Vacation Ideas

Railway Carriages as Holiday Homes
Vacation Ideas: Static Railway Carriages
If you are a railway buff, or on the lookout for unusual accommodation for your next holiday, why not consider renting a converted railway carriage? The idea is not new: the Times newspaper once wrote about two 19th-century railway carriages in West Wittering in West Sussex "that have been turned into a seaside holiday home after the First World War and have now been saved from the scrapheap" (Times OnLine, May 19th 2008). Today, there are several locations, and indeed various types of roll...

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The writers here at Squidoo are a well-travelled lot. Who better, then, to bring you the hottest vacation ideas and to share their top travel recommendations? I want to share some of the very best of their travel guides with you -- pages that stand out from the crowd and offer the reader a unique perspective on a specific travel topic. Those showcased here are by no means the only travel guides of merit to be found in Vacation Ideas and Recommendations. There are other fun and interesting to...

Railway Stations as Holiday Homes
If you are looking for an unusual holiday home location you might wish to consider a disused railway station. The UK saw a lot of cuts in the railway network during the 60s, so there are many railway-related buildings that have now passed into private hands and thereby converted for other uses. Some of these are available for holiday rent. This article lists a few that caught my eye as I was carrying out my research. Feel free to record any others you might know of in the guestbook at the b...