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Deciding On A Date Or Dates
Booking holiday accommodation in advance seems to be one of the
most over-looked aspects of going on a self catering holiday.
All too often it is easy to put off nailing down a date, or too
difficult to get a consensus when booking for a group of
friends. Yet deciding on this date in plenty of time then gives
you the ability to take more of a pick from many more available
cottages and homes.
Choosing The Date
The two most common ways of deciding on a date are:
(i) The date pretty much decides itself if it is a special
occasion or your friends and family have a particular period
booked off from work.
(ii) If you want a particular cottage (or cottages) in a given
area, you can start with available dates at that cottage and
narrow it down.
Choosing the date can be made easier by giving a group of people
a choice of two or three dates which you know are available at
the holiday cottage(s) you have initially contacted. By
narrowing the dates down to two or three you are giving everyone
a choice while avoiding 12 different preferred dates being given
you when you ask for everyone's collective opinion!
What To Do When You've Decided on Your Date?
Get in touch with the booking contact as soon as you have
decided on your preferred date. This seems like an obvious move,
but sometimes there are several enquiries for a particular
cottage for any given date. These enquiries can sometimes run
into double figures, so swift communication is the best way
forward to ensuring you get what you want.
Changes To Booked Dates
If you have already booked your holiday cottage and something
comes up which can't be helped - as things sometimes do - and
you need to change your booking date, the best way forward again
is to get in touch asap with your booking contact. As long as
you are well in advance and give the owner or booking contact
plenty of time to fill the period you are now effectively
vacating, you will probably be okay to transfer your initial
deposit and any payment from your existing booking to your new
one.
Overview
Essentially, what we are talking about to get your desired
result throughout the entire process boils down to one thing -
communication. It's the one common thread, which is so important
in ensuring you get what you want and it's worth putting in the
effort to avoid disappointment.
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