Here’s Little Story 9 of 13. Each considers (some of) why, I think, Old Post Office Riverside Holiday Cottages have spiking occupancy and 95% perfect 10/10 reviews.
9. Being telepathic.
‘Being Telepathic’, as a piece of advice for holiday cottage owners, stems from the number one, most common remark that appears in our reviews and guest books. That remark is, ‘you thought of everything’.
It’s rubbish advice though isn’t it? Because telepathy is impossible. And because we clearly can’t think of everything, for every guest.
In actual fact, we haven’t thought of everything. We’ve simply thought of far, far more than most.
But how do we know we’re thinking of, and adding in, the right things? It’s not hard. Because we are holiday cottage guests too. All we have to do is imagine being in one of the cottages we’ve stayed in over the years and reaching for… whateveritis.
Here’s you’ll find in an Old Post Office cottage, that might be considered unusual.
1. Silver foil.
2. A kitchen knife for every kitcheny task.
3. A drinking glass of almost every kind, one per person at maximum occupancy.
4. A little library of undogeared, decent books. Includes a Do Book library.
5. Those handwarmer things.
6. Disposable shower coats.
7. Phone chargers.
8. Parking discs.
9. Big marshmallows and long wooden skewers for the fire pits.
10. Spices, herbs, stock cubes, salt, pepper, olive oil.
11. Everything needed to make proper home made pizza bases for the outdoor pizza oven.
12. Two-drawer Ninja air fryers.
13. Dog tag with my phone number on, in case holidaying dogs get lost.
14. Current undogeared magazines.
15. Dishwasher tablets, washing machine tablets and a range of cleaning things.
16. Tote bags, dog leads and umbrellas.
17. Binoculars.
18. Eye masks.
19. Hot water bottles and throws for outside.
20. Thermos flasks. One per person.
ENDNOTE.
Some of things are basic really… silver foil is useful. Some things are more adventurous… like the dog tags. Both kinds of things are important and memorable, though.
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I’ll post 10 times throughout November 2026, about Old Post Office Riverside Holiday Cottages.
Because occupancy is spiking, the first 30-odd reviews in 2026 were a perfect 10/10 and 95% of ALL reviews (500+) are a perfect 10/10.
If you have holiday cottages, or want to have holiday cottages, this might help.
Please repost and tag if anyone you know might want to read the series throughout November 2026.
Thank you. And Merry Christmas.
Mychael.
Website: www.oldpostoffice.co.uk