Visit Britain And Quality Assurance
VisitBritain is the organisation created on 1st April 2003 to market Britain to the rest of the world and England to the British.
Formed by the merger of the British Tourist Authority and the English Tourism Council, its mission is to build the value of tourism by creating world class destination brands and marketing campaigns.
As part of their role Visit Britain run a Quality Assurance scheme, whereby owners of self catering holiday homes can have their property assessed and awarded a quality star rating, this carried out by trained quality inspectors.
The awards are given as 1 star through to the highest award of 5 stars - we at The Lakeland Cottage Company only market properties that achieve a minimum 3 star rating.
It should be noted that holiday cottages and houses are marked on an overall percentage rating, this determining the number of stars awarded. This can mean a variation of quality within each rating. For example, one property may achieve the minimum percentile score to gain a 4 star award, whereas another may be only 1 percent below the required score to achieve a 5 star award.
Another service of VB is that the inspector will have read our description of each self catering holiday cottage prior to visiting the property, agreeing it to be fair and accurate, neither misleading or omitting details, allowing you to make an informed decision when selecting a property.