01/10/2026
๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ก๐๐ ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ "๐๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ป๐ฒ" ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ! ๐๐ณโจ
We are now on Day 6 of our website closure, and Iโm thrilled to share that weโve just tackled the biggest piece of the puzzle: our brand-new, fully secure ๐๐น๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ!
Building this custom system has consumed the last few days of work behind the scenes, but itโs completely finished and safely integrated with Stripe. Best of all, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ (๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ)!
Here is a look at the flexible payment options weโve added, alongside everything else weโve completed and what's left to wrap up:
๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ-๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ:
โข ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฏ: Split your total cost (including dogs and damage deposits) into three equal payments, with the first third paid at the time of booking, followed by two monthly payments
โข ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐: Pay a low ยฃ50 initial deposit at the time of booking, then spread the remaining balance equally over the available months until your arrival
โข ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐
๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐น๐: Put down a ยฃ50 deposit and choose your own automated monthly payment amount (starting from a low calculated minimum).
(๐๐ข๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ 14 ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ - ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ 6-๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต-๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด!)
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๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ'๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ:
โข ๐๐น๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ & ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐: Reduced our dog deposit from ยฃ50 to ยฃ25, separated weekday/weekend rates, and built full discount code integration into bookings
โข ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด & ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐: Replaced old contact forms with a custom direct messaging system and built-in contingency checks to ensure your arrival details always land safely (๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ-๐๐ถ๐ฝ: ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐!)
โข ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น: We're now communicating directly from [email protected]
โข ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐: Fully functional sign-ups so you can easily receive exclusive offers, updates, and discount codes for future stays (with a simple one-click unsubscribe in every email)
๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐:
โข Adjusting the booking calendar to open up January of next year
โข Adding clear booking notes regarding play passes, deposits, and our 7-day refund policy
โข Displaying our automatic 15% discount for stays over 4 nights right on the calendar page
โข Other small tweaks still outstanding
Thank you all so much for your incredible patience while we built these bespoke upgrades to make booking with us safer, smoother, and more flexible.
See you all tomorrow when the doors officially reopen! ๐