You would have to be disconnected from current pop culture if you haven’t at least heard about the new TV show Heated Rivalry.

With love stories, steamy bedroom scenes and some sport thrown in for good measure, you could argue that it has something for (almost) everyone.

Now we hear you asking what this has to do with a travel column? Well everything actually!

When TV shows or movies become iconic they inspire people to travel, just ask any of the hotels (or locations for that matter) from the first three seasons of The White Lotus.

It turns out that we don’t always make our travel choices based on brochures, ad campaigns or aunty Jan’s personal recommendations.

When we thought about it, we’ve actually been to loads of places just to seek out locations or experiences that we’ve seen on TV.

We went to Barry in Wales because Gavin and Stacey was set there, we spent a morning in Boston seeking out the building from Boston Legal and in New York we found Carrie’s stoop from SATC and the apartment building from Friends and who hasn’t had their own Shirley Valentine moment on holidays in the Greek Islands (yes, we are aware that all of these references are showing our age).

So back to Heated Rivalry, does this mean that there’s going to be an influx of people to Canada?

Well maybe, that’s yet to be seen.

What it does mean though is that there is a definite uptick in people interested in romantic holidays at secluded cottages (If you’ve seen the show or the socials you will understand this, if not, we won’t ruin it for you).

The thing is, that TV shows and movies can definitely inspire you to travel to locations but they can also inspire you to have a holiday that replicates the feeling you got from the show you watched.

Lucky for us, living in Newcastle, we have ready access to literally hundreds of cottages in the Hunter, Barrington Tops and beyond.

It seems there’s only one question left… are you coming to the cottage? (we hope you answered in a Russian accent?).

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