Why Winter Is the Most Underrated Time to Enjoy Your Holiday Home

When people imagine a holiday home, they often picture summer, long evenings, open doors, and sun-soaked days. But ask anyone who regularly returns to their residence throughout the year, and they’ll tell you the same thing: winter has a magic all of its own.

Quieter landscapes, fewer crowds, and a slower pace combine to create a completely different experience, one that many consider the most rewarding of all. Across the collection of Residences by Luxury Lodges, winter transforms each destination, revealing a side that’s calmer, richer, and deeply restorative.

Fewer Crowds, More Space

One of winter’s greatest advantages is also its simplest: space. Popular destinations feel more peaceful, paths are quieter, and there’s a sense of having places to yourself.

At Dylan Coastal Resort, winter brings dramatic skies, empty coastal paths, and the kind of bracing sea air that clears the head instantly. Walks feel more contemplative, views more expansive, and returning indoors afterwards becomes part of the pleasure.

Similarly, Bude Coastal Resort comes into its own in the colder months. Beaches are quieter, the coastline feels wilder, and there’s a real sense of escape, ideal for those who love fresh air followed by warm comforts back at the lodge.

The Comfort of Returning “Home”

Winter holidays shift the focus away from constant activity and towards comfort. Rather than planning full days out, the joy often lies in returning to your residence, warming up, cooking together, and settling in for the evening.

At countryside locations like Hexham Lodges, winter is a time for crisp morning walks followed by long afternoons indoors. The surrounding landscape feels calmer, and evenings are all about warmth, whether that’s a home-cooked meal, a good book, or stepping into the hot tub as the temperature drops.

There’s something deeply satisfying about having your own space waiting for you at the end of the day. Familiar, comfortable, and entirely yours.

Winter at Its Most Elegant

Winter doesn’t just bring cosiness; it brings a quieter sense of luxury too. Less noise, less rush, and more time to enjoy the details.

At Seaham Hall, winter feels particularly refined. The cooler months lend themselves to indulgent spa experiences, unhurried meals, and a slower rhythm that suits the season perfectly. It’s a time when wellbeing and luxury intersect naturally, without needing to be overstated.

Likewise, winter at Whitbarrow offers a different perspective on a much-loved destination. With fewer visitors, the landscape feels more intimate, walks more peaceful, and evenings more inviting. The Lake District in winter has a timeless quality, one that rewards those who take the time to experience it.

Hot Tubs, Fires and Long Evenings

There’s no denying that some of the most memorable winter moments happen after dark. Evenings draw people together, and the colder air makes simple luxuries feel even more indulgent.

Stepping into a hot tub on a winter’s evening, steam rising into the night air, is a completely different experience to a summer soak. Muscles relax more deeply, conversations linger longer, and the contrast between warm water and cool air is invigorating rather than bracing.

Inside, fires are lit, meals are unhurried, and there’s a natural inclination to slow down. These are the moments that many owners come to treasure most, not because they’re extravagant, but because they’re deeply comfortable.

A Season That Encourages Slowing Down

Winter encourages a different mindset. Without the pressure to “make the most of the weather,” time becomes more flexible. Plans are looser. Days unfold at a gentler pace.

This is where winter really excels. It invites you to enjoy your residence not as a base for constant exploration, but as a destination in itself. Whether that’s reading by the fire, enjoying a spa visit, or simply watching the landscape change outside, winter gives you permission to pause.

And that pause is often exactly what people are craving.

Seasonal Wellbeing: Letting the Year Set the Pace

One of the joys of returning to a holiday home throughout the year is experiencing the seasons fully. Each season brings its own wellbeing rituals, cooler mornings and warming spa visits in winter, lighter evenings in spring, and slower, sun-filled days in summer.

Rather than escaping the seasons, the Residences at Dylan Coastal Resort invite you to embrace them. Enjoying your surroundings, soaking in the hot tub as the weather changes, or booking a spa treatment during quieter months all become part of a yearly rhythm that supports both physical and emotional wellbeing.

Why Winter Wins

Winter may not shout for attention, but that’s precisely its strength. It offers:

Quieter surroundings

More meaningful downtime

A stronger sense of comfort and retreat

A deeper connection to place

Across all Residences by Luxury Lodges, winter reveals a side of each location that’s easy to overlook, but hard to forget once experienced.

For those who return year after year, winter isn’t a season to endure. It’s a season to savour.

And once you’ve enjoyed your holiday home wrapped in winter calm, hot tub steaming, fire glowing, and the world outside slowed to a hush, it’s hard to imagine experiencing it any other way.

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