Isle of Colonsay Lodges - Scalasaig

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• Any length of stay - come/go by any Sunday, Wednesday or Friday ferry
• Close to pier, shop, pub, restaurants and village hall
• All bedlinen and towels included
• No need for a car - ideal for walking and cycling
• Standard lodge 2 bedrooms, sleep 5 or 6
• Mini-lodge, 1 bedroom, sleeps 2 or 3
• Discounted rate for couples - just ask
  

AVAILABILITY

All availability is shown on our chart, and we are now accepting reservations for all dates in 2009. Please note that 2009 ferry timetable will be the same as in 2008, no change.

Please see our detailed chart

LOCATION:

The Lodges are very convenient to the pier, shop, post office, surgery, village hall and to both of the island's licensed restaurants. No point in Colonsay or Oransay is more than 5 miles from these lodges and they are close to the island's award-winning hotel. The location is unmatched for walkers and cyclists and ideal for anybody who intends to make use of "The Colonsay" restaurant and bar.

FLEXIBILITY:

Particularly suitable for persons who do not wish to stay for exactly seven nights, since the booking arrangements are very flexible. Arrive and depart on any Sunday, Wednesday or Friday in summer, and stay for as many nights as you wish. In winter ferries are on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and the same flexibility applies.

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Detailed availability charts for all four lodges

FACILITIES

These four chalet-type lodges are heavily insulated and double-glazed throughout. There is wall-to-wall carpeting except in the kitchen and bathroom areas, which have cork tiles. Each of the three standard lodges sleeps five with a double-bedded room on the ground floor and a large upstairs sleeping area with three single beds; a child's cot or additional folding adult's bed will be provided at no additional charge. We also have a slightly smaller lodge without a verandah and with just one bedroom, equipped with a single and a double bed - for price details, see "Mini Lodge" box, below. All lodges have a comfortable groundfloor lounge.

Heating is provided by convection radiation and powerful electric fan heating in the lounge area and oil-filled electric radiators in the sleeping areas. The bathrooms all have full-sized baths and an efficient electric shower; hot water for the bath and kitchen sink is provided by a programmable immersion heater. The kitchen area is equipped with extractor fan, refrigerator, electric kettle, microwave and ceramic-topped electric cooker with full-sized oven. Electricity is supplied via a digital meter and charged on departure 10p. per unit inc. 5% VAT. There is also a colour TV, emergency light and smoke detector. A utility room for communal use is equipped with washing machine, tumble dryer and deep freeze.

BONUS FEATURES

Under our standard arrangement, all bed-linen and towels (except beach towels) are provided WITHOUT additional charge and the beds are made up prior to your arrival. If you arrive without a car we will meet you at the ferry and carry your party and luggage to your accommodation free of charge, this service is repeated in reverse on your departure.

Well behaved pets are welcome, on the understanding that they will be kept under proper control.

The lodges adjoin the licensed and award-winning hotel with excellent restaurant facilities. They are only 400 metres from the local shop, post-office, surgery, parish church and the pier. May MacKinnon's licensed "Pantry" is also within 400 metres, serving a wide variety of meals and snacks.

Availability chart

TARIFF UNTIL MARCH 2010
Weekly rate includes VAT at the normal rate where applicable, courtesy car, all linen and services as detailed elsewhere.
Bookings are accepted on a very flexible basis - arrive and depart by any ferry in winter, or on any Sunday, Wednesday or Friday in summer, and stay as long as you wish. For a stay of more than a week, calculate rental pro-rata. For shorter stays, please refer to the tables given below.

Tariff for Standard Lodge (sleeps 5 or possibly 6), starting within these dates:

This is a slightly smaller lodge without a verandah and with just one bedroom, providd with a single and a double bed. It is fully equipped and available on the same terms as our standard lodges.

Until March 13 2009	£180.00
March 14 - May 9 2009	£260.00
May 10 - June 27 2009	£350.00
June 28 - August 8 2009	£420.00
August 9 - August 22 2009	£350.00
August 23 - October 17 2009	£260.00
from October 18 2009 until March 2010	£195.00
Except Christmas / New Year 2009/10	£275.00

Availability Chart for 2009

CONDITIONS

We do not hasten to make conditions - the following points will be taken-as-read by most guests, but they are important and are mentioned to avoid misunderstandings.

Lodges must be vacated by 10.00 on day of departure during the winter ferry timetable or 14.00 during the summer ferry timetable, to allow us to make adequate arrangements for incoming guests. (See Getting to Colonsay for details of the ferry timetables). Please note that in summer our standard changeover days are Sunday, Wednesday and Friday.

The properties are self-catering, which does include cleaning and washing-up. It is a condition of letting that they are left in a proper state upon departure. We do not charge for pets but they must not be allowed upon furniture and any dog-hair must be thoroughly removed. A minimum charge of £50.00 will be raised where additional cleaning, washing-up or dog-hair are encountered by our staff.

Please do not smoke or permit smoking inside the lodges. These properties are rented only as holiday lets and not as assured tenancies in terms of Housing (Scotland) Act 1988.

CANCELLATIONS

Provisional bookings for any following year may be cancelled before Christmas without a qualm. Reservations for the current year become firm upon payment of the deposit and are liable to be paid in full (less 17.5% VAT where applicable) in the event of cancellation. Obviously we bend over backwards to re-sell any cancelled accommodation and we will credit you in full with any monies that can be recovered - but please note that the later the cancellation is notified, the greater will be our difficulty. We do urge all our guests to consider holiday insurance - this will give protection against a wide range of problems. There can be no obligation to purchase insurance, but do please make a conscious decision either way. If you decide not to have insurance, you will have agreed to carry the risk yourself.

RESERVATIONS

We are now accepting reservations for 2009 and provisional reservations (without obligation) for 2010. Please see the detailed availability charts for each one of the lodges and choose the dates that suit - any length of stay, arriving and departing by any Sunday, Wednesday or Friday ferry.

For further information or to make a reservation contact as follows:

For the Standard-sized (2 bedroom lodges) contact Ian & Elaine Dawson, Tel. 01343 890752

Email: elaineandian@googlemail.com

For the mini-lodge (1 bedroom) contact Kevin & Christa Byrne, Tel. 01951 200320

Email: byrne@colonsay.org.uk

Write to: K & C Byrne, Island Lodges, Isle of Colonsay, Argyll PA61 7YR

We are members of The Association of Scotland's Self-Caterers and conform to their standards of quality and service.

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