Article: Inaugural Venture: Rooms for Rent

Looking for a place to stay this week for the inauguration, but can't get a room at the Ritz-Carlton?

You could opt for a luxurious Bethesda suite with "Jacuzzi, sitting room, finest materials [and] Louis Philippe furnishings" for $300 per night. Or "one VERY comfy futon" in a South Arlington studio apartment for $200 a night.

With many downtown Washington hotels fully booked and others charging as much as $489 for a standard hotel room for inaugural night, scores of local residents have been angling to make a little extra cash by subletting their homes to inauguration-goers.

The house with the Louis Philippe furnishings and the South Arlington studio are among more than 100 accommodations ...

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