How do you plan a nice UK holiday? We've been in a Sussex village for a week and the cottage we booked is old and tired and the village is full of traffic on tiny narrow roads and not great shops. Before we booked the photos of the cottage looked totally different, and everything we read about the village made it sound lovely and in the country. This isn't the first time we've had a disappointing UK holiday and I just don't know how to get decent self catering accommodation (we're not looking for super expensive, just clean and fresh and with basics like a little welcome pack) or find a location that fits what we need. (Somewhere with a few decent shops, nice countryside or quiet beach and maybe some places like NT properties or museums/larger town etc within driving distance). I try to search all over the internet and do research but what websites do you use to book accommodation? And can anyone recommend anywhere nice in the south east (Kent/Sussex) that sounds like that. I've had a really tough year health-wise and was so looking forward to a quiet break and it's just been a bit rubbish. Please help me so I don't mess it up again next year!