{"id":3633,"date":"2025-11-06T14:09:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/the-holiday-inspires-gen-zs-to-home-swap-and-find-love\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T14:09:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:09:25","slug":"the-holiday-inspires-gen-zs-to-home-swap-and-find-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/the-holiday-inspires-gen-zs-to-home-swap-and-find-love\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holiday inspires Gen Zs to home-swap and find love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-11-06 14:09:23<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Nearly 20 years after The Holiday first hit cinemas, young Brits are bringing the film\u2019s iconic festive fantasy to life \u2014 by swapping homes in search of new experiences, and even romance.<BR><br \/>\nAccording to global home-swapping platform Kindred, there\u2019s been a huge rise in Millennials and Gen Z Brits inspired by the movie\u2019s heartwarming transatlantic exchange between Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) and Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet).<BR><br \/>\nNew research by the company found that 44 per cent of Millennials and Gen Zs say the film has inspired them to consider a home swap, while 27 per cent of Gen Zs admit they\u2019ve already tried it. <BR><br \/>\nHomes featured in The Holiday topped the list of movie houses Brits most want to stay in, ahead of classics like Home Alone and The Summer I Turned Pretty.<BR><br \/>\nThe festive wanderlust coincides with a 124 per cent year-on-year increase in UK Kindred members planning December trips, and an 85 per cent surge in those heading to Los Angeles, echoing the film\u2019s California\u2013to\u2013Cotswolds swap.<BR><br \/>\nJustine Palefsky, CEO of Kindred said: &#8220;The magic of The Holiday isn\u2019t just the escape &#8211; it\u2019s the feeling of belonging. When you swap homes, you step into someone else\u2019s everyday world. Travel becomes richer, more human &#8211; about discovering new versions of yourself.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nMore than one in ten Brits (11 per cent) say they\u2019re more open to finding love while on holiday \u2014 rising to 20 per cent among Gen Zs &#8211; suggesting the spirit of The Holiday is alive and well.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-11-06 14:09:23 Nearly 20 years after The Holiday first hit cinemas, young Brits are bringing the film\u2019s iconic festive fantasy to life \u2014 by swapping homes in search of new&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3635,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633\/revisions\/3635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}