Stay in an Airbnb for the first week and go see the apartments in person.

Barcelona. Beautiful city, nice coworkings, fast internet, comparatively cheap accommodation, great culture, amazing food, hot summer, mild winter, beach and sunbathing for half the year, mountains and skiing for the other half. Not much more that you could ask for.

If you lie and say that you can’t make it because you can’t afford it then somebody will offer to pay for your flight and you will end up needing to make more excuses. Just tell them the truth and say that you aren’t going because you have made other plans.

Good weather, beautiful architecture, relatively cheap cost of living.