Cottages in the UK... How Much ?

[Smilesonfaces]

Possibly many people booking a UK break are not aware of what a “normal” price is. We haven’t booked UK accommodation for years so didn’t know what prices to expect.
A quick check on Airbnb I can find, for a school holiday week, in Cornwall a 2 bed apartment for £460 and a beautiful villa for £23010 (seriously !)
I managed my expectations and realised I wasn’t going to get what I wanted for what I was willing to pay. Accommodation is there and it is understandable that owners will try to recoup some losses.
What I do find unfair is people making multiple free cancellation bookings which they will cancel if something better comes along leaving owners with no booking at all.

[porridge]

Originally Posted by Smilesonfaces

I would agree I was looking for ages for Cornwall. Everything was extortionate £1500 pw+ I kept looking and I had to also stop being quite as fussy as I had been ! I have now booked a newly listed house with free cancellation at £800 pw.

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Can I ask who you booked with? Thanks

[myaquarium]

Not sure why people don’t go the travelogue pr premier inn..
We got 4 nights in premier inn
Cornwall with breakfast for £400 family room in august. Will add a stay on Warwick castle area probably another £100 so 5 nights with breakfast £500 for family rooms.
Could of been less but opted for fully flexible just in case pay on arrival.

[sassysar]

I have a 3 bedroom cottage in Northumberland in may (not during school hols ) it’s £400 for a week but I used tesco vouchers on cottages . Com and had £100 discount voucher
I’m happy with that it’s 20 mins from a beautiful coast
I usually prefer to spend every penny on Greece or Portugal but it will be lovely to see a different 4 walls and I feel a lot safer this year as we have now both had our first vaccine and survived Covid at Xmas

[porridge]

Originally Posted by myaquarium

Not sure why people don’t go the travelogue pr premier inn..
We got 4 nights in premier inn
Cornwall with breakfast for £400 family room in august. Will add a stay on Warwick castle area probably another £100 so 5 nights with breakfast £500 for family rooms.
Could of been less but opted for fully flexible just in case pay on arrival.

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I looked at the premier inn, as we’ve previously got good deals there. But not now! A week in June (3 rooms, as we are 6 adults) the cheapest refundable rate is Heston at £2400! Penzance is £3900! Which is totally ridiculous, hence why we are now looking at cottages etc. I haven’t looked at travelodges though, so will investigate now.

[Smilesonfaces]

Originally Posted by porridge

Can I ask who you booked with? Thanks

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We have booked a house in Penryn with Airbnb. It has free cancellation so if something happens and we can’t go we can cancel up to 5 days before. I have never used Airbnb before but they seem to have good reviews for how they have treated customers through the pandemic.

[Smilesonfaces]

Originally Posted by myaquarium

Not sure why people don’t go the travelogue pr premier inn..
We got 4 nights in premier inn
Cornwall with breakfast for £400 family room in august. Will add a stay on Warwick castle area probably another £100 so 5 nights with breakfast £500 for family rooms.
Could of been less but opted for fully flexible just in case pay on arrival.

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We stay in Premier Inns for one and two night stays but I wouldn’t for a full weeks holiday. With 4 adults we would spend anything we saved on accommodation on eating out 3 times a day. We would need also 2 rooms, I’d have to share with daughter and husband with son. Maybe when son and daughter were younger but not now.