Lay My Hat

Last quiet season (Nov/Dec) I had the brainwave of putting weeks and weekends in my cottage on ebay as a "buy it now" instead of auction. One family came and they were no problem. However, a couple from Glasgow (I don't intend this to be racist or sterotypical in any way) rang and were ask...

I have a booking form which I have saved as Rich Text Format (RTF) file. This contains our cancellation policy and asks the pertinent info. Most people can open the RTF file whether they have Microsoft Word or Works, if not I just pop a copy in the post. I agree - It is awkward knowing when a bookin...

I used www.internet-cottages.com for almost two years. However, early this year google changed the way it was indexing sites and it (and my enquiries) seemed to slip of the planet. :cry: I searched as if I was looking for a cottage in my area and www.cottageguide.co.uk came up top everytime. They ch...

We dipped our toes into the holiday rental around 3 years ago and made enquiries with agencies. We were horrified at both how little they were going to charge guests per week and how much cut they would take and dictate when we could use our own property! As I'm not too bad at putting websites toget...

I list on a couple of internet cottage sites. One has warned about the number of scams around. One is for longer term lets where they overpay then do a shuffle around with refund cheques leaving the owner out of pocket.... Re payment - we had guests from Holland and they transfered money directly in...