Grabbing an Xmas bargain?

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We've had our overseas plans ruined by the flight ban (despite testing negative for the virus!) and were hoping to see if we could find somewhere nice in the UK. We're in a Tier 2 area (and will be after the new tiers come in) so were hoping to find ourselves a Tier 2 bargain break especially as many will now be cancelling their plans.
Any clues where to look? Most providers seem to be wanting unrealistic sums considering the amount of potential customers they must have left.
Any clues where to look? Most providers seem to be wanting unrealistic sums considering the amount of potential customers they must have left.
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Holidays in the festive period are always dearer as staff want to enjoy the festive period as well as you. They may be paid more to give up their holiday.
Heating and lighting costs will be the same whether there are 5 guests or 15 guests.
It seems that Xmas prices prevail though. I guess cottage owners rather have their properties sitting empty......odd.
The only normal people you know are the ones you don’t know very well
I even spoke to three cottage owners who wouldn't even shift from their Xmas price by more than 10%. My tactic was to offer them their low season price (normally about a 1/4 of their Xmas price) but not one of them was interested. One even went as far as saying it was derisory despite me pointing out that he'd be happy for me to pay that if I booked a mere two weeks later!
The real highlight though was someone who lectured me about even trying to travel to Cornwall in the midst of a pandemic!
My heart bleeds.