Why I Love a Staycation (and Some Favourite Self-Catering Gems)

Why I Love a Staycation (and Some Favourite Self-Catering Gems)

After a rather lengthy foray into Disney parks and Florida road trips, we’re back on home turf for a bit of “UK staycation*” action. I’ve been meaning to share these little self-catering gems with you for a while: my favourite finds, the houses and cottages and cabins that have been a cut above the rest….

hotel endsleigh review

Hotel Endsleigh: Shower-Sharing and the Voyeuristic Dog

I completely forgot to post anything up about my little trip to Devon for my ten year wedding anniversary. (I know it should be “our trip to Devon” and “our wedding anniversary” but as Mr AMR prefers to skulk stubbornly in the shadows I take pleasure in excluding him grammatically as well as visually. Happy…

perfect stays holt farm review

Family Get-Togethers + Luxury Houses = Perfect Stays.

Last Autumn I started thinking about holding a family get-together: me, parents, all siblings and babies and other-halves and various add-ons such as dogs and fluffy dinosaurs and pull-along ponies. It would be fun, I mused, to get everyone in the same place at the same time and it would also be momentous, in a way, because…