MyCottageHoliday News Page

Welcome to the MyCottageHoliday news page where you can find the latest news, press coverage and information.

Cottage Owner & Reviewer Feedback

Brian L, Cottage Reviewer 12 May 2010
"I really like your site and I will certainly spread the word amongst my friends, we all seem to stay in cottages quite regularly nowadays and having a review site is a great idea."

Naomi W, Cottage Reviewer 10 April 2010
"I think the site is an absolutely brilliant idea and strangely a missing gap in the saturation of the internet. I only reviewed it because the site is easy to use. Of course there's [another website] but it's cumbersome and not user friendly (and not specific to cottages)."

Vicki C, Cottage Owner 9 February 2010
"I think My Cottage Holiday should go far, and hope that for people wanting holiday cottages that it will become more important than [another website]. Congratulations on your first birthday, and here's to many more!"

Press Coverage

The Travel Intelligence Blog 8 December 2009

Travel Review Sites: the Good... And the Not so Good

This one comes a bit out of left field and, strictly speaking, it's not solely a user-generated content site either. But as a source of holiday cottage reviews it's absolutely first-rate. A great selection of holiday cottage rentals for the UK and Ireland with all the necessary information, provided by users, clearly laid out. Verdict: a handy place to head for holiday cottages.

Mintel Self Catering Research 30 October 2009

Cottage Holiday Research Starts With Reviews

Half of all adults now research their holidays online and holidaymakers are now looking to each other for advice and information about self-catering accommodation. According to the leisure research company Mintel, holidaymakers are becoming more inclined to rely on reviews from the other people rather than from official sites. In the 'Holidays on the Internet' report, they report that "There is massive interest in consumer generated content and reviews. This is having an impact on the holiday market as holidaymakers are becoming more inclined to rely on reviews from the general public - anti-experts - than look for official sites or professional reviews".

Visit Britain Press Release 14 May 2009

Help fellow travellers find the best self-catering breaks

Visitors are being encouraged to review their experiences in self-catering accommodation as they head off on a British break this bank holiday weekend. Read more about the new partnership between national tourism agency, VisitBritain , and independent holiday cottage review website, MyCottageHoliday.co.uk in the full press release.

Premier Cottages Newsletter 4 February 2009

Cottage Review Website Launched

A new UK independent holiday cottage review website that encourages holiday-makers to post reviews about self-catering properties, MyCottageHoliday.co.uk is not a cottage booking website, but owners can choose to list their own property for no charge and can also respond to online reviews. For more information go to www.MyCottageHoliday.co.uk.

Guardian 31 January 2009

Compare cottages

Ever booked a holiday cottage and found that "old-fashioned charm" really meant "no central heating" or that the "short walk from the beach" took all morning? So with more of us expected to holiday in the UK, news of a review site dedicated solely to self-catering properties is welcome indeed. At the moment the number of reviews is small but that should change as more users discover the site which promises "Everything you wanted to write in the guest book, but were too polite to say!"

The Association of Scotland's Self-Caterers 26 January 2009

MyCottageHoliday - Tripadvisor for cottages!

This new review website aims to become the definitive review site exclusively for self-catering holidays in the UK (something Tripadvisor is quite poor on just now). You are encouraged to post reviews of your self-catering holiday experiences on this site!

Please Add a Review

You may have come to MyCottageHoliday to read reviews about holiday cottages. If you are here looking for reviews now, you evidently think they might be helpful. At this very moment someone could be looking for reviews about cottages where you have stayed so why not add a review yourself? Reviews needn't be long but if there are useful bits of information you can pass on to other UK cottage holidaymakers then please add a review to the site.

Cottages Without Reviews

This will make it even easier for you to leave a review ... we allow cottage owners to add their own cottages even if there have been no reviews of their property. We believe that if an owner want to add a cottage and encourage their visitors to leave a review, that's a good sign. And a plus for reviewers, all the basic details of the cottage will already be on the site!

Also, if owners supply information about their homes, that might help you choose the right cottage for you and your party. Plus, we want owners to respond to reviews - we're sure you'd want to know if the owner has addressed issues raised in a review. So we welcome owners who wish to add their cottages to the site.

Press & Marketing Enquiries

For further information and a copies of our most recent press releases please contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.