With complete freedom to come and go as you please, self-catering holidays can be a real antidote to the day-to-day pressures of life during the rest of the year. And, with costs so much lower than for other types of holiday, especially for young families or for friends sharing, they are hard to beat.

The choice of accommodation is wide, with Christian individuals and organisations offering houses, cottages, chalets, caravan-sites and camp sites in every part of the UK. Most provide information on local tourist attractions, bus services, food stores, restaurants and churches.

A self-catering holiday could provide that unhurried time for reading, reflection and prayer that you've needed for so long, or simply a sustained period of quality time with your family or friends.