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	<description>The holiday blog for holiday-makers and cottage owners</description>
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		<title>Are you missing out on enquiries? 7 tips for holiday letting in today&#8217;s climate.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have found that over the past ten years of letting holiday cottages, booking patterns change year on year and this year is no different! The current financial climate is influencing peoples&#8217; spending patterns and is most certainly impacting upon the holiday rental market. Booking trends are much more last minute than previous years; there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turn Lookers into Bookers &#8211; How Much and is it Available?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine that you are buying a new computer from your favourite online store. You research the new computer’s features; compare specs; look at the pictures; read the reviews.  You decide that, if the price is right, you’ll by it.  But when you look for the price you see a message: ‘Enquire With Seller’.  “Hmmm”, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A guide to setting up your holiday cottage &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our new guide, we talk through setting up your holiday cottage ready for guests.  Part 1 covers some hand tips around furnishing your property. Part 1: Fixtures, fittings, fabrics and furnishings Ultimately the choice of decor will be yours, but do think of your target market when making decisions.  It is difficult to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Self Catering Predictions for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good year for UK self catering holidays. The continuing economic struggle with its loss of high street brands and reports of struggling tour operators and travel agents, may well drive more people to holiday in the UK. Uncertainty with the Euro and perceived instability of Eurozone countries may compound this further.  Bad news for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stuck for present or gift ideas?</title>
		<link>http://www.independentcottages.co.uk/holiday-blog/2011/12/stuck-for-present-or-gift-ideas/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=stuck-for-present-or-gift-ideas</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you looking for that all important gift for someone special, stressed about what to buy the person who has everything or want to treat your loved one to a special gift? So often we find ourselves struggling to know what to buy that someone who ‘has everything’ and spend hours trawling the high street [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 key questions to ask yourself before buying a Holiday Cottage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We get a number of phone calls from people who are considering holiday letting for the first time.  It can be a minefield, but if you are considering buying a property for holiday letting here are 5 questions to think about before putting the offer in. 1 – Profit or pleasure? In our view, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autumn in the Lake District</title>
		<link>http://www.independentcottages.co.uk/holiday-blog/2011/11/autumn-in-the-lake-district/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=autumn-in-the-lake-district</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holiday Ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lake District is an incredibly popular holiday destination in the UK with over 15 million people visiting each year. With its reputation for rain, many visit during the summer months. However, it has so much to offer outside the peak times, as we discovered during our recent October visit to the South Lakes. With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How smartphones can turn enquiries into bookings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are reasonably new to the holiday letting business then using a smartphone could really help boost bookings. The phrase &#8220;The early bird catches the worm&#8221; once refered to the holiday maker looking for next years deal.  Nowadays however, the phrase could equally relate to the holiday property owner too. Conversion of enquiries into bookings is key [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To let independently or not?</title>
		<link>http://www.independentcottages.co.uk/holiday-blog/2011/10/to-let-independently-or-not/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=to-let-independently-or-not</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With more people choosing to holiday at home over the past two years, UK tourism and the self-catering accommodation market has received a considerable boost. The UK holiday market has seen a change in consumer booking habits. More people are putting together independently arranged ‘DIY holidays’; there has been a considerable increase in people looking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cottage owners &#8211; are you set up to take Short Breaks?</title>
		<link>http://www.independentcottages.co.uk/holiday-blog/2011/10/cottage-owners-are-you-set-up-to-take-short-breaks/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=cottage-owners-are-you-set-up-to-take-short-breaks</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Short breaks have become more and more popular and this year has seen significantly more holiday makers looking to get away for just a few days. Historically, many owners have only offered short breaks during the winter months, but the demand for greater flexibility has seen more and more owners offering short breaks all year [...]]]></description>
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