Holiday Cottage News - March 2018

Last-Minute Discounts Anyone?

Planning a last-minute early spring holiday? Check the Late Availability page on My Favourite Holiday Cottages for details of cottages offering last-minute discounts with savings of up to 20% (that’s your grocery bill for a holiday covered).

Booking Tips for Group Accommodation

We often describe planning a self-catering holiday for large groups of friends or for dual family holidays as like putting eels into a string bag. If you’ve been charged with finding and booking a large holiday cottage, read our large group accommodation tips to help make your life a lot easier. NB: The golden rule is that whoever makes the booking gets the first choice of the bedrooms available!

Once you have read the article, here’s your gateway to finding some of the loveliest large holiday cottages in the UK from which to find your favourite one.

Save Money by Avoiding Booking Fees

Did you know that when booking a holiday cottage through sites such as HomeAway, Owners Direct and TripAdvisor, you will be paying the website (not the cottage owner) a booking fee in the region of 10% over and above the advertised rental price? The good news is that this includes some holiday insurance if you have to cancel your holiday (terms apply). The bad news is that you could book your cottage for much less when booking directly with the owner or agent.

Here at My Favourite Holiday Cottages, you may rest assured that we won’t charge you a single penny in terms of booking fees – whether you book a cottage online via an advert, by making an enquiry, or by going directly to its website. It’s the owner’s advertised price and not a penny more!

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Enquiries Made Easier

When searching for suitable holiday cottages, you can create and save the cottages you like to your own ‘Favourite Shortlist’. You can store these on your page for as long as you want, adding new cottages or removing others as you see fit. You can save a lot of time by sending a single enquiry e-mail to selected properties on your shortlist in one click of a button. Look for the ‘Add to Favourites’ button in the top right corner of a property’s main page (see below) to start, add, or open your Favourites Shortlist.

Here to Help You.

We don’t just advertise gorgeous UK holiday cottages: We endeavour to make it easier for you to find and book your favourite cottage without fuss. Please let us know if we can advise you about planning a holiday, booking a holiday cottage, or improving this website. We’ll endeavour to include an article for you addressing your request in a forthcoming Newsletter and/or make your suggested improvement.

Every month. We’ll enter the best requests and suggestions in a draw for a Virgin Wine voucher. What have you got to lose?

About Us: My Favourite Holiday Cottages is a ‘listing’ or ‘directory’ website’ featuring adverts for UK holiday cottages published online by My Favourite Holiday Cottages Ltd. We do not own or take bookings for any of the cottages advertised. For details about a specific cottage, please contact the owner or agent using the phone, e-mail or website information published in each advert.

Got your own cottage?

If you own and would like to advertise a holiday cottage with us, click here. You don’t need to pay for your cottage until you have finished uploading all the details, so you can start now and come back later. Your 12-month subscription begins only when you have paid. The price is £124 per annum with generous discounts for multiple cottage listings. Alternatively, e-mail Rick Bond at My Favourite Holiday Cottages for information on the benefits of advertising with us.

E-mail Rick Bond at info@mfhc.co.uk.

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Our mailing address is My Favourite Holiday Cottages Barnfield, Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 4RT, United Kingdom.