Wanting to book a cottage

sancho

Can anyone help?

Looking to book a cottage/house on the 30th December for 2 nights. There will be 9 adults and 2 children (aged 1 and 2) and we're looking in the Norfolk, Suffolk, Peak District area, but it doesn't matter too much.

Going a bit crazy trying to find places as I don't really know where to look

Any ideas or recommendations?

giraffe69

If you go through the main sites that have cottages for hire then whatever they say about booking you won't be able to book for two or three days around the new year until probably early December. This is because the owners want the chance of renting for a whole week. One or two of the web sites let you go through trying to book having said that short breaks are possible and only at the last minute when you have spent some time do you find out you can't.

daveyjp

2 night stay over New Year is always difficult. I can find one which is available for 4 nights in Norfolk Elizabethan Manor House, 7 bedrooms.

£1,200 a night!

sancho

daveyjp wrote: »

2 night stay over New Year is always difficult. I can find one which is available for 4 nights in Norfolk Elizabethan Manor House, 7 bedrooms.

£1,200 a night!

Sounds lovely, but a little expensive!!

Is a shame we can't find anywhere, I think us needing 5 bedrooms to sleep 9 adults is the problem with finding anything.

Would be happy to have 2 places next to each other, but that seems more complicated to search for!!

grizzly1911

giraffe69 wrote: »

If you go through the main sites that have cottages for hire then whatever they say about booking you won't be able to book for two or three days around the new year until probably early December. This is because the owners want the chance of renting for a whole week. One or two of the web sites let you go through trying to book having said that short breaks are possible and only at the last minute when you have spent some time do you find out you can't.

+1, could always pay for the whole week... just a thought.

Cottages4you have always been good quality/fair price for us other than recommendations.

norangeduck

Try ebay - its where I have booked mine!

artichoke

i always use this website for booking for large family gatherings...

there are nearly 40 in my family ie if i meet up with my brothers and sisters and their kids..

this shows very large country houses or groups of cottages or bunk barns so lots of different price options...

http://www.groupaccommodation.com/map-search_01.asp?mapid=11

there are lots of groups of cottages in the Peak District that i know of..

art

hethmar

http://www.kettcountrycottages.co.uk/search.php?start=2011-12-30&pets=0&fromPrice=0&duration=2&people=9&newSearch=1&unitId=0&locationId=0&featureId=0&rating=0&PHPSESSID=13df6f129210292854612d79eda15aae&__utma=156777761.1955744708.1319190899.1319190899.1319190899.1&__utmb=156777761.1.10.1319190899&__utmc=156777761&__utmz=156777761.1319190899.1.1.utmgclid%3DCPWcvIfB-asCFYob4QodjTpukQ%7Cutmccn%3D%28not+set%29%7Cutmcmd%3D%28not+set%29%7Cutmctr%3Dlarge+cottage+for+rent+norfolk&adiV=40393950&adiVi=54820522&adiLP=1319190899625

mhoc

sancho wrote: »

Can anyone help?

Looking to book a cottage/house on the 30th December for 2 nights. There will be 9 adults and 2 children (aged 1 and 2) and we're looking in the Norfolk, Suffolk, Peak District area, but it doesn't matter too much.

Going a bit crazy trying to find places as I don't really know where to look

Any ideas or recommendations?

What about Centre parcs Whinefeld at Penrith - I think you can book them with 4 bedrooms

SAMHP_2

We've been successful in the past with Cottage Guide who now show late availability or of course lastminutecottages.com - but this does mean holding your nerve right to the last minute!
SAM

sunshinetours

If it has to be two nights I think you will struggle over New Year in self catering

try holidaylettings.co.uk if you haven;t already as a good starting point otherwise you just need to search and search and phone and phone.

What about a holiday park of some sort for a short break in two lodges - something like Forest Holidays maybe for log cabins - they do 2/3/ and 4 bedroom ones

However price will not be cheap anywhere as its probably the single most expensive week in a holiday year