A great way to find a place to stay in the lakes (Lake District)

Member Name: blissman70

Product:	Lake District
Date:	24/03/08 (110 review reads)
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Advantages: scenery, peace and quiet and friendly people

Disadvantages: british weather

I sometimes stay in cottages in the lake district and i always use cumbrian cottages to book the holiday cottage.
Visit them at www.cumbrian-cottages.co.uk to see some of there great deals.

Cumbrian cottages is an agency which sells and rents holiday cottages throughout the Lake District.
As I have only used the rental side of the company I can only review this:

The website.
www.cumbrian-cottages.co.uk, is easy to navigate and quickly informs whether a property is available. It is open 24 hours a day so you can browse the vast amount of cottages any time.
All the cottages on the site are listed in alphabetical order or by reference number and the website gives a perfect description of each individual cottage, featuring images and sizes.
There are so many to choose from that you may be on-line for quite some time.
When you have made a choice of cottage then the booking process is so simple a three year old could book a weeks holiday in Keswick if they had your card details, (so hide your Credit cards).
A fee of £19 is asked for to cover insurance of your group, although this can be cancelled, but I advise against that as accidents can happen.
Then you are asked for details about yourself and how many people in your party.
Then you must give your payment details to cover the deposit, which is usually £60 per bedroom per property. Then the balance must be paid no later than eight weeks before the start of the break.
The entire procedure is effortless and with no pressure it is so easy to do.

The company.
The choice of holiday cottages is vast, there are over 600 to choose from, so I am unable to give a full list, so I do advise you to contact them via the web site, (or telephone 01228 599960, 7 days a week from 9 am till 9 pm, 5:30 on a Saturday), the staff are there to help and advise.
It caters for all walks of life and offers some fantastic cottages, from one bed roomed to mansion size eight bed roomed. Short breaks and week long holidays lets, they also offer some great late deals and bargains.
It's headquarters are in Carlisle, with two letting offices in Windermere and Keswick, both are staffed by friendly and helpful people, if a little too laid back, (but what can you expect from living in the lake District).
The cleanliness of the lettings I have holidayed at is fantastic, so I assume that all the domestic staff are professionals and all accommodations are cleaned thoroughly.

I have used cumbrian cottages several times and have stayed at several different holiday cottages.
They have lets in Ambleside, Bowness-in-windermere, Windermere, Coniston, Hawkshead, Grasmere, Keswick, Ullverston and many other locations around the Lakes, offering a variety of holiday lets, to cater for everyone from the courting couple to the massive family party at one of the larger lettings, (like the Beech Manor in Windermere which offers a luxurious accommodation for 12 people starting price from £1800, But for this you get a small palace with acres of ground).
Anyway, for a well priced pleasurable holiday, for the peace seeker or the fell walker, then you should give Cumbrian Cottages a try as they will have a place for you to let.
I do have a favourite holiday let which a go to annually via Cumbrian cottages, it is in an excellent location just outside Bowness-on-Windermere, I wont divulge the name as I don't wont it inundated, leaving it fully booked all year round.

NB. Cumbrian Cottages will also let your cottage out as a holiday home, dependent on inspection and grading.

Summary: Cut price cottages in the lake district