sparky, mischievous, go-getter…
Unlike the picture suggests, Rachel is not a professional jockey! But she is a New Forest local, and lives in Norleywood, a tiny hamlet, just outside Lymington in the National Park. Norleywood is frequented mainly by wandering donkeys and has an old post box. It’s a very exciting place!
Rachel is our ‘House Captain’ and wears two badges for us. She runs the pricing in our system and works with the team to ensure the houses are priced correctly through the year, tailoring for last minute gaps or cancellations. She also works with our owners and future owners, helping them to gauge pricing for the best returns.
Having worked at The George Hotel, Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight for 15 years, she helping with their marketing and pricing strategies. She’s a stickler for details and is often found tweaking the back end pricing system for us because she enjoys the challenge of supporting owners and filling our houses with guests.
Rachel has two big kids, one horse, one dog and one husband! She loves a wild swim and rides her horse daily.
In Dec 2021 she came 2nd in the New Forest Point to Point. It’s a tough race and we are super proud of her. She is humble about her horsey abilities, but she shouldn’t be. She has produced and competed horses, as has her daughter Hannah, to very high levels within the very competitive equine world.