Coast & Country Cottages: the team

The team at Coast & Country Cottages are delighted to have been nominated for our fifth British Travel Award. We are really proud of all the work we do at Coast & Country Cottages, ensuring our guests experience the most beautiful properties and the best of South Devon, which is why winning this prestigious award would mean so much to us.

From helping to find the perfect holiday home to suit each of our customer’s individual requirements, to preparing properties to the highest of standards, each member of our locally-based team has an important part to play in making us a multi award-winning holiday bookings company. If you’d like to know a little more about the people behind Coast & Country Cottages, here are a few things you may not know about us…

Reservations team

Norma: has lived in Salcombe for 30 years but still has a Liverpool accent

Christina: is getting married in Las Vegas in 2019

David: always sets off airport security alarms with his metal leg

Paula: once worked in a zoo and lived in a tent

Suzy: was once asked out on a date by Daniel Bedingfield

Karen: learned to fly gliders aged 23

Abi: owns her own handbag business

Property Services Team

Nick: is a qualified wakeboard and water-ski instructor

D: jumped out of a plane at 16,000 ft

Lynette: recently got her first tattoo

Gwen: lived in Chile for 7 years and can speak Spanish

Ashley: once made an egg and cress sandwich for Prince Charles

Vanessa: used to take ballroom dancing lessons

Jane: used to own a race horse

Marketing Team

Tina: walks over 30,000 steps every week!

Emily: travelled around Australia this year

Maria: used to be an ice skater

Vicky: milks 80 cows every day after work

Sarah: used to go to drama school and auditioned for Biker Grove!

Finance and Administration Team

Alix – Was an extra in ‘Holiday on the Buses’ for the boating lake scene!

Jacky – Went to primary school with ‘Bros’

Dartmouth Team

Chris: used to play rugby for Salcombe 1st XV 

Rachel: loves to work on craft projects in her spare time

Becca: loves to stand up paddleboard in her spare time

Paula: has a photographic memory and can remember all of our regular guests

Joe: has a golf handicap of 5 and blow dries his hair every day

Senior Management Team

Jon: lived in a snow hole for 2 weeks, 200 miles inside the Arctic Circle, at -40 degrees!

Keith: used to work with the UK’s orchestras and has conducted at the Royal Albert Hall

Our team thank you in advance for your continued support.