Stays with sukkah space for Sukkot
Sukkot is the one Yom Tov where the building matters as much as the kitchen. You need somewhere to put a sukkah, and that rules out a great many flats before you have looked at anything else. A ground-floor garden, a balcony with open sky above it, or a shared courtyard the host is happy for you to use are all workable — an inner-facing balcony under three more floors of flats is not.
In Israel this is straightforward: most apartments are built with a mirpeset intended for exactly this, and many buildings put up a communal sukkah in the car park. In the UK and the US it varies far more, so it is worth asking before you get attached to a listing.
What to check before you book
- Ask whether the balcony or garden is genuinely open to the sky — overhangs, awnings and the floor above are the usual problem.
- Check whether the host provides the sukkah itself or only the space, and who puts it up.
- In apartment buildings, ask whether the building erects a communal sukkah and whether guests may use it.
- Book early. Sukkah-capable properties are a small subset of the catalogue and they go first.