How not to book a holiday cottage??!!

[Big Sis..]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel ... 572521.ece

''Matt Rudd explains the cottage booking rules after he suffered a disastrous holiday in Devon''

[TTP mk2]

That sounds like the cottage we rented about 15 years ago in the South of Ireland, except when I asked about fuel for the fire I was given a spade & shown a peat bog outside.

[Big Sis..]

except when I asked about fuel for the fire I was given a spade & shown a peat bog outside.

spose it could have been worse that could have happened if youd asked them where the Loo was [or maybe the bog.....]

[Margaret]

I have posted a response saying that what was why YHM was set up.

[Giddy Goat]

That's terrific Margaret - bl**dy well done! I minimised the article to read later and I still haven't done so but will also post if it's appropriate - the more the merrier!

[Giddy Goat]

Disappointed as I spent 30 mins writing a reply, but for some reason was unable to do the necessary - perhaps there's a cut-off point, since the article was in the Sunday Times, and I just missed it?

[Big Sis..]

YourHolidayMatters is a tiny site with a wide range but-small-and-growing number of rental properties, and I too advertise our holiday home there. It's run by responsible owners themselves, for no profit, and was created to prevent exactly the kind of disappointment Matt and his family experienced. Our guests’s holidays also matter to us!

Jane, Gascony, SW France

Its there GG Well done

Cold Comfort Farm comes to mind! This is exactly why the website Your Holiday Matters was set up (not by me, although our property is listed) - for owners who care! To be listed, you have to answer a questionnaire and provide names of past guests who are contacted for their opinions of their stay.

Margaret Leach, Bayerisch Eisenstein, Germany

and you Margaret Girl Power!!!

[Giddy Goat]

Oh great - well spotted BigSis - I got a message page saying technical probs blablabla, email blablabla! How come you saw it within minutes of my posting! That's awesome!

[paolo]

It sounds to me like the writer is a spoilt, urbanite pain in the bum, writing to appeal to similar types.

[la vache!]

It sounds to me like the writer is a spoilt, urbanite pain in the bum, writing to appeal to similar types.

That's what I thought when I saw his photo. I'd like to hear the owner's view of his guests.

I thought one mention of YHM was inspired, two looks a bit too contrived.

[Giddy Goat]

Oh dear - you're right of course LV but even so, it did no harm I don't think, do you?

It sounds to me like the writer is a spoilt, urbanite pain in the bum

Yeah, and driving a 4x4 .....

I didn't even feel the article was particularly well written!

[Ben McNevis]

> Yeah, and driving a 4x4 ..... Wink


Do Skoda really do 4x4s?

[Giddy Goat]

Yup! I checked that before I posted!!