Present Tense exists because some places have the power to do that. spaces hand picked not just for how they look, but for how they make you feel. each one selected for stillness, connection to nature, and how it will support you while you figure things out.
life can pull you in two directions at once: back toward what's already happened, or forward into what hasn't yet. when the mind becomes a place you can't rest in, sometimes the only thing that helps is changing where your body is.
Plage Cachée
Hvar, Croatia
Tucked into the Croatian coastline, this is a place the world hasn't quite found yet. Just you, pine trees, clear water, and a special kind of silence. For anyone who needs to find themselves again.
2 guests • 1 bed • 1 bathroom
From £164 per night
Otters Holt
Cotswolds, England
Glass fronted and lake facing, Otters Holt sits inside a private nature reserve in the Cotswolds. For families and groups who need time to come back to each other.
10 guests • 4 beds • 4 bathrooms
From £425 per night
Raven
Navardalen, Sweden
On a lake in the Swedish wilderness, reached only by rowing boat, with nothing but water and forest all around. For anyone who needs to switch off from everything and be truly unreachable.
2 guests • 1 bed • 1 bathroom
From £580 per night
I built Present Tense because I needed it.
hi, i'm Rebecca. a few years ago my mind had become a place I couldn't rest in, and I needed somewhere completely removed from my life to think clearly again. what I found was how much our surroundings really do affect us. so I built the thing I was looking for: a collection of places chosen not for how they look, but for how they hold you when you need it most.
most of us book a holiday without asking what we actually need from it.
sometimes it's silence. sometimes it's company. sometimes it's permission to stop. and a trip that gives you the wrong one leaves you just as tired as when you left. these eight quick questions will tell you which one you're looking for, and where to find it.