If you’re looking for a holiday house for 12 with a private pool, you really need to know about Jurston Barn. Okay, we may be biased but honestly, you’d be hard pushed to find better group accommodation that has as much going for it as this place does. There’s plenty of space, 6 en suite bedrooms, a huge open-plan kitchen/dining room, a snug/games room, and as well as the private indoor heated pool there’s a hot tub, landscaped gardens and a play area for the children. Add to that a private setting tucked away in the West Country, a generous helping of wow factor and a big dose of luxury, and your boxes are all ticked.

Finding group accommodation for up to 16 with a pool can be a task in itself, especially if your group is a family of two or three generations and you have all ages to consider. You’ll want something to occupy the little ones, something for the grown ups with all their varying tastes, and then, heavens above, the last thing you want is the teenagers complaining that they’re bored! The answer is The Cottage Beyond.

This gorgeous holiday house in Somerset is the bees knees for all manner of large group stays – big family holidays, happy reunions, celebrations, hen weekends and corporate breaks for team building and hospitality. What’s more, it’s dog friendly! And it has a hot tub! And a games room! And a cinema room! And it’s out in the country where it’s nice and peaceful and the views are amazing! How many boxes does that tick?

Cottages with a pool table and hot tub tick a lot of boxes when it comes to large group holidays in the UK. We all know how unreliable the British climate is, so if you’re looking to book a big family break, a reunion or celebration with friends, a hen weekend, or a self-catering corporate stay, finding a holiday house with something to keep everyone amused is important, you’ve got to have those rainy days covered. That’s why here at Group Stays we’ve carefully selected our big holiday houses and cottages to cater for all ages year round.

Large group accommodation in the UK has never been in such high demand; it seems that more and more people are choosing to take holidays for groups of 10 or more on our home soil. It may have a lot to do with the political and economic uncertainty, or it may just be that actually, organising a group holiday abroad is hard work – making sure everyone’s got passports, the hassle of packing to customs regulations, keeping younger children amused on a long journey, etc. It’s so much easier to just get in your cars and drive somewhere in the UK. You can take your time, stop when you want, play what music you like in the car – as loud as you like!

Having a holiday or a shortbreak is all about treating yourself, about getting away for a few days to unwind and relax and if you can do that with a big group of your favourite people so much the better. We’ve got top notch holiday homes in the West Country, the Forest of Dean, the New Forest, Monmouthshire, Worcestershire and France; most are in glorious rural locations, but if what you want is a good mix of country and coast then take a look at our luxury group accommodation in Devon.

One of the latest holiday homes we’ve added to our portfolio of luxury large group holiday homes is this dream of a big country cottage in Devon. Pippinsands sleeps 14 people in 6 bedrooms and has a hot tub and a large garden with plenty of room for the young ‘uns and the dog to run around. Easily reached from the M5 and A30 yet set in glorious countryside overlooking the Otter Valley near Honiton, this is the perfect rural retreat for relaxing family holidays, reunions, celebrations and sophisticated hen weekends.

Booking a large group holiday is easy with Group Stays; our self catering accommodation for big groups has everything you need whether you want to get away for a family holiday, a reunion of friends, a hen weekend, celebration or corporate break. You can relax because you know that everyone is going to be comfortable and that there’s something to keep everyone entertained. Especially popular are our large holiday homes with a private indoor pool because that means you don’t need to think about the weather and there’s year round fun for all ages.

With the festive season well and truly behind us we can now look forward to spring coming; it sometimes seems like a long uphill slog, that period between January and March when the nights are so dark and the weather so cold, but keep positive, there’s plenty to look forward to. If you have any notions of getting away for a large group spring break then strike now – one of those evenings when you’re sat in your favourite armchair or curled up on the sofa, settle down with a hot drink and find the perfect big holiday house with Group Stays.

So here it is…. 2019! Seems incredible, doesn’t it – how quickly time flies! Happy New Year to you all and let’s hope it’s a good one whatever you’ve got planned. We’re all back in the office and it’s the busiest time of year for us, with bookings already taken for holidays in 2019 and 2020! It’s a well documented fact that early January is when more holidays are booked than at any other time of year, and don’t we know it, phones ringing, emails pinging…