A holiday home to retreat to
One of the most important points for a low stimulation holiday, is the accommodation. This is the place you should enjoy returning to every day and where you can unwind, after a fun day. Spending some extra time looking for a good holiday accommodation is therefore highly recommended.
The holiday accommodation itself
First, it is important that the place where you stay suits you. You should feel comfortable and be able to recharge there. To get an idea of the room, holiday home or appartment, take a look at the photos. These will often give you a good idea of what the atmosphere is like. Is it messy, colourful, modern, traditional, and so on. For yourself, you will know what suits you and where you could feel at home. In addition, reviews are useful to go through. If it is noisy, the people who have been there before you will often point that out. This way, you can identify major drawbacks in advance that you know won't make your holiday any better.
The location
Besides the accommodation itself, the location is also very important. If you have chosen to go to a tourist spot but would like some peace and quiet in your room, it is often a good idea to look for places outside the town or village. Perhaps a guest house that is a little higher up, or a hotel on the outskirts of the village or town. Of course, you can also choose to avoid the tourists and seek refuge in a small village, or in nature. An important tip: always check the location of the holiday home or hotel on Google Maps or another recent map. Photos can be very distorted and it may well be that the accommodation is not as remote as it seems.
Target group
Who the holiday accommodation is intended for can also say a lot about how low stimulation it is. A place especially aimed at families is probably a place where many children come. There will be a lot more stimuli there than a place aimed at nature lovers. This is also good to keep an eye on if you go on holiday with children yourself.
Check-in
I myself find it very annoying if I am not entirely clear how the check-in process goes. In hotels it is often standard, you report to the reception, but with appartments and holiday houses it sometimes works slightly differently. For example, you may have to call in advance so that the owner knows what time you will be there. Or you may actually have to go to another location to pick up the key there. Personally, I love it when I can check in in advance, online, and then access my appartement / cottage with a certain, unique code. It saves you the stress of checking in and gives clarity on what to expect. So if you also find checking in tedious, ask about the check-in procedure. That might give you some extra peace of mind.
Choosing a good holiday home takes some time, but if you reap the benefits later, all the better. A nice accommodation can save your holiday.