Furnished apartments is a small section of the marketplace so you dont get to choose Pardo per se.

When the listings open up, see if you can find something in Prado.

If the number looks big, it’s pesos. Usually shown as $U. If the number looks small, it’s USD, usually shown as U$S. To convert pesos to dollars, divide by 20.

I couldn’t any find any listing for ’season’ or ’short term’ rentals, but furnished apartments, by their nature, can usually be negotiated for short term even if that wasn’t what the owner had in mind. You may pay more if that’s the case.

To contact someone, there’s usually a telephone number. The only way to follow up these ads is with a phonecall. If the phone number begins with 09, from the US, drop the 0 in front of the 9 and prefix it with 011598. Eg. 099590442 would be 01159899590442 from the US. If the number begins with a 0, not followed by a 9, drop the 0 and dial 011598 plus the phone number. Eg. 04323322 would be 0115984323322. Lastly, if the phone number begins with 1-9, dial 0115982 plus the phone number. Eg. 4202212 would be 01159824202212.

If the number listed begins with 09, it’s a cell, which means you should expect someone to answer during waking hours, 7 days a week. Uruguayans usually keep their cell phones on and nearby. If you dont speak Spanish well enough to rent an apartment, ask someone who does to help you out.

Keep in mind that short term rentals is not a ‘big business’ in Uruguay. The section of Montevideo that does the most short term renting is Pocitos, where we live. If you wanted to rent in Pocitos, I could hook you up with a some people.

Short term renting is a hit and miss business w.r.t. pricing. In pocitos, a nice 350 sq ft, 1 bedroom will cost you $800-$1000/month all expenses in. This includes cable, internet, electricity, communal fees (Gastos comunes).

Keep in mind that if you rent short term, you must ask what is additional. Usually the GC (condo fees) are additional, as is electricity, cable, internet, etc.

Good luck.

We are a retired couple from the US looking for an apartment to rent in the Prado neighborhood from December to March 2008.

We are non smokers and very responsible tenants.

Please respond with any ideas or contacts.

¡Gracias!

My wife’s the beer drinker and I never look at the restaurant bill unless it ’seems’ unreasonably more than my mental estimate. So far, I’ve never had one higher than the estimate. I’ll ask some friends. I think it’s around $2 for a bottle in a restaurant.
I do buy beer all the time in the grocery store. It’s around a buck seventy a liter. Just about the same price as 1.5 liters of Coke or Pepsi.

Electricity EVERYWHERE in South America is 220v. 50 cycle.

Spiritual hearing is big here. Uruguayans really believe in it. I have a friend who came here from Mexico to stay in our place in Piriapolis to see if he can ‘feel’ the energy that Piriapolis is noted for. On the way to our place, he ran into a Brazilian girl who was on her way to Piria for the same reason. You’ll be in good company here.