For you and your family one option of course is to stay in a hotel while you are waiting for your home to be completed. This is a possible option, however there are 'hidden' expenses involved in staying in a hotel that you might not even have considered. These include:

Laundry - regardless of whether you're in a hotel that is designed for short or long term stays, you'll find laundry facilities - unfortunately these are typically pay for laundry - these fees can add up over one month;

Meals - it's true that no matter where you're staying you'll have to deal with meals. However, most hotels have regulations that prohibit cooking in rooms - while many extended stay hotels do offer microwave ovens you may find yourself eating a lot of microwaveable dinners - which can be costly and not very nourishing;

Taxes - hotels have this wonderful way of stacking all types of little fees onto your stay which include local, county and state fees. Unfortunately these can add up to nearly ¼ of your daily room rate which mounts up very quickly;

Children - if you have children, chances are you're going to need more than one hotel room and if they're very small children you're going to have them cooped up most of the day inside a very small area which means they're going to be restless. Hotels regardless of their facilities are not really geared for children

Just imagine, you've been assigned to a new project for work...and then are told that it will involve you spending the next couple of months in a place you've never even thought about visiting. Your company has encouraged you by telling you that they will be willing to help out with temporary housing payments for a hotel or a furnished apartment, if you can find one that is suitable.

Fortunately for you, the Corporate Temporary Housing market is growing by leaps and bounds each year. As a matter of fact, in 2006 alone, it was a 2.5 billion dollar industry. After comparing the apartment to an extended stay hotel, many business travelers are turning to corporate housing because they can offer you the comfort and convenience of home. They are usually completely furnished apartments, they are located in middle- to upper-scale residential areas, they come stocked with furniture and necessary housewares, and utilities are also included in your monthly rent. Many of these properties, in addition to the convenience of month to month leases, also offer voice mail or answering services, maid services (and how can you say no to that?), and a score of other services designed to make your stay more comfortable. Additionally, unlike a hotel, these fully furnished temporary apartments do not have the usual hotel fees as an unwelcome surprise.

If you've recently been transferred by your job, you can also choose to benefit from Corporate Housing. If you currently reside in one state, but you've been told that you (and your family) are going to be relocating to another state, you are suddenly faced with the daunting challenge of finding lodging not only for yourself, but for your family as well. It's nearly impossible to find a home that is suitable for your family from a distance, and Corporate Housing offers you the chance to take advantage of a temporary home until you are able to find a more permanent one.

Three bedroom homes for sale in large cities are priced anywhere from $60,000 to $120,000 (and much higher in larger areas), but you want to make sure you find the perfect home for your family. Making use of a fully-furnished corporate apartment as a temporary home for you and your family allows you the most needed asset of house hunting outside of financing--time. Because these fully furnished units come with every extra a family could want, including full size appliances, bed linens, bath linens, and even gym facilities and/or swimming pools for some, a corporate housing community may be the answer you're searching for instead of an unfurnished apartment.

Typical rental properties can range in price from $600 to $1,000 per month (and higher) in major cities. Moreover, you are responsible for all of your own utilities, furniture, furnishings, and other necessities. Using corporate housing will cost between $1600 and $2700 a month generally, but these fully-furnished apartments provide you with everything (down to the dishes) that you and your family will need until you find a more permanent home, and the cost is often worth it. Temporary corporate housing apartments are typically operated by a management company, and each time a new person moves into one of these units they are thoroughly cleaned and inspected to ensure that your experience is a positive one.

Corporate housing is a term used frequently in the travel industry to refer to renting a furnished apartment or house on a temporary basis to individuals, military personnel, or corporations as an alternative to an extended stay at a hotel. According to the industry's trade organization CHPA (Corporate Housing Providers Association), corporate housing was a $2.5 billion business in 2006. The corporate housing industry has been a significant addition to the lodging industry for the past 20 years.

Most corporate housing companies have a fixed number of available apartment units that they manage in the city they are found in. These apartment units are fully-furnished and corporate housing companies constantly move clients/employees in and out of the furnished apartments, taking time to clean between occupants. Local corporate housing providers can be located by doing an internet search for the city in which you need temporary housing and the term "corporate housing." National corporate housing companies provide corporate housing services in more than just their respective locales, as the name implies. National corporate housing providers are very beneficial in managing military or corporate contracts as well as housing inventories which involve occupants of temporary homes in more than one city.