Roomorama.com evolves

Posted on January 12th, 2009 by Laura Byrne Paquet in News, Vacation Rentals

Roomorama.com, a peer-to-peer site for arranging short-term room and apartment rentals, is expanding. The site, founded last fall, matches travellers with renters in several North American cities. Its new incarnation–dubbed, not surprisingly, Roomorama 2.0–adds a new calendar, new pricing options and a jazzier design, among other tweaks.

The latest upgrade also expands the service to Vancouver, Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. (The site already covered Toronto, Boston, New York and Chicago.) The owners plan to extend it to other American and international cities, including London, in 2009.

Roomorama gives travellers access to a wider range of accommodations than many similar vacation rental sites, including long-term sublets and bedrooms in occupied apartments.

2 Comments on “Roomorama.com evolves”

  1. jas225

    Hi Laura, my name is Jim Shook, I’m from Roomorama.com. Just wanted to let you and your readers know that we’ve added a number of great properties in our new cities (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Miami, Vancouver). Anyone can feel free to shoot me an email at jim@roomorama.com if you have any questions or just want to say hi!

  2. Laura Byrne Paquet

    Thanks, Jim! Good to hear from you.

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