Sandcastle Cottage, Crail – Visitors 2007

March 5, 2008

Our visitors in 2007 have been happier than ever! It’s a delight to read their comments in our Visitors’ Book. But, they’ll be surprised when they come back to Sandcastle Cottage in 2008 to find that we’ve been busy over the winter with renovations, and we’re even better than before. Why don’t you book your [...]

Read more →

Sandcastle Cottage, Crail – higher standards for self-catering

October 16, 2007

We’re closing at the end of October 2008 to allow for essential maintenance to Sandcastle Cottage, and to renew the kitchen fitments and equipment which although still functional, do not match the higher standards which we are striving to attain for our guests at the Cottage. Our loyal band of local tradesmen will be employed [...]

Read more →

October School Holidays 2007

September 17, 2007

Having been booked constantly at Sandcastle Cottage, Crail since early May, we’ve suddenly come to a grinding halt with our bookings for the rest of this year. Until last Saturday (15th Sept) we had no bookings after 29th September, then I got a telephone call while walking along Callander High Street asking us for a [...]

Read more →

A Short Break at Sandcastle Cottage – in November!

November 28, 2006

When our guests and their children return to school after the October holidays, the opportunity now arises for us to spend some time in our weekend hideaway at Sandcastle Cottage in Crail. Our daughter is eager for the company of a friend for the weekend, so we invite one of her oldest friends (they met [...]

Read more →

Sandcastle Cottage-Visitors’ Views

November 16, 2006

Extracts from the Visitors’ Book at Sandcastle Cottage, Crail 2006: Richard, Sheffield – “A lovely cottage in the perfect location – all in all a wonderful holiday. Had a great time.” June 06 Andrew, Annette & Fraser, Aberdeen – “Had a wonderful time with perfect weather. The garden was fab for relaxing! ” June 06 [...]

Read more →

URL length for GOOGLE Adwords campaign

October 6, 2006

Rats! Just when I thought my new website which I’d designed specificially for short breaks was going to be ready and open for business, I’m confounded by the size of the block for an ad in Google Adwords – their spec for the URL length says it has to be less than 35 characters long! [...]

Read more →

Selling a short break for Dunhill Golf Tournament at St Andrews

September 23, 2006

Next thing to try – a short ad on Google. So sign up for a Google Adwords account, and get the (golf) ball rolling. It’s the Dunhill Cup 5-8 October at St Andrews, so it should still be possible to pick up a rental for some short breaks around then. Put £10 per month into [...]

Read more →

short breaks near st andrews

September 23, 2006

short breaks near st andrews – great idea for a blog.

Read more →

Staying in Sandcastle Cottage September 2006

September 23, 2006

As I was editing this blog an e-mail came in from the guests who stayed in the cottage from 9-16 September 2006. They had this to say: Just wanted to say how much we enjoyed our stay in “Sandcastle Cottage“. The cottage was very comfortable and we particularly enjoyed sitting in your lovely garden. We [...]

Read more →

Trying sell a short break at the last minute

September 23, 2006

Next week at Sandcastle Cottage we could do a short break from Monday 25th September to Friday 29th September, priced at only £200 for 4 nights. But how can I get this sold with only the internet as my tool (it’s too late to do anything else)? My friend Isabelle (a fellow central Edinburgh self-caterer [...]

Read more →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →