{"id":452,"date":"2026-09-26T09:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T09:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clubhouses.buildprosites.com\/plume-wrenfield\/home-dark\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T09:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T09:37:15","slug":"home-dark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clubhouses.buildprosites.com\/plume-wrenfield\/home-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Home (dark hero)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Slow travel · off-season<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Go in the wrong month. Stay twice as long.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The good version of almost anywhere happens when nobody else is there. I go in the off-season, stay long enough to stop being a visitor, and write down what that actually costs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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60+<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Places stayed a month or more<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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11 yrs<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Travelling in the wrong month<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Sponsored stays, ever<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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From the notebook<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Long stay<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Village That Empties in October<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Six weeks and a rented kitchen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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How I Choose Where to Stay Put<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Four questions, every time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The cost<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Is a Month Cheaper Than a Week?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Usually. Here are the numbers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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About Tamsin<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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I stopped counting countries and started counting months.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ten days in a place tells you what it sells. Ten weeks tells you what it is.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What readers say<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Tamsin talks me out of more trips than into them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The month-versus-week piece paid for our whole stay.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We went in November because of her. Best trip we have taken.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Recent months<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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A courtyard, mid-morning, empty<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Thermal baths, first week of March<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Breakfast, cooked at home for once<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Thinking of going anyway?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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I help a handful of people a month plan a long stay instead of a short trip.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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One place a fortnight, and what a month there really costs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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