The Broke Backpacker

Save on ordinary ₤ 211 by booking privately possessed vacation properties in the UK, direct with the owner. Kip runs as a subscription system, Bookmarks setting you back simply ₤ 14 a year or ₤ 2.99 a month and providing special access to the most wonderful vacation homes that all come with something special, whether that's an outside hot tub, barking log fire or homemade cake awaiting visitors on arrival.

Red-brick homes covered in wisteria, grand estate homes embeded in manicured yards, transformed barns with pool - High-end Cotswold Rentals curates private homes to take over in this attractive corner of England Owners Nigel and Maria Stengard-Green started business to advertise their own property, and now manage loads of rentals.

The group at member's club Kip Hideaways edits a pared-back listing of vacation homes to hire with properties that sleep 2-6 individuals and have pleasant insides - a Scandi-inspired cottage on the Island of Skye with beige shiplap and a window seat overlooking the sea, or a coastline house in Whitstable with sights right throughout the pebbles from the linen-draped bed.

The washroom has been upgraded with an elegant double-ended bath and the kitchen space is equipped with tea and coffee, but the remainder of the home is 100 per cent back-to-basic You can also cut the fresh roses and natural herbs from the garden to add some fragrance to the place.

Sheepskin Life hires out honeyed-stone cottages in the Cotswolds and smart red-brick houses in Somerset, in addition to properties across Scotland, Ireland, Wales et cetera of the UK - a mixture house in the hills of Yorkshire with original functions, or a 16th-century home in the Brecon Beacons with a huge level lawn that's perfect for video games in the sunlight.