List with Cottage Stays In New Zealand

About listing with Cottage Stays In NZ

Your property deserves to be included in cottagestays.co.nz an Internet website that specifically targets the niche market of guests wanting to stay in individual accommodation “ with a difference”, that not only promotes your property but also encourages guests to come and stay longer by telling them about your area and the many wonderful things they can see and do during their stay.

How will people find you?

Unlike developing your own website Cottage Stays can start working for you from the day your listing is added. The most important feature of any website is its ability to perform well on major search engines under various search criteria. Cottage Stays is consistently achieving high ranking results on accommodation related search requests. A regular advertisement appears in the AA publication "Directions" Magazine directing prospective guests to the website in order to capture those a little less computer savvy. This publication is chosen for its ability to reach our target market - those who drive and travel - and for its long shelf life as a quarterly publication. Other advertising may appear in various publications from time to time.

Does my accommodation have to be a "Cottage"?

Not necessarily, some of our most successful pages, at attracting both visitors and bookings, are in fact not cottages in the true sense. These properties do offer a sense of separation from the hosts accommodation (though may not even be fully self contained). The appeal has been in providing an attractive style of accommodation to those who do not want the mainstream hotel, motel or 'in-house' hosted accommodation.

How do you join Cottage Stays ?

Simply click on the "Joining Request" tab on this page and complete the request form, we will send you a comprehensive joining form to fill in either in an e-mail format or printed and posted, whichever you prefer. Then just send us your photographs and your map (if you would like one included) with your payment by either cheque or credit card. Don’t forget if you would like a supplementary Gallery Page to display more of your photographs and information, or you would like additional pages to promote your other cottages as separate identities please let us know.

What does it cost?

Page listing fees are payable annually. Main page NZ$95 excluding GST for a twelve month listing starting from the day your listing appears on the website. This fee includes a main photo plus a cameo image in the sidebar. A contacts page, a directions page and a link to your own website if available. You have the option of an additional Gallery Page to provide multiple photographs and information for your guests - additional cost is NZ$25 excluding GST. More than one listing attracts a discount of 20% on all subscription fees, the only criteria are that the listings must have the same contact details. Include on-line availability at no extra charge.

You can also have on-line availability through 'Gateway Availability' which was set up, and is administered, by ourselves. This has been separately branded as it is also available to non Cottage Stays properties. Note that your Gateway results are not linked to any other accommodation listings and visitors to your 'availability' cannot access other listings from there. There are no hidden costs, this is a simple, easy to use, no frills system. To see how the results look go to our Sample Cottage.

 

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About us Welcome, we thank you for taking the time to meet and learn something about us, we look forward to getting acquainted with you, as we work together to promote your accommodation to New Zealand, Australian and other overseas guests.

We are passionate about New Zealand and take great pleasure in sharing our knowledge and expertise to ensure that travelers in New Zealand have as many opportunities to enjoy its beauty and character as possible. As 'outdoors' enthusiasts our interests include hiking, kayaking, fishing, boating, and mountain biking which regularly take us throughout New Zealand.

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We are a professional couple, who have a combined experience of over 30 years in the travel industry, including.

• Wholesale travel.

• Owner/Hosts of Teichelmann's Bed & Breakfast Inn (Fodor's, Frommer's, Lonely Planet......).

• Former Board Membership / Deputy Chair Tourism West Coast.

• Co-Founders of the Superior Inn's Group.

• Owners and Operators of DesigNZ on Travel a leading internet Travel Agency meeting the expectations of International visitors.

• Creators of Cottage Stays in New Zealand

• Operators of Gateway Availability- now offered to all Cottage Stays Listings at no additional cost and open to other subscribers

We appreciate that you are offered many opportunities to invest in the promotion of your business, we appreciate that your decision in choosing to be included on the Cottage Stays website carries the responsibility for us to meet our commitments to you. Our clients are important to us, your trust in us is respected and we undertake to always operate in your best interests.
Yours sincerely..
Julie Collier and Russell Wenn

Cottage Stays in New Zealand.
 

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