Looking for weekly rental/swap in January....

[goneglobal]

Hello to all,

My wife and I are semi-retired and spend several months each year travelling. I was born in the US.....she was born in France....and our 23 yo son and 27 yo daughter were born in Australia! So as you can see, we travel around-the-world just to visit our families! We are currently living in Paris.

We will be in Mauritius for the last three weeks of January, 2011 before taking a ship, the MS Pride to Reunion for a week or so, and then another ship, the MS Trochetia onto Madagascar for around 6 weeks.

In Mauritius, the ideal plan for us is to rent (or swap) accomodation in three different parts of the island, each for around a week, from the 10th of January. I mentioned 'swap' because our home in Paris is unoccupied for several months each year, most certainly when we are travelling! And it is a 3 bedroom house, not an apartment, which is quite rare in Paris. The equivilent on your island would be a beachfront villa ....so if you have a property like this or know someone who does and would consider "free" accomodation in the City of Light.....

We travel on a budget and are willing to pay "the going rate" for private accommodation , depending on the place and it's location....if it's within a few minutes walk to the beach and a bus stop, etc.

As far as car rental is concerned, we are inclined to use a local company and spend 750-1000 MUR per day on a walk-in basis. We're a bit concerned that it's going to be 'peak' season....but will not get sucked into anything in advance that we may regret!

If you have or know of a place on the island that either you or your friends rent on a weekly basis , then please let us know!

Thanks in advance!

[ssautron]

Hello,

I do know some locals who will be able to let you one room of their home. You'll have a private room but other faciclities I guess will be shared.
I'll try to see if can get the contact.

Easy access to the beach and bus stop being on the west coast

Concerning car rental, the rates are most of the time above MUR 2000. the best would be to get a local doing excursions. for the same rate, you get the car, fuel and driver.

[mingrose]

We live close to Cape Town in Somerset West. We are a retired couple interested in a swap in or around Paris. We live in a security estate in the basin of the Hottentot Holland Mountains. Close to golf courses, wine farms, fishing villages, beaches and the university town of Stellenbosch. If you are interested please contact me.

[wickus]

Hi

you might want to consider couchsurfing.com or bewelcome.org.
Both are kinda like Facebook, community systems, but you will find there like wise persons who have a couch or apartment to share or asking for this.

Cheers
Mario

[wickus]

Btw, have you had a look on this link on the site here:
http://www.info-mauritius.com/accommodation/

There are also some houses for rent listed.