Peace and Tranquillity

First class cottage in beautiful surroundings with very helpful hosts. Best accommodation we ever stayed in, thank you so much for making our stay special. Book with confidence you won’t be disappointed.

Steve & Dot (and we can't forget Charlie) were the perfect hosts. From the moment I booked, the communication from Steve and Dot was fantastic. On our arrival Steve greeted us with a very warm welcome and a roaring fire. The cottage was immaculate with every conceivable home comfort and we wanted for nothing throughout our stay.Charlie endlessly entertained our two dogs leaving us to relax and enjoy our surroundings.We were looking for peace and tranquility and this certainly delivered!We would highly recommend staying as you won't be disappointed.

we had an amazing stay….. host couldn’t have been more helpful if they had tried harder. The family dog just made us so welcome and was so well behaved and a joy to have visit and tell us what he had been doing all day. Couldn’t recommend this stay more than I have to any couples or families…..just a delightful stunning spot. Well done Steve and Dot.

After reading wonderful reviews I decided to book with Steve to catch up with family for the weekend.Unfortunately this is our first not so pleasant experience myself and my colleague have had in our 20 yrs of using Bookabach throughout NZ and abroad. First of all when I emailed to confirm directions we were given the wrong address, after finally finding our way, on arrival nobody was there at the time we had agreed upon so we went into town to get supplies and came back later that evening. Steve then came over to introduce himself and welcome us in. All was fine.After settling in we were then interrupted as the bedding was supposedly not clean even though we arrived 3 hrs after check in time. No problem, can understand they had a busy day. An hr or so later we were visited a 3rd time, I'm not sure as to why, we just assumed Steve was a very friendly host. After a few drinks that night we headed to bed around midnight, 1 of our colleagues decided to bunk down on the couch instead of heading to our friends in town due to having one too many. The next morning whilst getting ready for the day Steve knocked on the door, my colleague was greeted with, for lack of a more appropriate term, a tyriad of accusations claiming we had purposely been dishonest as to how many people we had stay. I had just had a shower and heard the raised voices so went out in my towel to see what the problem was. Steve immediately confronted me with accusations that I found highly offensive and would not let me speak and then referred to my being in a towel. I have never been spoken to in such a manner, especially by a host of where I am staying. We were then told to pack up our things and be out by lunchtime and and in an incriminating tone, told he would be checking for damages even though we had another night booked and we always respect and leave where we stay immaculate. I believe the situation could have been dealt with in a more respectful manner and would have happily offered to pay for the extra guest who slept on the couch if given the opportunity (as I have done a couple of other times due to unforseen circumstances and the hosts have always been accomodating and understanding). We still cant get over the hostility over something that could have been easily resolved. After having my rant, I can at least say the accommodation was lovely and clean and can only assume Steve was just having an off day considering previous pleasant reviews. Dot was lovely 🙂