Booking Extras
We offer a selection of extras that you can add to your booking prior to arrival. Browse our extras below:
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Guests
£150.00
Each Guest above the base occupancy level incurs an additional fee.
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Pets
£75.00
We welcome pets - each incurs this additional fee.
More Extras
Our trusted suppliers can provide a range of extras for your stay. Browse the list below and contact the supplier direct to make arrangements.
Pampering
Glo Pamper
Introducing Glo - a luxurious, relaxing and truly indulgent visiting spa service. That’s right, you don’t even need to leave the comfort of your holiday property. Their highly experienced hand-picked therapists will ensure you receive a luxury spa experience from the moment they arrive at your door. With a comprehensive range of treatments and pamper packages to treat you from head-to-toe using high end professional brands, you can tailor the treatments to suit your needs and your schedule. They do Spa To You and Pamper packages including private catering - perfect for hen weekends, birthday celebrations, or just because.
T: 020 7096 0385 E: info@glo-pamper.co.uk
Catering
Joe Draper
Joe Draper brings a very special bespoke dining experience to your large group holiday house. He’s worked for the likes of Marco Pierre White and River Cottage, so you know it’s going to be good. The produce he uses is ethical, local, seasonal, wild, organic and sustainable; Joe likes to work closely with the seasons, using wild and foraged food where he can. His style of catering is clean, fresh and rustic; the tastes and flavours are absolutely divine.
T: 07811 120350 E: joedraper@kitchenconsultantchef.co.uk
Le Frog
Le Frog is a family run business with years of experience in the catering trade, so you know you can trust them to come up with something that'll send your tastebuds into a frenzy of delight. Food is classic and traditional with a French twist, as you'd expect with a name like Le Frog. They do dinner parties, or hot drop off food, either way it’s perfect for happy celebrations in your Sleeps12 holiday house
Email: info@lefrog.co.uk Tel: 03333 012349
Gayla Stewart
Gayla Stewart’s ethos is that great food is for sharing – the memories, the stories, the good times and the laughs; it’s for coming together as a family, for celebrating the special events in life. She’s also a great believer in making the best of fresh and seasonal local produce, evidenced by the culinary delights she creates for dinner parties, buffets and drop off dishes. Amazing food, fantastic service – no wonder she gets such great reviews.
T: 07801 375604 or 01823 433514 E: gayla.selectcatering@gmail.com
Flora's Food And Kitchen (Flora Bartlett)
Book Flora to come and cook for you at your luxury holiday house; she does relaxed lunches, celebration dinners and buffets, and offers a fully catered service for your whole stay. If you just want something delivered to heat up for supper, Flora can do that too. She’s a Prue Leith trained chef so you know it’s going to be good; ingredients are sourced as locally as possible, with organic beef coming from animals raised and grazed on her parent’s farm.
T: 07771 722879 E: florabartlett@gmail.com
The Kitchen Garden Somerset
The Kitchen Garden Somerset brings you two very talented and creative chefs for an extraordinary private dining experience at your Sleeps12 holiday house. Miranda and Carol have heaps of experience and the food they make is absolutely delicious, full of flavour, made using the best ingredients from the local area. Menus are tailored to suit the client and they work with specialist partners to offer Yoga & Brunch packages and a divine Vintage Cocktail Bar.
Brook House Somerset
Becky at Brook House offers two services catering for up to 30 people at your large group holiday house. Dinner to Your Door is a drop off service with bespoke menus or fixed price set menus that change weekly. Dinner to Your Party brings you tailored menus for lunches, dinners, buffets and canapes; Becky will come and cook for you, bringing her own waiting staff. She works with local suppliers using the best of fresh, seasonal Somerset produce.
T: 07841 594342 or 01460 250860 T: becky@brookhousesomerset.com
The Wild Pear
The Wild Pear is owned and run by Georgie, who has years of catering experience behind her, including a stint at Soho House’s flagship, Babbington House. A childhood on Exmoor gave her a love of flavours which grew into a natural talent for combining ingredients to create beautiful plates of food. Using foraged, local and seasonal ingredients Georgie will produce bespoke menus for you to enjoy at your Sleeps12 holiday house.
T: 07854330359 E: info@thewildpear.co.uk
Soul Food - Marc Jerem
Marc at Soul Food has worked for several well-known restaurants, including the Castle Hotel in Taunton, Marc Hix, River Cottage and The New Angel at Dartmouth. He caters for all diets and will create a bespoke menu for a celebration dinner, cream tea, buffet, barbecue, canapes - whatever you want. He’ll also deliver wholesome home cooked food ready for you to pop in the oven. Everything is homemade and all ingredients are fresh, sourced locally and often wild or foraged.
T: 07710 010595 E: marc@soulfoodhub.co.uk
Experiences
My Event Concierge - Entertainment & Dining Experiences
You might want to enhance your large group stay with an exciting entertainment and dining experience from My Event Concierge. Wow, this is so much fun! Get all dressed up for Murder at the Mansion, don your PE kit for Sports Day at the Mansion, find your inner calm with Yoga and Dinner. They also offer activities and pampering, casino nights, and or a fantastic dinner and cocktails experience. Booking is easy, deposits are low – a great way to make your stay extra memorable.
Activities
Coombe Farm Shooting, Crewkerne, Somerset
Coombe Farm Shooting provides a fantastic clay pigeon shooting experience for up to 10 people at a time. Instructors come with all the relevant qualifications and heaps of experience; the setting, on a huge private estate in Somerset is wonderful, with lush rolling countryside all around. Make a day of it by hiring the team at Coombe Farm Organic to cater for you when you've finished shooting. Great for families and friends, for hen weekends and birthday treats.
T: 01460 279595 E: sales@cfsporting.co.uk
Hens with Pens
Giggles guaranteed if you book Hens With Pens to provide you with entertainment for your Sleeps12 hen weekend! The tutors are experienced and qualified artists who come to you with a male model (phew!), drawing materials and playful retro swing music, plus if you fancy popping on a beret and a fake moustache to really get into the spirit ot things, they can bring them along too. Choose from a one and a half hour class, an hour's life drawing, or thirty minutes of group drawing games and exercises, and don't fret if you think you can't draw - the idea is to have a bit of fun.
T: 0203 291 3651 E: bookings@henswithpens.com
Dance Workshops for Fun!
Get those hips a-swinging and improve your nifty footwork with Dance Workshops For Fun! Choose from several dance forms including Flamenco and Bollywood, and off you go, led by Karina who tailors each class to the group's requirements. Add in a performance from live flamenco musicians or Bollywood dancers and you'll have an event you'll never forget for your large group holiday, hen weekend or self-catering corporate break.
T: 07813 990937 E: danceflamenco@live.com
Catering
Milkshed Catering
Book Milkshed Catering to create an amazing feast for your special celebration in Somerset and you’re guaranteed outstanding food made using the best local produce to be found. They offer a bespoke menu service and can cater for all dietary requirements. Besides a very experienced private chef, they can provide waiting staff and are happy to set the table, do all the cooking, serving, clearing away and washing up, leaving the kitchen spotless and giving you more time to relax and enjoy yourselves.
T: 07860 581680 E: events@milkshedcatering.com
Website
Fed & Pickled
Run by Kelly, who honed her craft in an AA Rosette award-winning hotel, Fed & Pickled offer a bespoke private chef experience at your luxury large group holiday house. Choose from the likes of rustic sharing boards, afternoon teas, 3 course dinners with wine pairing, and delivered food packages, all made using fresh and local seasonal produce. Kelly and her team are professional and friendly; they’ll set the table, serve, and clear the decks, leaving you to savour their fantastic food.
T: 07525 631670 E: info@fedandpickled.co.uk
Flora's Food and Kitchen
Flora has been catering for guests at their large group holiday homes for years and is Prue Leith trained, so whether it’s a leisurely lunch, grazing boards, a buffet or celebration feast, it will be divine. At the forefront is a strong gate to plate ethos, with ingredients sourced locally and top quality beef coming from her parents’ farm. Your tastebuds are going to be dancing with delight!
T: 07771 722879 E: florabartlett@gmail.com
Joe Draper
Joe Draper will create a bespoke dining experience for your large group stay, bringing his rustic style and high standards to your table. He’s worked for Marco Pierre White, River Cottage, and the Ferrari F1 Team and VIPs, so as you’d expect, his food is amazing. Joe works closely with the seasons, using ingredients that are ethical and sustainable, wild and organic, often foraged close to his home in the Devon countryside.
T: 07811 120350 E: joedraper@kitchenconsultantchef.co.uk
Soul Food - Marc Jerem
Marc at Soul Food gained his catering experience working for the likes of River Cottage, Mark Hix, the Castle Hotel in Taunton and The New Angel at Dartmouth. He places a huge focus on fresh locally sourced ingredients, often using wild food he’s foraged himself; almost everything he serves is homemade, even down to bread, jam and pickles - this really is food that nourishes the soul! For an amazing celebration dinner, barbecue, buffet, cream tea, or home cooked food to pop in the oven, Marc’s your guy.
T: 07710 010595 E: marc@soulfoodhub.co.uk
Le Frog
Enjoy the Best of British food with a French twist when you book Le Frog to cater for you at your large group holiday house. This family run business holds the LUX Excellence award for fine French cuisine and use locally sourced ingredients; you know it’s going to be top quality and absolutely delicious, whether it’s canapes, a dinner party, buffet or celebration feast
T: 03333 012349 E: info@lefrog.co.uk
The Kitchen Garden Somerset
Miranda and Carol at The Kitchen Garden Somerset bring a very special dining experience to your holiday house. You will be in foodie heaven with the marriage of flavours, presentation, and the knowledge that it’s all made with the best seasonal and local ingredients. Breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner menus are tailored to suit with lots of choice. They host wonderful dinner parties, cocktails and canapés and celebration feasts.
Meek’s Catering
With a big ethos that good food should be a celebration that brings people together, Meek Catering Company will bring a unique dining experience to your luxury large group holiday house. They use the best local ingredients they can get their hands on and will tailor menus to your requirements for buffets, canapes, barbecues, dinner parties and celebration feasts.
T: 01747 835363 E: info@meekscatering.co.uk
Entertainment
Butlers with Bums
Butlers with Bums are proud to be the most publicised butler service company in the UK. We regularly feature and continue to work alongside the world’s top magazines, newspapers and TV shows.
We provide a reliable, fun, friendly butler service wherever you require across the UK for our thousands of happy hens. Our amazing 5* reviews speak for themselves.
We offer not just stunning cheeky Butlers and Models but we also provide a mobile cocktail making class and a nude life drawing class with our own special twist.
Cocktail making classes from just £35pp, Nude life drawing classes from just £20pp, 1 Butler for 2 hours from just £115
T: 01273 590820 E: info@butlerswithbums.com
Portrait Photographer
Fun Family Photography
Why not celebrate your family gathering with a photo-shoot with award-winning portrait photographer Emily Fairweather? Emily knows the Sleeps 12 properties well, choosing stunning natural backdrops for your family portraits & providing beautiful natural photographs to remind you of your happy holiday.
Emily will produce contemporary black and white images and vibrant colourful photos using natural light and gorgeous rural backgrounds at your Sleeps 12 property, garden and surrounding countryside. A typical shoot will last around an hour and will take place in two or three different parts of the garden/house – wherever the best light is. She’ll do large family group portraits and then a variety of smaller family shots in any combination you like.
T: 01984 667281 or 07958 763029 E: emilyfairweather@btinternet.com
Pot Doodles
Mobile pottery painting experience in the comfort of your holiday home - something different for birthdays, anniversaries, hen parties, or just because it's one of those things you'd like to try. Paint your own plates, bowls or mugs, an ornament or figurine, a trinket box or piggy bank; not only is it fun, but at the end of the workshop you have a very unique keepsake. You'll need at least 12 of you for this.
T: 07710 183891 E: info@potdoodles.co.uk
Cocktails & Games Cocktail Making
Bring the party to your large group holiday house with a fun filled activity that gets everyone joining in – perfect for gatherings of friends and family, for celebrations and hen weekends. Guests get their own Cocktail Station, all equipment is supplied – alcohol, ingredients, fruit and ice, and glassware, plus you’ll have your own bartender to teach you all about the history of cocktails and show you how to mix your own mouthwatering drinks. Prices start from £35 per person.
T: 07565 042048 E: cocktailsandgames@outlook.com
Fun Casino2 Go
Host your very own casino night with roulette, blackjack and poker; don’t worry if you’ve never done this before, professional croupiers will be on had to show you how to play. Make an evening of it, get your glad rags on and the cocktails mixed! Hire includes table set up, lamps, all the chips and cards, and even fun money, so you get all the thrills without the risk!
T: 07500 035700 or 01747 824482 E: funcasino2go@btinternet.com
Horse Riding
Downclose Stables, North Perrott, Crewkerne, Somerset
Spend a few hours pony trekking in the beautiful Somerset countryside; take a leisurely trek through the open fields, on bridleways and quiet country lanes, or by prior arrangement, along the beach on the nearby Jurassic Coast. More experienced riders can try the cross country course, or you can make use of the indoor or outdoor arenas. The horses are all sizes so there should be something to suit you, and if you've got young children (3 years+) they can do reign lead rides.
T: 07903 019704 E: ellacoleman@ahwarrentrust.co.
General
Cottage Flowers
A lot of creativity goes into every single arrangement created by Angie and her team of qualified florists, so it's not surprise that they've won several awards for what they do. If you're celebrating a big birthday, a milestone anniversary, or a hen weekend at one of our luxury holiday houses, get Cottage Flowers in to make it all look beautiful. Flowers used are seasonal and sourced as locally as possible.
T: 01460 53020 E: info@cottageflowersandmore.co.uk
Travel
Taxis - Beaverbrook and Churchill
Trevor - 07752 846997
It is recommended that taxis are booked in advance
Activities
Brian Bland, BBlandInstructing
Brian at BBland can come out to our luxury large group holiday houses to provide you with a brilliant fun filled session of archery, rifle shooting, clay shooting or laser clays. He’s been instructing in these outdoor pursuits for years and is fully qualified so he’ll arrive with all the necessary equipment and safety gear, give you an introductory talk and off you go. Great for families and friends alike.
T: 07875 688167 E: brianbland31@gmail.com
Seriously Cool Events
Check out Seriously Cool Events, our main supplier for exciting activities and experiences; they'll bring a huge slice of extra fun to your group holiday in Somerset. They provide indoor and outdoor events onsite or within a reasonable travelling distance, including off-roading, country sports, craft workshops and wine tasting. Great for corporate away days and hospitality, for team building, celebrations, and for holiday activities when you’re staying at one of our luxury large group holiday houses.
T: 08
Adventure Bound
Dave and Stu at Adventure Bound have a real passion for bringing people together with exciting, hands-on outdoor activities at your large group holiday house. Will it be laser tag, battle archery, archery or axe throwing? The choice is yours. Between them these guys have over 35 years’ experience in what they do, with safety at the forefront. Expect unique events tailored to suit your group, with the energy riding high, lots of laughs and lasting memories.
T: 07969 089206 E: info@adventure-bound.co.uk
Entertainment
The Conjurer’s Collection
A fantastic and immersive mystery game experience brought to your large group holiday house by a professional conjurer, transporting you back to The Golden Age of Magic and Illusion where you’ll unravel clues, solve puzzles and unlock secrets. Add in a theatrical sleight of hand and visual magic performance for an evening to remember. Ideal for groups of up to 20 people, aged 14+. Brilliant for birthdays, anniversaries, or just because you’re all together.
T: 07886 033815 E: info@chriswilder.co.uk
Cocktails and Games
Book Cocktails and Games to bring a whole load of fun to your large group holiday in Somerset. Discover the history of cocktails from your bartender, then learn how to mix your own drinks; you’ll have your own Cocktail Station with alcohol, fruit, ingredients, ice and glasses included – from just £35 per person! Great fun for friends, families and celebrations.
T: 07565 042048 E: cocktailsandgames@outlook.com
Pampering
In The Meadow Beauty
In The Meadow Beauty is run by the lovely Emily who lives just a couple of miles away and has over 13 years experience in pampering her clients with beauty treatments and massages. She’s our very local beauty therapist and we can’t recommended her enough! She’ll come to your large group holiday house at a time that suits you, with treatments tailored to what you want. Have your brows or lashes done, a gentle manicure or pedicure, a back, neck and shoulder massage, or a facial. A wonderful thing for private spa retreats, for sophisticated hen weekends, get togethers with your besties, or just because.
T: 07557 790161 E: ehelliar@outlook.com
Glo Pamper
A visiting spa service brought to your holiday home from Glo Pamper. Carefully selected and experienced therapists offer a comprehensive range of treatments and pamper packages, or you can have things tailored to what you want. Treat yourselves from tip to toe, indulge and relax; they also offer packages that include private catering – perfect for sophisticated hen weekends and birthdays.
T: 020 7096 0385 E: info@glo-pamper.co.uk
Farm Fresh Food
Beacon Farms
Beacon Farms will deliver high quality British produce to your holiday house; order by 1pm and you’ll have it the next day. Everything they sell has been raised or grown on their family farm, or comes from a handpicked network of local suppliers. They have grass fed beef and lamb, free range pork and poultry, and wild game. Choose from roasting joints, steaks, burgers, chicken breasts, bacon and sausages; order a meat box and add some of their tasty over ready bakes.
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Penny Petals
Penny Petals creates beautiful natural and rustic floral designs for all occasions – perfect for your holiday house for celebration and hen weekends or just because. These are such gorgeous bouquets and arrangements, carefully curated to bring you joy and happiness, using the best of what’s in season.