Although the doom and gloom about the economy seems fairly non stop, The Self Catering Guide – a UK directory of cottage and self catering accommodation – has reported strong visitor traffic and sales during January. Traffic in the first weeks of the year is up 56% on the same period last year and backs up data seen elsewhere that […]
Continue reading »A recent VisitBritain survey has confirmed, what we all suspected, 20% of those that took foreign holidays in 2008 are intending to holiday in the UK in 2009. Holiday homes and cottages are already seeing an increase in business with Hoseasons’ reporting bookings are already up by 10% and many cottage owners finding that their summer bookings have been […]
Continue reading »The Self Catering Guide, a directory of some of the UK’s best cottage and self catering accommodation, has recently added over 530 new properties to its listings. The new accommodation includes properties from the south west of England to Scotland, beach locations to those close to superb fishing outlets. UK cottage holidays remain a popular holiday escape and the demand in […]
Continue reading »With the credit crunch gradually taking its toll on the UK consumers confidence and security it will come as no surprise that people are thinking long and hard before committing themselves to a 2009 summer holiday. However, the Chief Executive of UK operator Hoseasons – as he commented recently – is not alone in hoping that this may actually stimulate the UK holiday […]
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