Unusual weekend rental for 9 adults

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I'm trying to find a weekend rental place that's quirky/out of the ordinary for 9 adults next spring. Budget of approx a grand. A canal boat has been suggested but although you can get ones with enough berths I think it will be hellishly cramped

Try the Landmark Trust, or the National Trust. Both do unusual properties.

Or you could hire two boats? A river cruiser would have more space than a barge.

We'd need 4 bedrooms as it's 3 couples and 3 older teens - but yeah I did wonder if it was enough of a budget.

I've no experience of canal boats but do you think I'm right that 9 on one boat would be hellish?

I've been on a weekend on the Thames a few times where there have been 4 couples. It worked quite well.

There's always something to do on a boat - locks etc, and you can get off and walk too if you feel like a bit of solitude - boats don't move very fast.
And you can stop off to visit pubs and other items of interest as the fancy takes you.

This would be very cool but a bit out of budget! houseboat.

Have a look at the Cool Stays website, lots of choice

@FanSpamTastic, wow, that is amazing!

Coalport Station www.coalportstation.com, The Windmill Aylesbury or Llancayo Windmill

These all sleep 9 or more....Boat houses, castles, country houses...

www.crabtreeandcrabtree.com/properties/?sleeps=9

Might be more than the budget though...go on treat yourselves, I have my eye on one or two for a big family event and have stayed in the cottages in the grounds of one two...idyllic.

Where in the country are you and whats the upper limit for travelling?

I’d suggest looking at cool stays as well

Another vote for Landmark Trust, they have some amazing properties. They also lent them (for free I think) to NHS staff at the start of lock down to help with their mental health which I thought was a pretty awesome thing to do

You may need to go back to the others on budget. £50 per perspn per night isn't really going to get you anything unique.

www.canopyandstars.co.uk/britain/scotland/east-lothian/lochhouses-farm/lapwing-beach-cabin#search_type=keyword&search_text=&
This website has a few lovely places

That one is a link to Scotland but they seem to have places through the uk

which region? And would it be school holiday time? In Easter hols places book up fast and obviously the prices rise a lot.

More importantly, what will you need for the teens to keep them happy? I would think wifi would be a must whatever activities they'r einto.
Nothing more annoying than sharing a holiday with grumpy teens, especially when they're not your own!

and consider how many bathrooms you would be happy with between 9, or you could be waiting a long time to get out anywhere in the morning.

Also, canal boat may not be great for the weekend. I've been boating on the Norfolk Broads 3 times now and you have to get your boat back to the same boatyard, which is fine for a week cos it's enough time to go far enough adn back again for it to be interesting. But if you are going for only 3 nights you won't see much in under a day and a half before you'd have to turn round again.

Forgot to say Youth Hostels are available for exclusive booking at the moment. Usually have a games room for young people. Not very luxurious though...

Curley we've taken a boat from Lechlade (source of the Thames) all the way to Oxford and back in a weekend.
I agree about the Broads though. Not a lot to see.