The evidence is mounting. Your finances, your physical health, your mental wellbeing and your mindfulness all benefit from having a UK seaside holiday home. There’s never been a better, or more important, time to consider all the benefits of having a base beside the sea. Check out these top ten thoughts on the subject….
1. Taking the sea air on UK holidays really is good for you
We all know the claims of how a resort is ‘bracing’ or how a good walk by the sea can ‘blow the cobwebs away’. The fact is, it’s all based on fact. Sea air really is good for you. It’s good for the lungs and it improves circulation. If that’s not enough it also strengthens the body’s defence mechanisms. Typically, the seaside air is less polluted by exhaust fumes and particles and as a real bonus, the benefits of the sea air are always there - all year round. Which is a really good reason for having a UK seaside holiday home.
2. Holiday homes at the seaside really do help you relax
Researchers have been putting in a lot of work on what you do when you’re not working. First off they’ve found that people who visited the coast came away calmer than people who had visited cities. They’ve also found that coastal or seaside living is healthy. It could be, they say, that the coastal environment stimulates and encourages activity and that in turn reduces stress. Which is another really good reason for having a UK seaside holiday home.
3. Listen… a UK seaside holiday home is a really good place to be
The stress of modern life and lately, in lockdown, that’s been running at unprecedented levels, manifests itself in may ways. Some of the common symptoms are depression, anxiety and loss of sleep. There’s real science behind the effectiveness of natural seaside sounds to soothe away the tensions. Birdsong, breaking waves and sea breezes all help create a calming influence on your mind and wellbeing.
4. Taking a seaside stroll anytime is a breeze when you have a holiday home
And that’s a good thing because the breeze really does blow away the blues. If there’s one thing guaranteed to drag you down it’s the debilitating effects of allergies. Seaside breezes are known to, literally, blow away allergens. Hay Fever sufferers are highly likely to find some relief near the sea. Other allergic conditions, often affecting breathing and skin, are less likely to take effect when they’re confronted with a beneficial blast of sea breeze.
5. Having a seaside holiday home to go to whenever you want is a really good way of getting more Vitamin D
Nowadays we’re all far more aware of the need to factor up. Sustained exposure to the sun’s heat can cause problems but, when you’re careful, the benefits of sunshine’s Vitamin D are really important. Spending time at the coast, in the sunshine and seaside fresh air, gives you a greater chance of increasing your exposure to Vitamin D. What that means is that you will be decreasing your chances of suffering from hypertension, depression and a whole range of other health problems.
6. Press ups on the terrace or stepping out for a stroll are really easy to do when you have a seaside holiday home
It’s a fact. Exercise really is better at the beach. Scientific study shows something really interesting about exercise. Having a realistic and regular regimen is definitely a good idea. But, and here’s comes the science bit, there’s a study which reveals that you increase the benefits of exercise when you do it at the coast. The healthy environment enhances the effects of your workout or walk and there’s more; the very fact that lots of other people near the sea will, chances are, be exercising, is a trigger to your brain for you to get up and get out there with them.
7. Put your feet up, in your holiday home
After you’ve had a good walk that is. Because a walk on the beach is really good for you. Even if you decide to take a leisurely stroll (or a power walk if you choose to) there’s an unexpected benefit of being on the beach. What happens is this. You get all the healthy effects of walking, but they are supercharged by the sand. Walking on the sand is better exercise than strolling along a street or level surface. It demands more of you. In fact, the uneven surface of the beach causes your brain to deal with the shifting weight. It counter balances your movements and that means your calves and leg muscles are being made to work harder. It really does do you good.
8. Buying a holiday home makes your money work harder
We’ve been living through some tumultuous times and financial planning won’t always have been at the top of your lockdown list. Frankly, holidays have been at best a discussion point. Should we? Can we? Are we allowed to? The fact is that finances, the future and one fine day, holidays will all get back on to your agenda. In times of uncertainty there will be additional considerations. Putting your savings, or part of your pension pot, to good use will be a big decision. In these days of seriously low interest rates you’ll want to make your money work really hard for you. Buying a holiday home could be an idea of real interest.
9. Holiday homes near the beach are great places to be with family and friends
Discovering what our real priorities are has been an unexpectedly positive by-product of normal life being on hold. Not being too far away from family and friends, even in holiday time, now seems more desirable. Spending more time with them, perhaps especially on holidays, now becomes a bigger, better, idea. There are going to be all sorts conversations about how best to be involved with, share time and experiences with, and reassess the importance of, your family and friends. A seaside holiday home can be a really important part of that.
10. Having your own lodge, caravan or chalet holiday home really could matter more than ever now
The way in which we live, the way we spend our time, will change now. Some of the things we took for granted are no longer up for grabs. International travel, fast fashion and regular retail therapy are all about to be recalibrated. Into focus come some values we’ve perhaps let slip. A less hectic life, time to think, simpler pleasures and a greater awareness of our mental and physical health suddenly seem to matter more. Life really will be different now. Live it.
