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Meet the Owners: Okel Tor Mine, Cornwall

14 January 2025

Meet Jon and Jenny, owners of Okel Tor Mine, two romantic cottages for two, lovingly converted and set on the tranquil site of a former 19th century tin mine, within the Tamar Valley Area of...

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Meet the Owners: The Hazel Hide, West Sussex

21 March 2024

Meet Duncan and Kate Heath, owners of The Hazel Hide – a solar-powered, architect-designed A-frame cabin, secluded in its own seven-acre flower field in the West Sussex village of Ashington. What first inspired you to...

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Unusual Stays With Unique and Captivating Stories To Tell!

19 March 2024

For those who crave true originality from a holiday, picture-perfect scenery and top-class service (as lovely as those things are) just aren’t enough. Their chosen retreat must also have something seriously special about it. Maybe...

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Our Best Family-Friendly UK Breaks for the October Half-Term Holidays

5 October 2023

What happened to the summer holidays? They seemed to flash by so quickly that if you’re anything like us, you’re feeling a tiny bit cheated! Luckily, there’s some more holiday-time on the horizon. And here’s...

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New to Host Unusual: Floating Havens, Circus-Themed Retreats, Storybook Treehouses and More!

21 September 2022

Roll up, roll up! Our latest list of retreats is filled with storytelling and showmanship - elevating your holiday to awe-inspiring levels of wonder. For starters, how about bedding down in a cosy 19th century...

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Our Favourite Woodland Stays for Autumn

9 September 2022

It's no surprise that many childhood fairytales feature a woodland setting. There's something inherently magical about a place that hums so happily with the fresh charms of nature, in surroundings that have stood the test...

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Flat Rate Stays for Affordable Year-Round Adventures

5 July 2022

Where you stay often makes up the biggest cost of a holiday. So, not only does your chosen retreat have to be clean and comfortable (and hopefully, unusual!) it also has to have an affordable...

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Tech-free living: the best UK locations for a digital detox

21 April 2022

While technology has done some wonderful things for the world, its demands can often seem relentless. You can't open up your laptop without facing a barrage of emails, and let's not start on all those...

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An Interview with Simon Parker: Travel Writer, Broadcaster, Adventurer, and Author of Riding Out: A Journey of Love, Loss and New Beginnings

13 April 2022

Simon Parker was enjoying his work as a successful travel writer and international broadcaster, until the Covid-19 pandemic ground life as we knew it to a halt. Worlds suddenly fell apart, and Simon's was no...

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Even More Unique Properties with Availability for the Easter Holidays!

18 March 2022

Our recent list of unique stays with Easter holiday availability proved so popular, that we've gone and put together a second! Like a pastel treat-box filled with chocolatey goodness, each one of these properties offers...

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Time to Say ‘G-Day’ Once More? Our Favourite Australasia Breaks

9 February 2022

The announcement of a quarantine-free trans-Tasman travel bubble was welcomed with wide open arms last year, but has been a little stop/start since - thanks to further lockdowns! The most recent report states that Australia...

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Lights, Camera, Action! Best Stays with Cinema Rooms

15 December 2021

A retreat with its own cinema room adds a touch of Hollywood glitz to your holiday. You can lose yourselves completely in the latest blockbusters when it's raining outside - in fact, you could even...

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New to Host Unusual: Fairytale Glamping, Luxurious Jail Time, and a Private Greek Island!

3 November 2021

Here's a confession... our latest selection of newly-added retreats could be our most unusual yet! After all, how often is it that you get the chance to do (holiday) time in an iconic Cornish prison? ...

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Meet the Owners: Okel Tor Mine, Cornwall

Meet the Owners: The Hazel Hide, West Sussex

Unusual Stays With Unique and Captivating Stories To Tell!

Our Best Family-Friendly UK Breaks for the October Half-Term Holidays

New to Host Unusual: Floating Havens, Circus-Themed Retreats, Storybook Treehouses and More!

Our Favourite Woodland Stays for Autumn

Flat Rate Stays for Affordable Year-Round Adventures

Tech-free living: the best UK locations for a digital detox

An Interview with Simon Parker: Travel Writer, Broadcaster, Adventurer, and Author of Riding Out: A Journey of Love, Loss and New Beginnings

Even More Unique Properties with Availability for the Easter Holidays!

Time to Say ‘G-Day’ Once More? Our Favourite Australasia Breaks

Lights, Camera, Action! Best Stays with Cinema Rooms

New to Host Unusual: Fairytale Glamping, Luxurious Jail Time, and a Private Greek Island!

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