Brexit appears to be boosting the UK holiday cottages industry. Uncertainty over Brexit is fuelling a marked increase in bookings of UK self catering cottages according to Original Cottages. The company is a hub of nearly 5,000 holiday lets across England and Wales. It claims demand for Original Cottages properties is not just for the summer holidays, but across the year and right up to next Christmas.
Holiday 2019: Bookings for cottages BOOM thanks to Brexit news
Original Cottages revealed that their year on year data from January 2018 to 2019 shows that Long lead bookings, or early-bird bookings, are up by almost two thirds.
There are 58 per cent more bookings for Christmas than this time last year.
What is more, many more people are turning to UK holiday cottages for the first time.
The firm revealed that new customer bookings are up by 65 per cent.
February half term breaks are up 37 per cent.
Holiday 2019: Bookings for cottages BOOM thanks to Brexit news (Image: GETTY)
Holiday 2019: Brexit is fuelling a marked increase in bookings of UK self catering cottages (Image: GETTY)
Short breaks are up 56 per cent, while bookings overall are up 13 per cent.
Sonia Holman, Marketing Director at Original Cottages, said: "Current political
