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Balancing work and leisure has never been easier. The working from home revolution has given us many great advantages, like waking up 10 minutes before work starts, being able to save money on making lunch rather than eating out, and being able to conduct a whole day’s work in your pyjamas.

But it’s also given us a chance to get out and explore while working. Whether you’re travelling to Melbourne for work, or simply coming here to work remotely, here’s what you need to do to maintain a productive routine in a city that offers the absolute best in leisure!

Booking a long-stay apartment in a great location

If you’re travelling for work or working on the go, then there’s no better way to stay productive than to choose a long stay apartment in Melbourne. Long stay apartments aren’t just more comfortable and better value than cramped Airbnbs or stuffy hotels – they’re more conducive to a productive work environment, too.

Proper office desks and chairs, plenty of breathing space, fully-stocked kitchens – all of these home-like elements allow you to stay focussed and on-the-ball while working!

The routine

Humans are paradoxical creatures. We can’t stand monotonous routines, yet we thrive in routines when they’re slightly varied and challenging. So, here’s a rough routine to follow when you’re trying to get work done but also explore and enjoy Melbourne:

  • Wake up early for coffee
    If there’s one thing Melbourne is known for worldwide, it’s our coffee. Wake up early to find your favourite café and get that caffeine hit before you start work. Maybe a run in Fitzroy Gardens or a cheeky gym sesh at your long stay apartment is also a part of that routine – up to you!
  • Morning: work
    Get some work done in your spacious long stay apartment, while Melbourne waits to be explored.
  • Lunch
    Eating out for lunch in Australia’s food and drink capital? Or making lunch at home in your fully-stocked kitchen? Long stay apartments in Melbourne give you the option of both!
  • Afternoon: more work
    Finish off work and get ready to explore the city.
  • Relax
    Enjoy the rest of your night by exploring the city. Walk the streets, stop in at a cocktail bar, visit a museum or gallery, catch a game at the MCG, or do something totally different.

Staying productive while working from home is easy when you book a long stay apartment at StayCentral. We’re Melbourne’s experts in upmarket long-stay apartments in Melbourne, with apartments to suit everyone across the best neighbourhoods of the city. Make your corporate work trip or remote work experience one to remember by checking out our apartments and booking in with us today.

Reviews TripAdvisor Vacation Rentals 2016 05 08 18 50 13 Left on Apr 7, 2020 for a stay in Mar 2020

This 2 bedroom apartment with off street parking was absolutely perfect!! It is in the perfect location, super quiet yet incredibly close to Bay Street shops and the tram station into the city. The apartment itself is immaculate with a huge kitchen with an awesome living room that opens on to a great outdoor courtyard. Whenever in Melbourne I will be back here
Reviews TripAdvisor Vacation Rentals 2016 05 08 18 50 13Left on Jan 27, 2020 for a stay in Dec 2019
This apartment is the perfect place to stay at if you’re traveling to Melbourne. Close to the MCG, Rod Laver Arena and walking distance to Melbourne CBD. East Melbourne is a beautiful leafy suburb surrounded by beautiful park areas and plenty of local restaurants and cafés. We strolled to Yarra Park and the magnificent Fitzroy Gardens and had a relaxing evening watching the sun set and the birds settle in front of the amazing huge old heritage trees in the Fitzroy gardens!! The apartment has all the facilities you need super comfy bed, fully renovated bathroom, very comfortable lounge, modern kitchen, plenty of character, super clean and a perfect location!! Eleven out of ten. Thank you for a great weekend.

You know you have a problem when:

You just get settled into your window seat on the plane, two strangers sit in the next two seats and promptly fall asleep, and you realise you have left some essential item like your ipad in the luggage compartment above you, two seats down.

Does everyone believe the reviews they see?

I have been providing serviced accommodation since 2005, and I am sometimes surprised when a start-up business suddenly accumulates 300 or more reviews. Knowing how loathe many people are to put pen to paper, I have to be skeptical about how genuine these would be. When it comes to the reviews that StayCentral receives, I know we have done something right (mostly at least) to motivate a guest to put pen to paper. We have hundreds of great reviews on Tripadvisor and Google etc, but some people may think these can be fake? Considering this, I thought it might be nice to show you the reviews people write in our guests books with real pens and real ink from time to time! These are from Catani 1 in our St Kilda apartments group.

StayCentral serviced apartments reviews St Kilda
StayCentral serviced apartments reviews St Kilda

This is my first entry, and I want to assure my readers that I won’t be boring you with heaps of advertising; rather it is only meant to feature very brief, informative and sometimes humorous notes about travel and short-stay accommodation. I find these two subjects to be intertwined in many respects, and hopefully they should work together well. We travel extensively around the world, organising almost everything ourselves. We stay in all forms of accommodation and travel by many different means of transport, so I have a large repertoire to draw on.

I do, however, welcome your own brief stories, comments and photos.

In this light, I will kick off my first ‘theme’ with the following entry, and I look forward to seeing your entries along the same lines.

You know you have a problem when (add your experience here):

You arrive at the Argentinian immigration booth, and you realise the essential document you need is in your checked luggage, which is by now probably sitting on the luggage carousel!

Chris

wed love your feedback

Please post your reviews about your stays in Catani 1, St Kilda here. Your thoughts and propositions are most welcome by us and our future guests. Thank you!