Outstanding luxury holiday cottages and cottage holidays throughout the UK
Premier Cottages really is different; we are not a booking agency. We are a passionate organisation of independent luxury self catering holiday cottage owners, working together to ensure the highest quality self catering holiday accommodation.
Every year all Premier Cottages properties are subject to a rigorous annual inspection by their national tourist board prior to being considered for inclusion. Accepting only the best is reflected by our members scooping the national accolade of “Self Catering Holiday Cottage of the year” for the last three years. Our national and regional awards total 46 in the last five years, an incredible achievement unequalled in the luxury holiday cottage market.
With quality comes service. You book direct with the holiday cottage owner, most of whom are on site or nearby, the person best able to help tailor your luxury self catering break to your personal requirements.
Whether it's for a family holiday, a reunion of friends, a short break or a honeymoon you will find the perfect Premier Cottage by using the searches below:
Search for your luxury cottage holiday
The Premier Cottages website is designed to help you find the perfect self catering holiday cottage for your holiday. You can search by size of cottage and region if you're looking to see what is available:
>> Find me a luxury holiday cottage
Or, use our on-line availability search to see which cottages are available for your preferred dates, many cottages also offer short breaks with availability shown until the end of 2010:
>> Check availability of luxury holiday cottages
Late availability bookings are increasing in popularity so if you are looking for a last minute holiday cottage booking or late availability holiday cottage booking, all available self catering accommodation for the next 22 days can be found here:
>> Find me late availability in a luxury holiday cottage
We also have a wonderful selection of large holiday cottages, sleeping from 10 to 40, perfect for more than one family, reunions, anniversaries and birthday parties:
How to make a booking
With Premier Cottages members there are no agents to deal with. You can get in touch with the holiday cottage owner direct to check availability and book, so no agency commission. Plus, you can find out more about the cottage and its locality to get the most out of your self catering holiday.
Quality
Premier Cottages operates differently from most other holiday cottage brochures and websites which are commission driven. Premier Cottages is a co-operative of the best independent luxury self catering cottages in the British Isles. You don’t pay agency fees and book directly with the owner, allowing you to tailor your holiday to your requirements.
Every year, each Premier Cottage property is subjected to a rigorous quality assessment by their national tourist boards. Our holiday properties are also assessed by our recruitment team, made up of experienced owners, to ensure they reflect the highest standard of quality, service and facilities demanded by Premier Cottages.
We only accept those cottages who attain a high 4 or 5 star rating. There is no doubt that the Premier Cottages brochure and website are the hardest for any cottage owner to gain entry to. Inclusion is purely based on quality, not willingness to pay for advertising space.
In the last 6 years, Premier Cottages have dominated the prestigious National Self-Catering - Enjoy England Excellence Awards, also known as the ‘Tourism Oscars’ which are awarded to the best holiday cottage or cottage complex in the country. These are the highest accolades attainable by self-catering properties in English Tourism. Since 2004 no less than 4 properties featured in this brochure have won the top honour of a Gold Award, with 5 properties coming second with a Silver Award.
At the regional tourism level, this success and recognition of excellence continues; holiday properties featured in this brochure have also scooped 30 Gold and 8 Silver Awards since 2004. No other collection of luxury cottages comes close to this record of achievement, a reflection of our commitment to the highest possible quality.
To see a list of these properties go to: Luxury Cottage Award Winners
To see how the national tourist board gradings work go to: National Gradings scheme
Many of our members have also shown their commitment to sustainable tourism by participating in schemes such as The Green Tourism Scheme in England and Scotland and the Green Dragon in Wales. For details of these schemes and to see the participating members:
Featured Cottages
Church Court Cottages
Cotswolds
Compton Pool Farm
Devon
Trossachs Farmhouse Cottages
Scotland
The Smithy and Ty Hwnt
Wales
