People are prepared to put up with anything for one night, but it wouldn’t have been fun for longer.” Someone came the other night and fur was running out of the bath taps - a bat in the water tank - so the bath and basin were out of order. “Cooking five meals in a row is a frightful bore and our house is too crowded and below par in terms of standards. They can leave their teenagers for one night without worrying they won’t have a house fit to return to.”Īnd as Dine & Sleeps are so much easier and more casual than whole weekends, Miranda says, they have them more often. People start by thinking we’re mean and weird, but then recognize it works for them as well. Now, 90 per cent of our guests come for only one night. “The joy is, we can enjoy having a couple of friends here for a Dine & Sleep, then they go home and we still have the rest of the weekend to ourselves. They have five grown-up and teenage children and a lot of family and friends. “A whole weekend is too long for guests and hosts alike,” says Miranda Thomas, 52, a former science teacher who lives in Wiltshire, England with her husband, Martin. In its place, all hail the new Dine & Sleep: a one-night stay, starting on either a Friday or Saturday night, and including supper, a bed, breakfast and perhaps a morning constitutional, before leaving on a high. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.

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