Local and national teams offer the best of both worlds

Let your property with our holiday letting experts

Niche Retreats offers luxury properties from the Original Cottages portfolio. Original Cottages is a family of 20 truly local agencies across England and Wales, with a combined total of more than 5,500 properties. 

After three decades in the business, we know what gives properties that extra pulling power. And with our dedicated local property experts, backed by a recognisable national brand, we’re proud to say we can offer you the best of both worlds. From high impact marketing, to local personal service and property maintenance solutions. All supported by top notch management systems.

Our industry experts will work directly with you at every stage of the process, offering everything from legal advice on converting your property for holiday lets, to hiring cleaning and maintenance staff once you’re up and running.

 

Find out what your local team can do for you

We're a national holiday cottages letting company, with a family of twenty local agencies across England and Wales.

0800 368 9358
letting@originalcottages.co.uk 


Request a free information pack >

Benefits of letting with Original Cottages

 Competitive commission rates and regular monthly payments.

 No sign-up or renewal fees (annual property grading fee of £120+vat applies).

 Protection from cancellations and damages.

 Many of our brands can provide bespoke property management services and flexible maintenance plans.

 We can take on as much or little of the day-to-day running of your holiday cottage as you would like.

 Where we cannot provide services directly, our local teams can provide local recommendations.

 With 30 years of holiday letting experience, we know what gives each property extra pulling power.

 Our local marketing teams will focus on promoting your property within the local region.

 Our central team of marketing experts will promote your property through our websites, social media platforms, email campaigns, printed media and affiliate websites.

 Our teams live and work locally. They're experts not only in the local letting market, but everything local.

  For you and your guests they are on hand to help deal with emergencies, resolve problems, answer questions and offer advice.

 The reassurance of a local, friendly team encourages holidaymakers to return year after year.

 We can help guide you through the challenges that come with converting a property for holiday letting.

 We can offer advice on the day-to-day management of your property.

 We can help improve the appeal of your property, adding those special touches that we know holidaymakers love.

 We have dedicated in-house teams of photographers across the UK.

 They're all professionally trained and fully equipped to ensure your property photographs not only look their best, but reflect the individual character of your property.

There are fantastic
personal perks too

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10% discount off your own Original Cottages holidays

With over 5,500 Original Cottages properties to choose from, you too could enjoy exploring the UK for less.

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Exclusive discounts from select partners

We’ve teamed up with a range of local and national companies to ensure that you are rewarded with some seriously great offers and discounts. Partners include John Lewis, Mattressman, AF Affinity, Sponge, Virgin Wines, The Key Safe Company and more.

Stress-free listing on additional websites, at no extra charge

We'll publish and maintain listings for your property, with all bookings stored in one place - your online account. Our local teams will be there to support your affiliate sourced guests too.

Our trusted partners include:

Snaptrip
Airbnb
Booking.com
Hometogo
Trip Advisor
Vrbo
Simply Sea Views

How to join our family

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Submit an enquiry

We'll send you a free owner information pack and arrange for your local property recruiter to make contact for an informal chat.

0800 368 9358
letting@originalcottages.co.uk
Submit an online enquiry >
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Arrange a meeting

We'll look at your property, discuss your requirements, then draw up a letting proposal. This will include suggested booking rates, an income projection, and our advice on steps you can take to improve your return on investment.

Property visits are free of charge and come without obligation.

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Receive bookings

After you join us, our teams will create listings for your property on our local brand website, the Original Cottages website, and on affiliate websites (Airbnb, Booking.com, Tripadvisor...).

You'll be provided with an online homeowner account, where you can view your bookings 24/7 in real time and keep track of your income.

Additional information

Download our free holiday letting guide

Discover more about the benefits of letting with us and what to expect from the services we offer.

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