Romantic Boutique Getaway Accommodation is a in demand, and this market continues to grow. And it is not just the young set that is booking.
Romantic Boutique Getaway Accommodation
The Oxford English Dictionary gives two meanings for “romance.” The first is, as one would expect, is associated with love. The second refers to “a quality or feeling of mystery, excitement, and remoteness from everyday life.”
It is the latter that is experiencing the biggest growth.
Romantic boutique getaway accommodation is popular with all age groups, and even for cross generational groups. This is because these escapes reflect a desire to break from the stresses of everyday life. They are part of the “disconnect to reconnect’ imperative. They provide an environment which facilitates meaningful interactions with loved ones, and create intimate and lasting memories.
Travel blogger, Colin Treadwell offered these thoughts:
The Romance of Travel
The concept of romance is not only about “romantic love.” It’s also adventure. That’s a quality that envelops love, feeds it, stokes it. Love and adventure are inseparable. I would add travel to that equation.
Nothing embodies the essence of adventure more than travel. When one speaks of adventure, it usually involves a journey. And adventure is a large component of romantic love. When people fall in love and are swooning in those first fine, careless raptures, what do they envision doing? More often than not, when lovers first discover each other and fall under the spell, they envision themselves traveling together, going off on a great adventure. Some say romantic love is the greatest adventure of all. So, in that sense, when you take a trip with someone you love, you get a double dose of romance.
Where is the Love?
How do you choose the best destination for a romantic holiday?
There are standard ideas of a romantic vacation, a honeymoon near the beach, for example, or in overwater bungalows in a remote, private place. That works. But I think the range of possibilities is much broader, perhaps as broad as travel itself. Romantic travel is travel with an extra driver: the romantic passion generated by two people, which makes everything more exciting.
For many people, a great travel experience is only complete if it is shared with a special traveling partner. Traveling alone is also its own special kind of powerful experience, but having someone to share a great travel experience with can enhance and enlarge the experience. And it can reinforce the memories when you talk about it together afterwards.
Choosing a destination is as individual a matter as love itself.
I’ve been googling for the most romantic places, and of course it’s literally “all over the map.” Travel magazines run lists of this year’s trendiest romantic destinations, and they vary widely. One thing they all seem to share is great beauty, but even beauty is in the eye of the beholder. There is the breathtaking natural beauty of Santorini, the Greek island, or the towering cliffs of the Amalfi coast, and then there is the natural beauty within an urban setting in Paris. And then there is the exotic beauty of Marrakesh. All are listed as top romantic destinations, and each has its own kind of beauty.
I would say a romantic destination is whatever place stirs your soul. This is certainly an area in which you should “follow your heart.” There are some components that are needed to make a trip qualify as a romantic getaway. It should be exciting, stimulating, luxurious and comfortable.
Getting everyone to agree
A couple will hopefully choose a place where their individual passions converge.
Even if the partners have big differences in the kinds of activities they enjoy, there are some things that almost no one could remain unmoved by. This is true of places of great natural beauty.
Romantic destinations are as individual as anything, but finding vortexes of shared interests is part of the challenge of maintaining a romantic relationship.
So, go for it! All you need is love.”
Looking to the paths less travelled
But romance is not confined to trips to the obvious places or staying in the well publicised big hotels.
The promotion of many AirBnB properties as romantic boutique getaway accommodation attests to the broad market for the genre. These can be found anywhere and everywhere, and even the back paddock of the remotest properties is marketed as ‘romantic’. Others focus on the romance of being confined to very, very tiny accommodations.
Not quite my ideal, but then, there are horses for courses.