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- Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:35 am
- Forum: UK & Ireland
- Topic: CORONAVIRUS GRANT
- Replies: 87
- Views: 28843
- Fri May 22, 2020 8:04 am
- Forum: UK & Ireland
- Topic: Insurance Claim - Loss of Income
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10287
My insurers said that because I didn't have a case of the notifiable disease in the property it was still usable and therefore refused to pay out (Hiscox). Raymond Blanc has been turned down for a payout on 37 premises under the same policy clause with them and is taking them to court, so I'm waitin...
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:21 am
- Forum: UK & Ireland
- Topic: Scotland Coronavirus Grant Applications
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4968
- Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:59 am
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Managing my neighbour's property - what to charge?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1450
Hi Aphra, I'm just over the border from you in North Sutherland. Cottages.com offered me 18%+VAT 2 years ago because they're short of property in this area, their 'normal' rate is 24%+VAT. We're just doing our second one further west, which is a large 3-bed house sleeping 6. I've been quoted £55 for...
- Wed Dec 11, 2019 9:42 am
- Forum: Bookings
- Topic: Annual Question FESTIVE Bookings
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3418
- Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:48 am
- Forum: Bookings
- Topic: Annual Question FESTIVE Bookings
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3418
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 6:28 am
- Forum: UK & Ireland
- Topic: Relaunch Guidance Sought
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7340
Cumbrian Cottages is part of cottages.com, isn't it? If you've signed the contract but haven't got access to the owners' portal yet, ask them for the discount code for Out of Eden - it'll give you 10% off and I've found their cotton hotel bed linen very good: https://www.outofeden.co.uk/category/cot...
- Wed Aug 21, 2019 1:53 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Cottage.com or on our own
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7402
- Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:36 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Cottage.com or on our own
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7402
I have a theory that they penalise you somehow in their searches if you advertise independently elsewhere. I leave it all up to them, the only thing I do is run a Facebook page and an Instagram account for the cottage, both of which link to a Scottish Cottages (part of cottages.com) booking page. Th...
- Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:42 pm
- Forum: Bookings
- Topic: August Slow to Book
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8342
- Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:17 am
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Re-classifying a holiday let as a business
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5129
Mine is, in Scotland. Pros - no council tax, 100% rates relief for small businesses. Cons - now have a business water bill (Scotland includes water in council tax) and have to pay for bin collections, but overall still lots better off. Bear in mind (because this is about to hit us) that if you have ...
- Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:32 am
- Forum: Managing your guests
- Topic: Avoiding Bookings from Deviants
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4690
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:36 pm
- Forum: Handling rental enquiries
- Topic: Security deposit shocker
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5418
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:33 pm
- Forum: Bookings
- Topic: 2019 Bookings up or down on 2018
- Replies: 51
- Views: 16641
- Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:48 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: LESS RENTALS IF WE DON'T ALLOW DOGS?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4981
We started last year and in the 10 months we were open to guests we booked 26 weeks, had 70 adults stay with us, bringing 7 children and 26 dogs. I didn't work out the percentage of bookings that brought a dog, but it was most of them. The agency I'm with has a rule of no dogs in bedrooms or on furn...