons that remain a mystery, almost every lease in Montreal begins on July 1st. What this means, in practical terms, is that the days immediately surrounding June 30th / July 1st see a huge amount of activity in terms of people moving in, moving out, and leaving huge amounts of discarded furniture and belongings [...]
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Luxury Hotels
Montreal offers a broad spectrum of hotels, but if you are looking to be pampered during your stay on the island, then you should focus on the luxury accommodations available to you in this city. Most of these high-end hotels are located either in the downtown core or in Old Montreal, ensuring that no matter [...]
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Bed & Breakfasts Top Spots
Not everyone planning a stay in a big city wants to spend their time there in an equally big hotel. While modern hotels are certainly capable of providing luxury, convenience and a re-assuring sameness for travelers, there are those who would prefer to be more immersed in the spirit of the city they are visiting. [...]
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Apartment Hunting Ads Lingo
Classified ads have always seemed more than a little cryptic for the uninitiated. Whether it’s SWF seeks BWMMFW or “Man with van and plan”, you almost need to have a decoder ring to make sense of the information that most people try to cram into the 25 words or less they get from the newspaper. [...]
