A Room (or a Ryokan, Yurt or R.V.) With a View — Photo by nytimes.com

Vacation lodging used to mean a room with four walls in a hotel or motel. Today travelers are increasingly seeking — and easily finding — accommodations that allow them to be more in tune with their surroundings, be it a forest, a beach or a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Airbnb's booking data for the beginning of this year suggests that more travelers are interested in spending their vacations in what the short-term rental site calls "nontraditional " spaces, particularly those that allow travelers to be or feel closer to nature. Bookings for nature lodges and ryokans ( traditional Japanese inns) have skyrocketed since last year. Reservations for yurts and recreational vehicles (R.V.s) have also spiked.

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