SIX Frequent Asked Questions About Renting Private Homes in Cuba

SIX Frequent asked questions about renting Private Homes in Cuba


1.-Why tourist rent bedrooms in private homes, is it legal to rent a particular lodging in Cuba…?

2.-How to find an apartment or specific house in this Web Site …?

3.-Will I have to share common areas with other guests, what if I don´t achieve to find the lodging with the characteristics that I look for. …?

4.-How do I make the reservation and how I will obtain the confirmation from my reservation …?

5.-No achievement to find the lodging with the characteristics that I look for. How to contact with you in Havana …?

6.-Do I have to pay extra to have made the reservation on line, How do I pay the reservation, To who I should pay, A payment advance is needed before the arrival …?

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¿Why tourist rent bedrooms in Casa Particular, is it legal to rent a particular lodging in Cuba…?

Most of those that travel to Cuba are looking to be in direct contact with our culture, our beaches, our music and mainly: with our people.

They want to know the country

Therefore, the best way is to be in direct bonding or contact with our Cubans hospitality, and to end up knowing how we live, how we are, how we share smiling the current problems of the daily life, it is staying at a Casa Particular with a cuban family.

Another evident reason is that you can save money if you rents in a private homes because the particular lodgings are more economic than the Hotels.

Also, when being in a particular lodging, you are not under the obligation to take the routine life that the hotels impose to you in any place of the world, and you will feel free in this way, the same like if you were in your own home.

From 1997 the Cuban government authorized to the Cuban families to rent rooms to foreign tourists by legal way in the whole country.

To carry out this economic activity, the proprietors pay a monthly license for rent besides the corresponding annual taxes. This is one of the legal private business that are allowed in Cuba.


2.-How to find an apartment or specific house in this place web …?

You should enter to the list of the Casas Particulares and to look for your lodging in the different Casa Particular names.
To facilitate your search, the directory has been divided in different sections in dependence of the neighborhood that you are looking for. Once you reach the one that you are loooking for, double click on the written text of the name of that Casa Particular and you will see the completes description, pictures, prices and local information, of every accommodation listed in our website.


3.-Will I have to share common areas with other guests, what if I don´t achieve to find the lodging with the characteristics that I look for. …?

In some cases, where they can be let more than one bedroom and the bedrooms are inside of the house or apartment, sharing common areas with the Cuban family, the otherbedrooms are available to be rented to other guests. If this represents an inconvenience for you, please see in our directory the category of lodgings with independent entrance.
If you are not able to find in our directory the lodging with the conditions that you needs, simply contact us and send us the conditions that you want to have in your lodging. We have contacts with many other similar lodgings that can be available.

4.-How do I make the reservation and how I will obtain the confirmation from my reservation …?

> In each striped Casa Particular , there is a connection in the lodging description with the text "Click on to book your bedroom"? that will take to your own e-mail to make the specific reservation for this lodging.

By e-mail. As soon as we confirm that the lodging that you have requested is available, we will send you an e-mail with the confirmation and we will include the address of the lodging, the name of your hosts and his phone number.

You will be able to include in both cases any comment, or asks any questions or any other kind of information that may helps us to find the best lodging for you. .


5.-No achievement to find the lodging with the characteristics that I look for.How to contact with you in Havana …?

If you are not able to find in our directory the lodging with the conditions that you needs, simply contact us and send us the conditions that you want to have in your lodging. We have contacts with many other similar lodgings that can be available. Raúl Sarmiento, Paseo # 313 apartment. 43, corner 15, Vedado or by phone 833 4174
6.-Do I have to pay extra to have made the reservation on line,How do I pay the reservation, To who I should pay , A payment advance is needed before the arrival? …?

No, but we can also offer you a special discounts of 20% for reservations of more than one month. You should pay only by cash when you arrives to the lodging and you must pay directly to the owner of the lodging. You should pay the total quantity corresponding to the quantity in advance of the days that you have reserved with us.

There is not payments in advance before your arrival to Havana.


Last update:March 4, 2012