Stylish self-catering properties

From the team that brought you the acclaimed hotel guidebooks and innovative hotel booking service (Mrandmrssmith.com) comes Smith & Friends, a cherry-picked portfolio of the most special self-catering properties from around the UK.

From cottages and castles to townhouses and stately homes, no key has been left unturned to create this online compendium of stylish self-catering sojourns.

Not a net curtain or nylon eiderdown in sight. Each selected self-catering property offers the same exemplary style, character and level of luxury that you would expect from a Mr & Mrs Smith hotel. Signposting you to loch-side villas in the Highlands, time-mellowed cottages in the Cotswolds and Cornish retreats with private beaches, this exclusive online collection recommends the perfect places to book a party for friends, a family break, or a superior self-catering escape à deux.

Informative, inspired and utterly user-friendly. The collection includes the following for every property:

- Vital statistics: rates, room descriptions, floor plans, facilities and more
- Insider tips: best local shops, how to get there, what to do in the area
- Entertaining editorial: detailed review and in-the-know destination guide
- Fantastic images: photographs of all the rooms and grounds
- Special Smithcard offer or gift for every booking
- Free online booking service and travel team to handle reservations

This is 21st-century, self-indulgent self-catering at its finest, as the Smiths hand you the blueprint to the perfect escape.

The Smith travel team can book all the properties, flights, car hire and other travel requirements at no extra charge.

The online launch of the Smith & Friends collection includes:

• A contemporary Cornish Victorian villa for 15–20, minutes from the beach in Bude, Cornwall.
• A kitsch hunting lodge for 18–20, surrounded by farmland in Narborough, Norfolk.
• A minimalist-boutique barn for 8–11 with spectacular Dart estuary views, in Totnes, Devon.
• A homely Victorian cottage for 10–12, on the shores of Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
• A classically Cotswold cottage for 4, within the manicured grounds of a manor house hotel in Castle Combe, Wiltshire.
• An eco-friendly farm with luxury barn conversions for 6–14, on the rugged coast of St Minver, Cornwall.
• A modernist beach house for 8–16 with its own private beach and overlooking the Fowey estuary in Cornwall.
• A selection of city-sleek apartments for 2–16, against the exciting skyline of central Manchester.
• A contemporary-fresh hilltop home-tel for 2–52, nestled amongst the coves and caves of Lamorna in Cornwall.

For more information, visit Smithandfriends.com.