THANKS FOR THE GOOD INFORMATION ON THIS SITE. EVEN THE BICKERING IS FUNNY.
HEY; I'M TRAVELING TO ODESSA AND KHARKOV IN THE NEXT 30-60 DAYS. I WAS WONDERING IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE AND MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUGGEST APARTMENT RENTAL W/ SOME SUPPORT BEHIND ME. DON'T KNOW LANGUAGE AND WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE SOMEONE MEET ME AT AIRPORT. IN READING SOME OF THE OTHER THREADS I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SERVICES THAT WILL DO THAT AND MAKE SURE I'VE GOT WHAT I NEED. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON SERVICE FOR TRANSLATION AS WELL?
ANYTHING YOU FOLKS CAN HELP ME WITH I'LL REALLY APPRECIATE. THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE INFORMATION GUYS.
Hey Gordon....from your other thread I gave you a site I use often...ukrainefare.com (apts, transfers, interpreter, trips).You can also just google apts in odessa or kharkov. For western type apts try executivesuites in odessa(good for someone new).
Sounds like you haven't bought your tickets yet. Not sure where you in US you are from but I recommend flying into kiev or you can even trying the multi-city trip. I'll be in odessa in October
for a couple weeks. Pretty knowledgable about odessa. What about that side trip to Nikolaev?
Hi Gordon. Beamer knows Odessa and I know Kharkov. I have been there over a dozen times. For apartment rental I use allbeautiful.net and they are also a marriage agency. They are the only agency I will use in Kharkov. The owner is Helen and the manager is Natasha. They run a clean business. You can see several pics of their apartments along with the price, details, and locations. They offer airport pick up for $30 and interpreter service for $10 per hour which is the going rate these days. If you are from the USA I suggest you contact your mobile phone provider and have them send you the unlock code. If your phone is GSM and you unlock it you can buy a Ukrainian simm card. Buy some pay as you go minutes, and now you will have a working mobile Ukraine number. You want a working mobile phone there! Text messaging, or sms, as they call it, are what the girls use to communicate over there. I will be in Kharkov the first two weeks of September.
hey bowhunter.....I think I will just miss you, not sure if my flights will go through kiev or not,
I'll keep you in mind. Is it a trip only to sumy?
Hey deano...long time no hear from you. Enjoy your trip...have a few lined up??? ;-) Seems once you get attached to an area you become very conmfortable. I have heard a few stories about the girls in kharkov.....nice!!!!
On the phones, all my razr phones worked fine there, just change your sim card when you land in ukraine....I still have my life phone number for 3 years now( need to recharge every time there), last time I got a kievstar number. For next visit you can always give that number to friends or girl seeing ahead of time. It is funny, last year I had my life and an MTC card (2 phones also) and gave each number to certain girls so i would know who was calling...whether to answer or not.
I'm from Kharkov, by the way.. you are welcome to my city and I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy your time here as the town's big and got many nice facilities and sights to see and enjoy! :)
I met a very nice man named Vitaly from Kharkov on the train. He gave me his number and told me if I ever had any problems, to call him and he will come help me with his car. Thanks, Russian Princess. You are a princess.
Hi Beem! Yes, I have about 15 girls lined up. I met them all on a local singles site and the cafe's and clubs from a previous trip. Only have two weeks so I know I won't be able to meet them all. But there are always a few who drop out once I arrive so hopefully all will work out. I'm counting the days until my arrival. :)
Woman I'm going to see in Kharkov has suggested getting me apartment in city close to her. I'm not going to allow this to happen but do you think I should kick her to the curb based on this. I'm going by the rule that if they suggest agency interpretor or apartment that they get the parting gifts. What do you think?
There are lots of "red flags" that men associate with dishonest or exploitative women... but most of them can happen for an innocent reason. There can be a particular behavior that scammers often do, but such a flag doesn't PROVE that she is a scammer.
It's not very easy to work these things out.
If you knew (a) some details about an apartment she proposed, (b) what the rate would be, and (c) what the market rate should be for such an apartment... and the rate she found for you was a good one, this would say to me that she isn't using this as a way to make money.
Hope this helps. It's very difficult to operate in such an atmosphere of suspicion, but I don't know how we can avoid it.
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I stayed in their apartments several times, they all nice and clean, not very expensive, located in the city center
If you're looking for a good apartment in kharkov , look at www.kharkov-for-rent.com , there is some very good information about visiting the city. They have an English Manager as well.