Treehouses: A New Luxury Travel Trend?

Janeen Christoff
by Janeen Christoff
Last updated: 5:30 PM ET, Fri October 28, 2016

Gone are the days that staying in a treehouse meant climbing a rickety ladder in your backyard to a precarious clapboard structure in the branches. Now, luxury treehouses are the "it" way to sleep outside.

"Make it luxe and stick it in the middle of a tropical clime, though, and you've got a vacation fantasy fit for well-heeled adults," says the Malay Online.

Treehouses seem to be blossoming around the globe and not just concentrated to a few locales. Here are some suggestions from Malay Online.

At Secret Bay in Dominica, there are raising the bar on treetop stays.

"Its latest addition came online earlier this month: two sprawling duplex villa perched atop the dense forest canopy," says Malay Online.

The accommodation even comes with a hammock sofa and a fully equipped kitchen.

Playa Viva, Juluchuca, Mexico, opened up a cylindrical treehouse last fall as an experiment - and a very successful one.

"It's been selling out months in advance-so owner David Leventhal and the California-based crew at ArtisTree Homes are now building another half-dozen," reports Malay Online.

[READMORE]READ MORE: WATCH: This Treehouse Hotel Is Disguised by Mirrors [/READMORE]

In Bali, the soon-to-open Hoshinoya resort will offer stunning dining in the sky.

"Hoshinoya resort is going over the top, literally, with a series of seven postmodern, open-air "cafés in the sky" that hover over Ubud's wild vegetation," says Malay Online.

For more treehouse stays in far-flung locales, read on here.


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