10. Keep scents to a minimum. Don’t bring your perfume to the cottage.
9. Pick up after your pets.
8. Clean up sticky spills.
7. Use mosquito repellant containing deet.
6. Use essential oils such as peppermint, eucalyptus, rosemary, sage.
5. Light some citronella candles.
4. Wear light coloured clothing. Mosquitos are attracted to black, navy and red.
3. Wear long sleeves, long pants, socks and shoes around the campfire.
2. Keep the doors and windows of the cottage closed.
1. Light a mosquito coil outside the front and back doors to deter the pesky skitters from entering the cottage every time the door opens.