Very few tourists planning their stay in Odessa in advance, reserving rooms in hotels in Odessa or holiday homes. Most planned to determine the housing already in place, hoping that it will be possible to rent apartments in Odessa. It is in this category, in order to avoid unnecessary financial and sometimes moral, losses, would remind you that, in parting with their money, and should be extremely careful.
On arrival in Odessa, vacationers surprised abundance of ads with the heading: rent apartment in Odessa. It is worth noting that in most of the ads described the absolute truth, but their ranks could worm his way, and those that provide the flow of money into the hands of unscrupulous businessmen. In order not to fall for their bait, you need a basic presentation about how to properly settle with the owners of rented apartments.
Of course, no sane person does not pass to another, completely unknown to him, individual accommodation in Odessawithout any guarantee of payment. Ideally, the employer comes, inspects the apartment (or shed, to whom we like), negotiates a price to pay in advance (give deposit) for the estimated number of days and takes its rightful space. In this case, the owner is entitled to think that after the paid time home free for the next customer. But a refund for the unused but prepaid days, it is unlikely: there only good will host.
In real life, there are some deviations from the described algorithm. Want to rent an apartment in Odessa to have to see not one version of the proposed housing, until it finally will find one which, in his opinion, constitutes a complete correspondence between price and quality. But in the difficult path searches can be variations seem to be good but "not quite right. In this case, you can negotiate with the landlord that he should wait, and not rented accommodation to another prospective tenant to a certain time. Since in this case, the owner risks to remain without a tenant in general (what if you change your mind, but who comes after you, he would deny himself), without deposit cannot do.
The deposit for rental in Odessa is to remember very simple things: the amount of the deposit may not exceed the agreed price of accommodation per night. It must be a receipt, which indicates the amount of the deposit. If you wish to rent in Odessa, the deposit is not refundable, but if staying there - the total price for accommodation is reduced by the amount of the deposit. The deposit is refundable only if, and only two or three times the amount of (specify in the receipt), if the owner has passed housing another employer before the specified time or simply refuse you. So do not be afraid of the word "deposit", but in vain spread the money is not worth it.