The prime minister’s announcement leads to ‘a frenzy of booking’ for cottages and campsites as people are urged to book quickly to find accommodation
Holiday cottages in England enjoyed their busiest day ever for bookings after the prime minister gave the go-ahead for a reopening on 4 July – spurring hopes of a staycation boom for an industry battered by coronavirus.
Cottages.com, which claims to be the UK’s biggest operator of ‘managed’ cottages, and sister company Hoseasons, best known for its boating holidays and lodges on the Norfolk broads, both said they enjoyed record one-day sales in the wake of the reopening announcement on Tuesday, with bookings coming through at one every 11 seconds.
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Source: Gaurdian