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What Makes a Short-Term Rental Feel Like Home?

September 23, 2026

An open apartment door with a person’s hand holding keys in the doorway.

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While there’s plenty of excitement on the first night in a new city, there’s also the unfamiliarity of figuring out which light switch does what and where to find a good cup of coffee the next morning. Even the most cushy serviced apartment can make you feel like you’re just passing through. 

With some repetition, however, you eventually figure out the most comfortable corner to relax in and where to go when you need to grocery shop. Whether you’re in Toronto for an extended vacation or moving to the city and looking for permanent housing, having a place to settle rather than somewhere to simply stay can give you something familiar to come back to at the end of the day.

A short-term rental shouldn’t be just somewhere to sleep at the end of the day. The way it’s designed, what it provides, and where it’s located go a long way toward helping you adjust to your new surroundings.

Does your short-term rental have these qualities?

A Strong Location to Help You Find Your Bearings

Although many people aim to stay in Toronto’s downtown core, the city is full of neighbourhoods with their own personality and pace. Staying outside the busiest part of the city doesn’t mean giving up convenience. In fact, it could bring you closer to places you’re actually interested in frequenting, whether that’s a favourite restaurant, a nearby park, or a workplace.

While a guide might point you toward the most popular parts of the city, it doesn’t mean they’re the best fit for your stay. Consider:

  • Where you’ll be spending most of your time
  • Public transit access
  • Walkability
  • Access to everyday essentials
  • Noise and pace
  • What you want to experience
  • The length and purpose of your stay.

After a quick review, you might find that staying right in the middle of the action may be more inconvenient than convenient.

Everyday Amenities to Support Your Routine

The weights area of a fitness centre at The Livmore

Fitness Centre @ The Livmore

When your stay spans more than a few nights, the little conveniences start to matter more. Having a kitchen you can cook meals in, laundry facilities when you need them, and a comfortable place to get some work done means you don’t have to sacrifice all your usual routines.

In these situations, a short-term rental really earns its place over a more traditional hotel stay. Rather than relying on hotel services or eating out for every meal, you can use the space much like you would your own home. 

DelSuites provides short-term serviced apartments, offering something of a middle ground between the convenience of a hotel and the comfort and independence of a home. Our amenities go far beyond the basics:

  • Bi-weekly cleaning services
  • 24/7 guest services and maintenance support
  • En-suite washer and dryer
  • Welcome starter package
  • Fully equipped kitchen
  • Upgraded wireless secured internet
  • 24-hour building security
  • Supply closet with spare light bulbs, vacuum, and more
  • Linens, hangers, bathrobes, and other essentials
  • LCD flat-screen TV with HD television package

Additional services include pre-arrival grocery services and items like playpens and cribs for family-friendly stays.

Some of our locations also feature:

  • Rooftop lounges
  • Designated work spaces/lounges
  • Indoor or outdoor pools
  • Fitness centres and gyms
  • BBQ areas
  • Pet-friendly suites and amenities like the Dog Spa and “Bark Park” at The Livmore

With these top-notch amenities at your disposal, you can spend less time recreating the comforts and conveniences of home.

Room to Live

A hotel room might give you a designated room just for you, but that doesn’t always mean you have enough room to truly live. A short-term rental with separate space for living, working, and relaxing means you don’t have to have dinner at a nightstand or work from where you sleep.

If you happen to be travelling with a partner or colleague, having more than one room gives everyone some space of their own.

Even when you’re only in Toronto temporarily, having distinct spaces can help your brain create boundaries and routines. 

Comfortable Design to Create Familiarity

A warm living-dining-kitchen space in an apartment.

DelSuites Suite @ 300 Front St.

A well-designed rental is all about comfortable design. Although aesthetics can set the tone of the room, your physical environment can help you feel less out of place and more comfortable in unfamiliar surroundings.

What elements contribute to a home-like space?

  • Comfort: A good bed, warm lighting, and comfortable seating make an unfamiliar space feel more inviting and easier to relax in.
  • Predictability: A logical layout that doesn’t force you to constantly figure out where to put things or how to use the space.
  • Routine: A space that naturally supports your habits and daily rhythm.

How DelSuites Helps You Feel at Home

A kitchen and dining area in a DelSuites suite at The Livmore

DelSuites Suite @ The Livmore

DelSuites has crafted an experience designed to make extended stays feel more comfortable, familiar, and like home. Our furnished, short-term rentals are designed around the practicalities of everyday life and are located in some of the city’s most desirable neighbourhoods.

We have 16 locations across the GTA, including Downtown Toronto, North York, Midtown, Mississauga, Scarborough, and Etobicoke, to give you more choice in where you stay.

Explore our furnished suites across the GTA.

Business Travel, Lifestyle talk, Montreal, Relocation, Uncategorized, Vacation Travel

DelSuites Brings Extended-Stay Living to Montréal

September 9, 2026

An airy, modern apartment unit.

1-Bedroom Suite at Le Livmore

Calling all business travellers, relocating professionals, and vacationers—DelSuites is expanding beyond Toronto, bringing its portfolio of furnished short-term stays to Montréal. Located at Le Livmore, the company now offers its trusted extended-stay experience for 32 nights or longer just steps from the best of downtown.

DelSuites Expands into Montréal: A New Chapter Begins

DelSuites brings the same focus on comfort, quality, and personalized guest service to a new city. Our Montréal location can be found in the Ville-Marie district, right on Rue de Bleury. That places our guests in the center of it all, steps from cultural landmarks, shops, restaurants, and efficient transit options. 

Our portfolio features move-in-ready, furnished one- and two-bedroom apartments, including premium suite options with elevated layouts. Each suite offers home-like living alongside a full spectrum of amenities, including premium bed linens, fully equipped kitchens, smart TVs, an in-suite washer and dryer, and bi-weekly cleaning services. Le Livmore also features a 2,000-square-foot fitness centre, designated yoga studio, co-working study area, outdoor terrace with BBQs, an indoor swimming pool, fireplace lounge, and a dog park and spa.

For guests staying a month or longer, the everyday conveniences you might overlook on a short trip take on a whole new value. Instead of having to adapt to a hotel room for an extended period or worry about the variables that can come with a rental marketplace, DelSuites’ apartments give you the consistency of a professionally managed stay.

Why Montréal?

Lively Montreal street with patios.

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Montréal was a natural next step for DelSuites. People come to the city for work, extended visits, relocation, and simply to experience everything that makes it such a distinctive place to be. With so much happening year-round, four distinct seasons, and a steady stream of people travelling in and out, Montréal calls for reliable extended-stay accommodation.

The city brings together a major business centre with an unusually strong dining, shopping, arts, and entertainment scene. A staggering 28 Montreal restaurants made the Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants 2026 list, with three in the top ten. Another one of its biggest draws is its distinct neighbourhoods, each with its own character and things to discover.  There’s always something happening, too, as festivals are a major part of Montreal’s identity. Events span music, comedy, food, film, and dance, keeping the city’s calendar full year-round.

A few days might be enough to see the highlights, but having a month or more gives you time to settle in and build your own version of life in Montréal. 

Montréal also recently experienced record population growth in 2022–2023, up 4.3% compared to 2.3% for the entire province. The city also hosted 477 business tourism events, drawing in over 1 million visitors. In translation, Montréal is a city on the move, with a growing population and steady influx of visitors, all of whom contribute to the demand for flexible stays.

Your Montréal Stay With DelSuites

A stylish lounge area.

“Secret Room” at Le Livmore

Why not arrive ready to settle in? Perhaps you’re relocating and need temporary housing, are starting a new job, or just need enough time to experience every corner of Montréal without living out of a suitcase. With our new location at Le Livmore, DelSuites gives you a place to make your own while you’re in the city.

It’s time to make yourself at home in Montréal. Explore our new Montreal portfolio for your next extended stay.

Lifestyle talk, Uncategorized, Vacation Travel

Why Toronto Is the Perfect City for Slow Travel

September 2, 2026

View of the CN tower from a green city park.

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People often measure travel by how much they can fit into a trip. They want to check off all the sights on their list, snap photos at every highly recommended restaurant, and squeeze as many experiences as possible into a limited schedule. However, that pressure to see everything often leads to missing the smaller moments that make a city memorable. Slow travel, or slow tourism, is about stepping away from quality and volume and moving toward fewer and more meaningful experiences.

Although slow travel has long been a concept, it’s become particularly popular due to financial pressures, increased burnout, and a greater desire for meaning. While the world around us speeds up, many of us are looking for ways to slow down and make our time away feel like a chance to genuinely connect with the places we visit.

In this blog post, we’ll show you why Toronto is a city best experienced slowly and how the right accommodation can make it easier to settle in.

Exploring Every Neighborhood

The city is made up of dozens of distinct neighbourhoods, each with its own atmosphere, local character, and history. That means a morning spent in Leslieville can feel worlds away from an afternoon in The Annex, despite them being a 20-minute drive away from each other. With over 140 distinct areas to wander through, Toronto’s identity is spread across the streets and communities that tell the city’s complete story. 

In Roncesvalles, you’ll find a series of cafés, local boutiques, bakeries, and nearby green spaces like High Park. It’s the kind of neighbourhood where taking your time is part of the experience. Along the Danforth, visitors can check out one of the city’s most recognizable cultural districts. Greek tavernas and several landmarks welcome visitors to take in the area’s street life and architecture at a relaxed pace. The Beaches features its iconic boardwalk, lake views, and beach volleyball courts, ideal for travellers who want their itinerary to include time for sitting and walking.

Choosing Local Experiences

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While slow travel is about extending the time you spend in fewer places, it’s also about changing how you spend that time. Rather than build a complete itinerary around Toronto’s most recognizable attractions, visitors can spend time in places where communities gather and function beyond the tourist highlights.

Need some inspiration?

Seeing Toronto on Foot

Plenty of people own and drive cars in Toronto, but the city’s extensive transit system and walkable streets encourage visitors to enjoy the journey between places. Walking leaves room for spontaneity, allowing you to see spaces and shops that were never part of the itinerary. 

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates streetcars, buses, and subways throughout the city that connect all of Toronto’s neighbourhoods, while still leaving room to discover places along the way. Visitors can purchase a PRESTO card or simply tap their debit or credit card when boarding, with a two-hour transfer window that lets you switch between TTC services without paying again.

Keep Toronto on Your Doorstep

Architectural details and windows at the AGO.

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Toronto is a place worth coming back to, and slow travel changes the way visitors think about returning to a destination. Instead of setting your sights on the next best thing, you can leave the city knowing there are still restaurants to try and local experiences waiting for next time. 

Toronto rewards repeat visits and longer stays because there’s always more to uncover. Returning visitors can revisit familiar favourites while continuing to find new places that reveal another layer of the city. And when a trip is built around taking your time, where you stay becomes part of the experience, not just a place to return to at the end of the day.

DelSuites Suite @ Ten York

When you’re staying in the city for more than a few nights, DelSuites is the best way to get the familiarity of home and the conveniences of hotel-style services. With decades of property management experience, we offer modern stays in well-connected residential communities throughout the GTA, supported by thoughtful details like bi-weekly cleaning, 24-hour building security, and in-suite essentials.

With 16 locations across the GTA, including Downtown Toronto, Midtown, North York, Mississauga, and Etobicoke, guests can choose a home base that matches their plans. Our suites make it easier to embrace slow travel, supporting guests who want to create a routine, feel at home, and have a more authentic day-to-day experience in Toronto.

Ready to explore our suites?

Business Travel, Family Vacations in Toronto, Lifestyle talk, Relocation, Toronto Family Travel

Top 10 Things to do Before Leaving on Vacation

August 26, 2026

Organization is the key to travel success. When your schedule involves frequent business trips, having a set plan will ease the frantic pace that can be an unwelcome part of the journey. While you know that a short term rentals Toronto has been the secret to a smooth and seamless stay during your travels, it’s sometimes a little more challenging to have peace of mind that you’ve left everything at home in working order. Here are 10 quick and easy things to do before leaving on vacation that will help keep you on track the next time you head out the door. By using this checklist as a starting point, you won’t have the feeling as though you’ve left something (or someone) behind.

Keep An Emergency Folder

Include a copy of your flight or train itinerary, the address and contact information of the furnished apartment at your destination and personal information such as your credit card and passport. Having these resources available at your office and home not only ensures that your colleagues and family members will be able to reach you if needed, but that you’ll be able to have access to the information you need should you lose something during your travels.

Keep Your Neighbours In The Loop

Ensure that one or two of your closest neighbours are aware of your departure dates as well as when you’ll be returning. Keeping neighbours in the loop means they’ll have a watchful eye on your home should any unusual activity occur. Arrange to have a close friend or family member check in on your home while you’re away, collecting any mail and double checking that your home is in order – just be sure your neighbours are aware that someone will be stopping by.

Forward Your Phone Calls and Emails

Have your home phone number forwarded to your mobile device. This will ensure that you’ll be available, and give the impression that you’re in the area to prevent your home from being compromised.

Organize Pet Care

Whether you’re having someone come into your home to pet sit or bringing your pup to a kennel, it’s important to have the arrangements made well in advance. Along with keeping additional pet food and treats available, you may want to purchase a new toy or two for the caregiver to give to your pet. During the first few days you’re away it may be a difficult adjustment period for your pet and a surprise may be a good distraction.

Rearrange plants

Keep your plants in a sink during the time you’re traveling will not only make it easier for the person who is watching your home to water, but it will also ensure they don’t forget to keep plants well hydrated.

Reduce Your Electricity Ouput

Turn off any electronics and unplug small appliances such as your blender or coffee maker to help reduce your home energy consumption.

Clean Your Kitchen

From the fridge to the compost to the dishwasher, clean your culinary space from top to bottom. Freeze any leftovers, pitch the perishables and make a list of what you’ll need when you return. While it may be a bit of a chore to do before you leave, you’ll be happy you did once you’ve returned from your travels.

Refill Prescriptions

Even if you’re mid-way through your current prescriptions, having refills in your carry on is essential. You’ll be happy you did if your luggage containing medication gets delayed, or worse – lost.

Hire Outdoor Maintenance Help

Keeping freshly cut grass or a shovelled driveway is a good indication that people are home. Hiring someone to do your yard work while you’re away will help you keep up the appearance and illusion that the house isn’t vacant.

Keep DelSuites’ top ten things to do before leaving on vacation in mind and we know you’ll have a stress and worry free trip. Happy travels!

Are you looking for a short-term condo rental in Toronto for a vacation?

Be sure to see our furnished downtown Toronto condo rentals here.

Business Travel, Corporate Housing, Events, Our Blog, Relocation

DelSuites Joins the 2026 CERC Annual Conference

August 19, 2026

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DelSuites is excited to attend and exhibit (Booth #9) at the 2026 CERC Annual Conference, which takes place in Fredericton, New Brunswick, between September 13 and 15. As a provider of furnished accommodations for all, including business travellers, relocating employees, and corporate guests, we look forward to connecting with professionals in the global mobility space.

What Is the CERC Annual Conference?

The CERC (Canadian Employee Relocation Council) Annual Conference is hosting its 44th edition of the event in September, intending to bring together HR professionals, corporate mobility leaders, relocation specialists, and policy experts. All conference sessions are to take place at the Fredericton Convention Centre, located in the downtown core. 

This year’s conference theme is “Move Talent With Purpose: Build Business With Impact” and focuses on how workforce mobility can shift from “How do we move this employee from Toronto to Vancouver?” to “How can relocating the right people help us expand into a new market, retain top talent, and improve the employee experience?” Instead of relocation being the goal, discussion will centre around how relocation isn’t the goal but the tool that helps the business achieve bigger goals.

How DelSuites Supports Corporate Mobility

DelSuites Suite @ The Well

Employees relocating for work often require temporary housing before moving into a permanent home or while on a short-term assignment. While it can be easy to think of corporate mobility as relocating an employee from one city to another, many of them also need comfortable, fully furnished accommodations to settle in. Flexible housing solutions, such as those offered by DelSuites, support these transitions by allowing employees to focus on work while adapting to a new location.

DelSuites provides fully furnished suites and flexible stays in 16 locations across the GTA, with amenities and home comforts that fit longer stays. Our suites provide a consistent, high-quality experience for corporate clients regardless of where they stay.

To learn more about us, read more about our vision, mission, history, and awards here.

Connecting With Industry Professionals

Attending the CERC Annual Conference provides an opportunity for DelSuites to connect with other professionals who coordinate employee relocations and learn more about the needs of today’s mobile workforce. Participating in conversations surrounding the future of global mobility can strengthen industry relationships and help us better support relocating employees.

We’re looking forward to being part of the conversation at the 2026 CERC Annual Conference.

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