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Save Our Summer! Twenty Host Unusual getaways with August 2020 availability

17 June 2020

If you’ve had to cancel your overseas holiday this year but think it’s too late to book a fantastic getaway here in the UK, think again!
Here at Host Unusual we’re coming to your rescue, with a selection of twenty eclectic stays that will save your summer.
From secluded treehouses to quirky hobbit homes, regal castles to converted carriages, each of these tempting retreats currently shows availability in August. Summer is saved!

Main image: The Forgotten Corner | Cornwall
Author: Dawn Crawford @HostUnusual

Fog Signal Building

Dungeness, Kent, England
A romantically unspoilt building steeped in historic charm, set on the wildly windswept Dungeness coast.
Bedrooms: 1
Sleeps: 2
From
£654 (2 nts)

Ty'r Onnen Treehouse

Talybont, Ceredigion, Wales
A gorgeously grown-up treetop bolthole for two, romantically secluded amongst enchanting Ceredigion countryside.
Bedrooms: 1
Sleeps: 2
From
£176 / night

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