My family has been going to the same Florida timeshare since 1981. I love the familiarity of the condo, from the dated furniture to the evergreen crop of ladies doing water aerobics in the heated pool (possibly the only heated pool in the state of Florida). It's familiar, and at this point its family tradition. That being said, I wouldn't describe the condo as a destination. Updates in the past 40 years have been sparse. Most of the kitchen appliances work, but not all. And though the carpet is always vacuumed, it's also permanently perfumed by aerosol sunscreens.
I've never been on a vacation where the lodging is the destination, like a resort or a cruise. But now I've found these 3 AirBnBs and my world is shifting. If I rented these AirBnBs, I wouldn't leave them. I wouldn't need the outside world. I'd bring a weeks worth of groceries, cross the threshold, and stay holed up, living out a fantasy, until it was time to leave.
Showstopper: La Pitchoune
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| La Pitchoune |
This is literally Julia Child's French house and the kitchen is the kitchen she used for cooking, which is the thing Julia Child did better than most people in the world. And ahem, it is indeed a green kitchen, for all you cool girls out there keeping score.
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| the green kitchen |
Quirkiest: Old Smock Windmill
Are you looking for an English countryside getaway? Are you also looking to perhaps be transformed into a little field mouse who wears an apron and bakes mini shepherd's pies in a dishes made out of acorns? Then this old fashioned windwill is the perfect spot for you!
TV Set: The Love Oasis
If you've ever wondered, "what would a bunch of normal people act like on Love Island?" now is your chance to find out! Unless you have 30 hot, oiled-up, single friends you can bring instead, that is. In which case, what are you doing reading in internet blog? Don't you have hot people things to do?
This AirBnB is basically the Too Hot To Handle set, complete with catchy phrases in neon lights, AstroTurf, and blobby lounge furniture.
Now that I know there are well executed, thoroughly themed AirBnBs out there, the hunt will never end. It's now my sacred mission to find a treehouse stay, then one carved into the side of a mountain, and then one in the heart of the Vatican (though let's be honest, that one is probably only available if you're a Catholic man willing to devote your life to Christ). Regardless, I'm staying true to the name of this blog, Pretend Vacation, and will continue to plan pretend vacations for all of us.
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