Bluebells & Seashells: a New Comprehensive Guide to Great British Accommodation is Launched
The guide features all types of places to stay, from bed & breakfasts, hotels, holiday cottages, yurts, campsites, boats, glampsites and even a couple of converted Shepherds Hut's launches to the market in time for Easter.
North Somerset, United Kingdom, April 09, 2011 --(PR.com)-- A new comprehensive online accommodation guide for Great Britain which will feature all types of places to stay, from bed & breakfasts, hotels, holiday cottages, yurts, campsites, boats, glampsites and even a converted Shepherds Hut has been launched. The website: www.bluebellsandseashells.co.uk, has been named to represent all that is typical of Great Britain’s beautiful countryside and stretching shorelines.
The advanced search page offers one of the most comprehensive search facilities available ensuring that users of the site are able to find accommodation suitable for their individual requirements, such as with wheelchair access, eco-friendly accommodation, or places that cater specifically for vegetarians. Alternatively, holidaymakers can consider trying something new during their break, by searching for accommodation providers that offer workshops and courses, for example cupcake making classes or crash courses in keeping chickens.
Visitors to the site are also able to view up to ten large images of the accommodation, view feedback from other guests, check availability of holiday cottages and see details of popular local attractions and things to do locally as listed by the property owner rather than advertisers. The news section carried on the www.BluebellsandSeashells.co.uk home page and monthly newsletter also feature stories on places to go and things to check out around Great Britain, for example, places to take children during the half-term break.
Joanna Thorne, Founder of Bluebells & Seashells commented: “There are 2.9 million bedspaces* available to guests in the UK every night, including hotels, B&B’s, guest houses, through to holiday dwellings and tourist campsites with an average occupancy rate of 55% for all serviced accommodation**, suggesting that the flow of traffic and money into the British tourism industry is still very much alive and open for business. London remains the most popular destination for overseas visitors (14.2 million), who collectively spent over £8bn in 2009, representing 50% of all inbound visitor spending***.
“We launched this site to counter all of the items we found most frustrating from our own experiences at looking for accommodation and we're delighted that we already have over 1250 properties of all shapes and sizes, atmospheres and locations registered with us. We've ensured that images are displayed as large as possible and the search does not limit browsers to select one property type or another unless they choose to, as we all know that when looking for a bed for a night when attending a friend’s wedding for example, choosing a hotel, guest house, B&B, converted mill or boat is not what’s important; but the price, warm welcome, décor, cleanliness and location are.
“Furthermore, many of the holiday cottage letting companies around Great Britain have been purchased by overseas corporations, and as a result the consumer ends up paying considerably more for their holiday, including the compulsory insurance than cottages owners receive. This is neither fair for the owner, or traveller, but perhaps worst still is that this money is leaving our economy, when it has never needed it more. Bluebells and Seashells is aimed at providing those independent accommodation owners, with an affordable and fair platform to share what they to offer and with Royal Wedding and the 2012 Olympic Games only months away, the outlook for accommodation providers looks extremely prosperous.”
*Eurostat 2008 statistics.
**Enjoy England. http://www.enjoyengland.com/Images/sepsum10_tcm21-199205.pdf
**Office of National Statistics: 13th July 2010.
Top tourist attractions
According to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, the top five tourist hotspots in 2009 were the British Museum (5.6m); The National Gallery (4.8m); Tate Modern (4.7m); the National History museum (4.1m) and the Science Museum in South Kensington (2.8m).
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The advanced search page offers one of the most comprehensive search facilities available ensuring that users of the site are able to find accommodation suitable for their individual requirements, such as with wheelchair access, eco-friendly accommodation, or places that cater specifically for vegetarians. Alternatively, holidaymakers can consider trying something new during their break, by searching for accommodation providers that offer workshops and courses, for example cupcake making classes or crash courses in keeping chickens.
Visitors to the site are also able to view up to ten large images of the accommodation, view feedback from other guests, check availability of holiday cottages and see details of popular local attractions and things to do locally as listed by the property owner rather than advertisers. The news section carried on the www.BluebellsandSeashells.co.uk home page and monthly newsletter also feature stories on places to go and things to check out around Great Britain, for example, places to take children during the half-term break.
Joanna Thorne, Founder of Bluebells & Seashells commented: “There are 2.9 million bedspaces* available to guests in the UK every night, including hotels, B&B’s, guest houses, through to holiday dwellings and tourist campsites with an average occupancy rate of 55% for all serviced accommodation**, suggesting that the flow of traffic and money into the British tourism industry is still very much alive and open for business. London remains the most popular destination for overseas visitors (14.2 million), who collectively spent over £8bn in 2009, representing 50% of all inbound visitor spending***.
“We launched this site to counter all of the items we found most frustrating from our own experiences at looking for accommodation and we're delighted that we already have over 1250 properties of all shapes and sizes, atmospheres and locations registered with us. We've ensured that images are displayed as large as possible and the search does not limit browsers to select one property type or another unless they choose to, as we all know that when looking for a bed for a night when attending a friend’s wedding for example, choosing a hotel, guest house, B&B, converted mill or boat is not what’s important; but the price, warm welcome, décor, cleanliness and location are.
“Furthermore, many of the holiday cottage letting companies around Great Britain have been purchased by overseas corporations, and as a result the consumer ends up paying considerably more for their holiday, including the compulsory insurance than cottages owners receive. This is neither fair for the owner, or traveller, but perhaps worst still is that this money is leaving our economy, when it has never needed it more. Bluebells and Seashells is aimed at providing those independent accommodation owners, with an affordable and fair platform to share what they to offer and with Royal Wedding and the 2012 Olympic Games only months away, the outlook for accommodation providers looks extremely prosperous.”
*Eurostat 2008 statistics.
**Enjoy England. http://www.enjoyengland.com/Images/sepsum10_tcm21-199205.pdf
**Office of National Statistics: 13th July 2010.
Top tourist attractions
According to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, the top five tourist hotspots in 2009 were the British Museum (5.6m); The National Gallery (4.8m); Tate Modern (4.7m); the National History museum (4.1m) and the Science Museum in South Kensington (2.8m).
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Bluebells & Seashells Ltd
Jo Thorne
07855411626
www.bluebellsandseashells.co.uk
Jo Thorne
07855411626
www.bluebellsandseashells.co.uk
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