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Our beautiful and fun log-fired hot-tub is, like the cabin, built on a retired farm trailer. Nestled with a dramatic gnarly old oak as a backdrop on the edge of the woodland, it provides a refuge for hot-soaks and relaxing.
Hot-tub, sun-trap, lounging area and party platform, it’s a special addition to the Vacationist’s amazing outside area.
We like to do things differently, and better! Here are the main features of the Hot Tub Trailer
✅ Wood-fired. We provide the fuel, you fill it and heat it up!
✅ Hand-built, unique design
✅ Open-air, in nature, private
✅ Deep, and properly hot
✅ Not just a tub, a great hang-out deck, with space to lounge
✅ Solar lit – so striking at night
✅ Next to the cabin, in your private field
✅ All natural, no chemicals or nasties
✅ Two people at a time, space and seating around for friends and family
✅ Great for slow days and evenings, cloud-watching and star-gazing
Just as the Vacationist Cabin is built on a retired hay-bale trailer, we also repurposed another retired farm workhorse for the Hot-Tub, giving it a new lease of life.
This was for fun, to recycle and upcycle wherever possible, to make something different and unusual, and to allow us flexibility on where to put it.
As you can see it, it looks wonderful just a few steps away from the cabin. Separate but together, their tractor-red trailer chassis mark them as coming from the same stable.
Yes there is glamour and luxury with the Vacationist Cabin, but we shouldn’t forget glamping’s natural roots – Camping!
There’s lots of beautiful interior design and comfort to enjoy inside, but we want the beautiful space you have all to yourself outside to be a star too. So as well as the Hot Tub Trailer, also make sure you take time for:
You’ll see it right there when you arrive, and through the feature triangle-window from the main bedroom. While away hours in the hammock, and enjoy a firepit under the stars (there’s a cooking grill on it too) sat on our handmade bench. But looking back to the trees, you might also be tempted to follow the path and enter….
A magical clearing of sun-dappled woodland with a deck, seating, and firepit with tripod and cooking rack, ideal for BBQs. Solar lights create a special glow at night, lighting up the tree canopy and the trunk of the big sheltering oak.
Listen to the wind in the trees, the tinkling stream next to you, and hear the local owls wake-up as dusk sets in. Will The Secret Woodland area turn out to be your favourite spot?
The fantastic hot tub trailer was, not long ago, destined to rot away in a corner of a nearby field. Abandoned and piled with bits of…well, “random crap”, it was all a sorry site. Rust was its new master and it was sinking into the Sussex soil with the weight of its burden.
Then along we came. With dreams of steamy soaks and natural wood-fired hot tub sessions for our happy guests, we saw only potential. And a hot-tub on wheels?? Pretty cool we thought.
The odd angle-grinder, rust treatment, paint-brush, a whole load of wood and some special bits to build the hot-tub from specialist suppliers, all mixed together with a whole mega-tub of elbow-grease and hey presto – The Hot Tub Trailer! Towed into place and fired up in no time, it’s ready to soothe aching muscles and nourish the souls of our lucky guests.
From derelict to fantastic, we’ve recovered what was essentially some old junk and created something to make some great memories for lots of people.
And relax…..
Hike or bike the chalky hills of the South Downs Way; explore the woods with a stomp through Ashdown Forest, discover quintessentially English villages like Firle or Lewes; enjoy a day trip to Brighton’s bustling Laines or Eastbourne’s promenade or take a dip in the sea.
Tucked in a glorious, private meadow in East Sussex, The Vacationist eco-cabin looks out over lush green grass. It backs onto woodland, which the kids love to explore and is close to festival site – Crockstead Fields. It is the perfect spot to unwind, get back to nature and hang out with your favourite people.
