Once we've identified a destination we feel might be worth visiting, we'll look to see if there are enough interesting attractions there for us to spend a month. If that passes our litmus test, we then begin looking for furnished apartments. Vacation Rentals By Owners (VRBO), Homeaway, and/or Airbnb are our usual sites. Our criteria for choosing an apartment include a number of hard and fast "requirements". They MUST have Wifi, so we can stay in touch with family. They MUST have a clothes washer (and preferably a dryer as well) because we have so few clothes, we need to keep washing and wearing. And, they need to be sufficiently close to attractions and grocery stores, so that we can walk to them (or, at least be on a reliable public transportation line so we can get around easily). Sometimes these are studio apartments and other times they are one bedroom apartments.