Vacation Rental FAQs
Apartment: One or more rooms of a building used as a place to live, in a building containing at least one other unit used for the same purpose. Usually has, at least, cooking facilities, a bathroom, and a place to sleep. An apartment building, apartment house, block of flats, or tenement, is a multi-unit dwelling made up of several (generally four or more) apartments (US), or flats (UK). We have included both Apartments and Flats in Apartments.
Cabin: A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.
Condo: A condominium, or condo, is the form of housing tenure and other real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate (usually of an apartment house) is individually owned while use of and access to common facilities in the piece such as hallways, heating system, elevators, exterior areas is executed under legal rights associated with the individual ownership and controlled by the association of owners that jointly represent ownership of the whole piece. Colloquially, the term is often used to refer to the unit itself in place of the word "apartment". A condominium may be simply defined as an "apartment" that the resident "owns" as opposed to rents.
Condominium is the legal term used in the United States and in most provinces of Canada. In Australia and the Canadian province of British Columbia it is referred to as strata title. In Quebec the term "divided co-property" (French: co-propriété divisée) is used, although the colloquial name remains 'condominium'.
The difference between a condominium and an apartment is purely legal: there is no way to know a condo from an apartment simply by looking at or visiting the building. What defines a condominium is the form of ownership. The same building developed as a condominium (and sold as individual units to different owners) could actually be built someplace else as an apartment building (the developers would retain ownership and rent individual units to different tenants).
Technically, a condominium is a collection of individual home units along with the land upon which they sit. Individual home ownership within a condominium is construed as ownership of only the air space confining the boundaries of the home (Anglo-Saxon law systems; different elsewhere). The boundaries of that space are specified by a legal document known as a Declaration, filed of record with the local governing authority. Typically these boundaries will include the drywall surrounding a room, allowing the homeowner to make some interior modifications without impacting the common area. Anything outside this boundary is held in an undivided ownership interest by a corporation established at the time of the condominium’s creation. The corporation holds this property in trust on behalf of the homeowners as a group–-it may not have ownership itself.
Typically, a condominium consists of multi-unit dwellings (i.e., an apartment or a development) where each unit is individually owned and the common areas, such as hallways and recreational facilities, are jointly owned (usually as "tenants in common") by all the unit owners in the building. It is also possible for condominiums to consist of single family dwellings: so-called "detached condominiums" where homeowners do not maintain the exteriors of the dwellings, yards, etc. or "site condominiums" where the owner has more control and possible ownership (as in a "whole lot" or "lot line" condominium) over the exterior appearance. These structures are preferred by some planned neighborhoods and gated communities.
Cottage: The term "cottage" denotes a small, often cosy dwelling, and small size is integral to the description. Bungalow: a small house with a single story. In modern usage, a cottage is a dwelling, typically in a rural, or semi-rural location (although there are cottage-style dwellings in cities). In North America, most buildings known as cottages are used for weekend or summer getaways by city dwellers.
New York FAQs
New York State, despite being home to one of the most visited cities in the world, is also a popular destination for those seeking American vacations with a natural element.
What is the best time to travel to New York?
You can visit New York all year around. New York is a four season destination. The best time to visit depends on what you want to do. Summer is the peak season. From June to August, the weather is pleasant and mostly sunny, though it tends to be humid. Summer weather is ideal for travel. Fall, from September through November is another popular time to visit.
What is there to do in New York City?
New York City has some thing for everyone. Shopping, shopping, shopping from South Street Seaport to SoHo to famous 5th Avenue. Nightlife from jazz to dance clubs to sophisticated settings with romantic singers and the lights of Manhattan in the background. If theater is your interest, we can arrange tickets to all Broadway Shows and Off-Broadway, including Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King and many, many more. New York is full of culture and history with the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty and Museums, including the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Being such a culturally diverse city with many dining options, there is something for every taste, including French, Chinese, Jamaican, Italian, Brazilian and many, many more. If you love to Sightsee, tours are offered of the city and all of its glory. So, as you can see there is something for everyone.
What are the best places to see Fall Foliage in New York State?
Hudson River Valley, Catskill Region, Finger Lakes Region, Warrensburg to Indian Lake and Letchworth State Park.
What are best New York State Parks to visit in the spring?
Grafton Lakes State Park (Grafton, NY), Rockefeller State Park Preserve (Tarrytown, NY), and Fair Haven Beach State Park (Fairhaven, NY.
What are New York state's best honeymoon destinations?
New York City, Niagara Falls, Catskill Mountains.
What are New York's best adventures?
Paddle the 1,000 Islands, Bike the Finger Lakes, Flyfish the Catskills, Climb the Shawangunks, Play Around Lake Placid, Run the Erie Canal, Surf Cast at Montauk, Hike the North Country Trail, Kayak New York City, and Raft the North Country.
Where in New York I can have wineries and wine trails?
The Finger Lakes Region offers an abundance of premium wineries and wine trails which follow the banks of five different lakes, Cayuga, Canandaigua, Keuka, Ontario, and Seneca lake. The organized wine trails make touring easy and the their special events such as the Holiday Shopping Spree in December are not to be missed. The famous wine trails are: Canandaigua Wine Trail, Cayuga Lake Wine Trail, Keuka Lake Wine Trail, Lake Ontario Wine Trail, Seneca Wine Trail, The Little Finger Lakes Wine Path.
Do we have any option of enjoying wildife in New York?
Central Park Zoo (New York City), Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center (Long Island), Eagle Institute (Barryville), Environmental Gardens at the Clermont State Historic Site (Germantown), Norrie Point Environmental Center (Staatsburg), RamsHorn Livingston Sanctuary (Catskills), The Wild Center / Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks (Tupper Lake), Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (Cayuga Lake), Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (Alabama, NY), Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve & Environmental Education Center (Depew).
