Please send in your requests now for bookings in the coming December and January school holiday period at the Cana Cottages. Requests received by the end of October will go into a ballot if particular dates are oversubscribed. After these requests have been processed it will be first in, best dressed for any remaining days and weeks.
This is a bit earlier than usual, understanding that people will want to confirm bookings as it will be busier than usual this year in local accommodation because of covid restrictions.
Spread the word among your friends and family in case they are interested in bookings.
How to request a summer vacaction
To enter the ballot and get your allocation of sun, please send a first and second preference for a full week during December and January (Sunday to Sunday) in an email to bookings@canacottages.org.au. Also indicate if you have a preferred cottage, and tells us your link to Cana (e.g. Emmaus parishioner, other parishioner, parish school family, previous tenant, friend of a friend who has stayed here before). Also, please indicate if you would like your holiday linked with someone else who is applying. Send this information in an email to bookings@canacottages.com, and we’ll do our best to fit you in.
You should hear back in the first week of November. A deposit will be required to secure the booking, and then full payment two weeks before your stay.
Please make yourself familiar with all the requirements of a stay at Cana – being community and volunteer-run it’s not your normal pay and forget type of stay (e.g. we don’t have cleaners, you need to leave your cottage in a good state for the tenant arriving soon after you).
And please adhere to the ‘no animals’ request, respecting that there are no fences between cottages, the cottages are fragile and other tenants may not be pet lovers.
And of course, outside of the school holidays the weather is still great and there are always plenty of vacancies.
Thanks for your patience, and support. And don’t forget our driveway fundraising project – see the earlier post here for full details. Buy a tile for $150, have your name etched into Cana history, and help fund our new driveway!
A stay at Cana awaits!