Expedia has released its list of outdoor amenities travellers are requesting in their searches:
- Relaxation and rejuvenation: properties with a hot tub, cold plunge or barrel sauna.
- Roaring fires: holiday homes with a fire pit, barbecue or outdoor kitchen.
- Sports and recreation: properties that have amenities like ping-pong tables, padel tennis courts, pickleball courts and lawn games.
- Fresh produce: vacation homes with access to fruit trees or a vegetable patch.
Expedia says that outdoor amenities, like pickleball courts and cold plunges, are dictating what private holiday homes families and friends are booking for group getaways. Survey data shows that 42pc of holiday makers book holiday homes with amenities they either cannot afford to have at home, or that they want to try out before they buy themselves.
Nearly 30pc say they would choose a vacation home with outdoor amenities, so they’d never have to leave the property.
