The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #61011 Message #1009099
Posted By: Mrs.Duck
27-Aug-03 - 01:56 PM
Thread Name: Whitby Folk Week 16 - 22 Aug 2003
Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week 16 - 22 Aug 2003
Just wondering if anyone else got caught by the estate agent who decided to let out cottages without checking if current residents wanted to rebook. We have had the same cottage for a couple of years but when we tried to rebook were told it had already gone but were offered an alternative which we accepted. However it appears that the people there had had that cottage for about 5 years running and were furious when they found it had been booked by us and insisted the owner be contacted and he said they should be allowed to book and so we were once more without anywhere for next year. We hope we have now found something but it is not exactly what we would have wanted but I had heard from others that we were not the only ones caught like this.
BTW if you are reading this Trish - no we don't want to upset your booking but I pointed out to the agents concerned that they had gone against what has been standard practice over many years in Whitby for folk week and next year people booking with them should be given fair warning when the cottages are to be relet and given the chance to be first in line.