Havana & Cuba home stay accommodations
Cuba accommodations at hostels, casa particular, home stays, vacation rentals...

Private rooms for rent explained

The rental of rooms in private homes to lodge tourists and foreign visitors was authorized and came under state regulations in the summer of 1997. The National Institute of Dwelling (Instituto Nacional de la Vivienda) is the leading Cuban organization for registering, licensing and inspecting rental homes. Licensed homeowners are subjected to monthly inspections, and their incomes are monthly and annually taxed.

Private lodgings are available all around Cuba. The only exceptions are the keys, where you need to book yourself in a hotel room for housing there.

Hostel-lodging prices vary depending on the city and the neighbourhood, or whether the hostel or casa particular is located near the seafront or in the beach, or if there’s a pool or the casa particular rooms have an independent entrance. In Havana the minimum lodging price is usually $CUC 25 per room-night (up to 2 people), but you can find hostels or houses whose lodging prices are over $CUC 150 per night. Luxurious lodgings offer the best facilities by means of services, architecture, pools, furnishings, views, etc.

A Cuban idiom

Casa particular and casas particulares are the Cuban phrases for home stay accommodation. The exact translation is private home(s). You can find Cuban rooms and apartments for rent and vacational rentals on the Internet through keywords such as homestay, guest house, hostels, bed & breakfast, among others, but to Cubans all these terms will mean the same: rooms to be rented in a Cuban private home or casa particular.

Only licensed home owners

Havana Homestay guarantees that all the properties listed in this web site are approved and licensed by the National Institute of Dwelling (Instituto Nacional de la Vivienda) to be rented to foreigners and tourists. The listed properties fully comply with all domestic regulations.

Licensed home owners must show this official stamp at their front door. Beware of offerings from non-licensed owners who will put you on the line of disregarding the law and will become a risk for you.

Lodging facilities in any Cuba casa particular

• Private bedrooms & bathrooms.
• Accommodation for adults & children.
• Air-conditioner and fan in the bedrooms.
• Hot & cold water in bathrooms.
• Towels, linen, soap, and toilet paper included.
• Daily housekeeping & towels and linen changed regularly.
• Free use of house common areas.
• 24-hour check-in & 24-hour reception.
• Access to phone, refrigerator & some facilities as radio, TV, CD/DVD-player.
• Luggage storage.
• Additional information, help & friendly hospitality.
• Home-cooked meals & laundry services offered at an additional cost.
• Free private parking or parking lot for a small fee.

Lodging price

• The lodging price is per room-night (up to 2 people), not per person, in $CUC, the Convertible Cuban Peso.
• If the room admits lodging for more than two people simultaneously, per night fee applies on top of the price of the room for the stay of the third and fourth person.
• The price only includes accommodation. Additional fee applies for meals and transportation, if available.

Sharing with family or independent

• Sharing-home stay lodging in Cuba is accommodating into a home and sharing common areas with the family members.
• Independent-home stay is accommodating in a separate annexe, sometimes available.

Home stay accommodation benefits in Cuba

Staying at Cuba home stays, hostels, casa particular, B&B... you will obtain several benefits:

• Direct experience with the real Cuban people.  You will be able to enjoy Cuba’s main attraction, its people. Cubans are renowned for their hospitality, so hostels, casas particulares or home stay accommodations are an ideal option to get the feeling of the real Cuba.
• Lower lodging prices.  As lodging in Cuba casa particular is cheaper, you will be able to stretch your money even more.
• Lower meal prices.  You will also be able to enjoy an excellent Cuban cuisine at lower prices.
• No advanced payments.  Hotel reservations require full payment prior arrival while house owners accept payments upon arrival.
• Flexibility.  Checking-in & checking-out hours are flexible and could be agreed with the owner.
• Reservation guaranteed.  Your reservation is guaranteed in a home stay accommodation. In case of any trouble, a similar accommodation will be available for you without extra charge.
• Comfort.  Cuba home stay services are more personal and better than some hotel services.
• It’s an effective way to learn Spanish.  Direct contact with a Cuban family will improve or start your learning of Spanish language.

Best rated hostels in Havana

• » Habana Lourdes
  $CUC 26 - 30

  Old Havana

• » Margot
  $CUC 25

  Nearby Old Havana

• » Casa Colonial 1715
  $CUC 30

  Old Havana

• » Hostal Lamparilla
  $CUC 40

  Old Havana

• » Casa Obrapia
  $CUC 30

  Old Havana

• » Casa Petronila
  $CUC 30

  El Vedado

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