Leave on Friday. Back by Sunday.

Weekend breaks across the UK and near-Europe, with trains included — a three-button filter for what you actually want, and a single page per trip that tells you everything.

🚂 Trains included on 42 trips 🌤 48h forecasts on every page 🎒 Friday checklist built-in
What should this weekend be?
The Friday six

Six weekends we'd book today.

Updated Mondays. Trains included; everything priced per person on a two-sharing basis.

City walk

Edinburgh, from the Old Town up

Fri 15:30 · Two nights, up hill

A stone-and-steps weekend — an Old Town flat, a Saturday morning on Arthur's Seat, and a table at Timberyard for your one grown-up dinner.

2 nightsLNR → Edinburgh Waverley · 4h 20m£412/ person
Sea air

Whitstable & the Kent coast

Fri 17:00 · Two nights, slow

An easy 90-minute train, a cottage a block from the seafront, oysters on the Saturday, and the Whitstable-to-Seasalter walk if the weather plays.

2 nightsSoutheastern · 1h 30m£298/ person
Long walk

The Peak District, from Hathersage

Fri 19:00 · Three days, boots on

Train to Hathersage, an inn with a good kitchen, Saturday's Derwent Edge loop, Sunday's Stanage ridge. Pack the weather app.

2 nightsEMR → Hathersage · 2h 55m£340/ person
Somewhere lovely to eat

Margate, for L'Enclume's coast cousin

Sat 12:30 lunch · Two nights

The overnight train to Margate, a Georgian townhouse rental, the long lunch you booked in November, and Sunday at the Turner.

2 nightsSoutheastern · 1h 25m£485/ person
Spa with a view

The Yorkshire Dales, spa-first

Fri 17:00 · Two nights, robes

A remote spa-lodge above Malham, long massages on the Saturday morning, a pub dinner in Gordale, a Sunday with no alarms.

2 nightsLNR → Skipton + transfer£580/ person
Near Europe

Bruges, by Eurostar

Fri 14:00 · Two nights, cobbles

Eurostar to Brussels, the stopping train to Bruges, a canal-side B&B, Saturday at the Groeninge and Sunday on bikes around the polders.

2 nightsEurostar + SNCB · 3h 45m£498/ person
The Friday checklist

Leave the office, not your passport.

Every trip page comes with a Friday-afternoon checklist tailored to where you're going. Tick it off on the tube home; arrive with nothing forgotten.

It's the little thing we built the whole site for.

See a sample trip page

Edinburgh weekend · KX 15:30

  • Tickets downloaded to phone12:00
  • Rain layer in bag (80% Sat morning)12:05
  • Timberyard booking confirmed for 19:45 Sat12:10
  • Out-of-office on — try/until the train leaves14:30
  • Dog-sitter confirmed pick-up 16:0015:00
  • Cash for Saturday's farmer's market15:10
  • Flat key collection — concierge until 22:0019:50
Packages

Tickets, beds, tables — one booking.

Every trip is priced three ways. No "starting from" and no hidden resort fees — what you see is what you pay.

Starter

The Train Ticket

Just the transport, routed with changes that actually work.
£95 per person · average
  • Return train tickets (or Eurostar)
  • Seat reservations, window where possible
  • Saturday-morning boltholes nearby (a coffee, a loo)
  • The Friday checklist, with your departure time baked in
  • Text-back support line until 22:00 on Saturday
Book transport only
Most booked

The Full Weekend

Trains, a bed, one proper meal, tickets if there's something on.
£398 per person · average
  • Everything in The Train Ticket
  • Two nights' accommodation (B&B or apartment)
  • One Saturday-evening dinner booked, no house-specials upsell
  • Tickets to anything on — gallery, museum, football, opera
  • Arrival-day suggested itinerary (skippable)
  • Voice-call support line, 08:00–22:00
Book a full weekend
Big occasion

The Proper Do

Birthdays, anniversaries, quiet proposals. Hand-held.
£695 per person · average
  • Everything in The Full Weekend
  • First-class train; suite-category bed
  • Two reservations (Fri night & Sat night)
  • A Saturday-afternoon experience — tasting, tour, private view
  • Flowers & champagne waiting in the room
  • Dedicated concierge; a single number for the weekend
Plan a big one
Book a weekend

Tell us which Friday.

Weekday enquiries get a same-day reply. Weekend enquiries get one on Monday morning — which is, actually, exactly the problem we're solving.

“We booked the Whitstable weekend at 11:47 on a Thursday. Tickets were in my inbox by 14:30. We caught the 17:00 the next day.”
K. & A. · booked the Kent coast weekend
“The Friday checklist sounds gimmicky on paper. It is not. It is the single best thing about this service.”
Nadia F. · returned for a fourth weekend
“Arrived in Bruges with nothing left on any list. Didn't even know I'd been stressed.”
M. Patel · Eurostar weekend, Oct 2025