Rooms and Sublets

When John and Sara Kanive wanted to find a way to make their Chicago apartment stand out in order to sublet it in March, their solution was right in front of them, wagging his tail. Otis, their Great Dane-German shepherd mix, very obligingly parked...

PETOSKEY -- Following a recent hike in the fees it collects on local lodging rentals, the Petoskey Area Visitors Bureau is expanding its promotions of the area to potential tourists this year. The bureau — serving Petoskey, Harbor Springs and the...

Online travel agency Orbitz Worldwide Inc. said Thursday it turned a profit in the first quarter thanks to higher hotel room bookings and sales of its vacation packages. The Chicago company reported a profit of $146.2 million, or $1.34 per share in...

Have you ever wondered what you could do with that spare bedroom in your home? There's a new trend across the country. And it's growing here. A website can turn your extra room into temporary lodging with the benefit of some extra income. It can...

Ladies of the evening roam Federal Highway morning, noon and night. Vagrants sleep here. And dope is sold. The bad reputation linked to Hollywood's stretch of Federal Highway frustrates city leaders, who have grander plans for the key commercial...

Apparently confronted by a plethora of riches in the past season of Chicago theater, the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee offered up not the traditional four or five nominees one finds at the Tony Awards, for instance, but a bevy of nominees for its...

I read Chris Epting's perspective on the beach fire issue this morning and I wanted to give you another perspective. I live in Huntington Beach about two blocks from the beach. I am not a "wealthy person" who is trying to keep others from beach...

Mount Vernon Apartments in Vernon offers an ideal situation for residents who do not want to be tied down by the cost and responsibilities of homeownership. Young people who are going to college or have just graduated find that renting an apartment is a...

Lots of people die ironically nasty deaths in the bucolic English countryside, at least in the popular British TV series "Midsomer Murders" and in many of the much-loved 80-plus mystery novels of Dame Agatha Christie. We know because we're addicted to...

A golf simulator that lets residents imagine they're playing the 18th hole at St. Andrews in Scotland. A penthouse party room with sweeping city views where residents can entertain, say, 50 of their closest friends. Swimming pools, yoga studios and...

When Gary and Mary Schultz bought their two-story brick house 10 years ago in Homewood, Gary rolled up his sleeves and trained his sights on fixing it up to sell. "I had two businesses in the city, and we were thinking of moving to the city," said Gary....

Here's something almost everyone already knew, but let's make it official: The majority of condo buyers are looking not just for a home, but for a lifestyle. It's not that lifestyle doesn't play a role in other kinds of housing. The very fact that...