A guide on finding holiday cottages in Cornwall that are perfect for you and your family, at the right price.
1) Think about your requirements, prioritise them as sometime you'll have to compromise on something.
2) Budget, have your budget and stick to it. If you find holiday accommodation in Cornwall but it is just outside your price range contact the owner, they just may be able to meet half way.
3) Booking direct with owners can be appealing but it doesn't come risk free. Letting agencies can protect you more but may cost a little more for the same holiday. We recommend 3rd party introduces, they operate like agencies but let the owners be incharge. Why is this a good thing? Well it is all about commission rates, for example Airbnb or cottages.com and others charge between 18 and 30% of the total holiday cost just for the privilege of booking through their website. Where as a 3rd party introducer have lower operating costs as the owners deal with the calendars and speak to the guests, yet the booker (holidaymaker) still gets booking protection against false property advertising, and can help if issues arise. If you need new accommodation for whatever reason 3rd party introducers will use their database of properties to help not leave you high and dry.
4) What is the commission of a 3rd party introducer and how does this help me save money? The answer is easy very low! Select Cornwall for example charge just 4.9% on each booking plus the 2.6% card transaction fee, a total of 7.5% with no added costs. This helps you because Cornish holiday cottage owners will want a certain price for the holiday and the commission is added on after. For example an £1800 holiday (this is the price that the holiday accommodation provider is asking to receive after fees) on a typical letting agency like Airbnb or Sykes can be on average 25%, so your holiday in Cornwall will cost you £2250, where as on Select Cornwall at 7.5% will cost you £1935 for the exact same holiday. A saving of £315.
5) Now the money is sorted, what about the accommodation? Rely partly on reviews from previous guests. Also check the images are upto date. Ask questions, use messaging tools on the website to get all the information you need, plus some local tips. Some new properties won't have many reviews, but if it is on Select Cornwall, you can be rest assured that we've seen it and the quality matches their description. (Everone has to start somewhere)
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6) Search filters, are good for essential things that are important to you, like sea views or hot tub holidays in Cornwall. Bear in mind the more you filter, the more expensive the accommodation is likely to be. A tip on location, If a certain area of Cornwall is important to you and dates are flexible you can simply press search on the homepage, then on a laptop you will see a map of Cornwall, you can move the map around then press the 'Search here' button. This is really helpful to see where the accommodation is in relation to
Cornish towns. On mobile phones there is a map icon, and using two fingers you can drag around Cornwall then search again, until you find the perfect holiday home In Cornwall.
7) Consider a variety of accommodation types to expand your results.
8) This is the biggest one of all, if you're slightly flexible on dates, do multiple searches, for example, Friday to Friday and then Saturday to Saturday. If you find a result saying No results found, look at alternative (flexi dates) hit the button. You'll see all prices for holidays in the area of Cornwall you want within a few days, sometime even the exact arrival day but just maybe a day or two shorter than you've searched for, something is better than nothing after all.
9) Finally, here at
Select Cornwall we're here to help. Contact us, call or email, we'll get back to you often within minutes. Along with all the above, booking local with us is surely better than using an expensive US giant?
Thank you for reading, I hope we can help!
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