Luca Apartments - No. 1 - Prague, Czech Republic

Comment by A PhD Student From Canada

May 2005

DO NOT deal with this company. I would NEVER use this service again. I paid 1200 CZK for what I thought was a "flat" in Prague. When I arrived, I realized it was only a small, dirty room in some woman's apartment. I had been travelling all day and did not want to bother finding another accommodation, so I decided to stay and paid for three nights. On my second day, I came back from a long day of sightseeing and wanted to change before going out for dinner. The woman I was staying with initially invited me into her (actually, our, shared) kitchen to introduce me to her friends. After chatting a bit, she told me to go to my room and stay there (?! — $1200 CZK a night to be told to go to my room?). Anyhow, I went to my room, changed and then went to dinner. Things became much worse. At 3 a.m. on the second evening I was awoken by this crazy woman YELLING and BANGING on my door -—this is very scary at 3 a.m. in a dirty, sketchy room in the middle of Prague. I didn't know if I was going to get beat up, robbed, or what, but she continued and I opened the door. She grabbed my keys and told me I had to leave the next morning. I am not sure why this happened at 3 a.m., but it could've only been to intimidate me. At any rate, I was by now scared as I have ever been and just wanted to get somewhere safe, and fast. The next morning I tried calling for this woman to inquire about my $1200 CKZ, which I had pre-paid. There was no response so I left for the train station and am now in Vienna where I know much safer and more reliable housing sources. Avoid the Luca Apartments or risk a similar experience!