Reviews from our guests

There are several places where our guests leave us comments.

Not everyone writes in our books ( and they were plastic wrapped during the pandemic which meant many did not ) – but some people do write by hand in the visitor books in each cottage ( sometimes even signed by the pets! ) Sometimes people forget to write in the book and e mail us later. We faithfully copy these comments as they come in and we upload them here. The only thing we ever hide or alter is the full guest name and address for obvious reasons of privacy.

Secondly we encourage our guests to write about us on the site through which they booked (Trip Advisor, Air B and B, Cottages.com, Freetobook  etc)

As you will see we do have brilliant reviews. They are genuine, not a “fix” and  and its not that nothing ever goes wrong!  Although our standards are very high just occasionally, in the real world,  things are bound to happen. Machines fail, something breaks. The successive good reviews are  because if something does go awry, and if our guests tell us about it  during their stay,  we do move heaven and earth to fix it while those guests are still with us. People greatly appreciate this effort  on our part  and we guarantee  we always make it. If once in a while a review is less than wonderful it is  almost always the case that it was outside our control ( internet down or slow in the whole area for example)  or we were only advised about a problem after those guests had departed when there was nothing we could do to make it better.

We just spent 5 weeks over the Christmas period in this cosy cottage which is situated in an idyllic setting next to the River Usk. The cottage is exactly how it looks in the advert and has great amenities and the hosts (Malcolm and Fiona) couldn’t have been more accommodating – we even had a christmas tree with all the trimmings. We were very comfortable and enjoyed the garden feeding the birds, watching the squirrels and even saw an owl – and have already made enquiries about returning for another 5 weeks. Had quite a few delicious meals in the local pub The Black Bear, which is located about a mile away and Usk is very convenient, quaint and has great amenities (good Indian restaurant and local Spar shop). Thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would highly recommend a stay at this cottage.

Vanilla Guest - February 2014

We have just spent another relaxing and peacefull time at this lovely cottage ( our seventh visit) It comes highly recommended for warmth, cosiness, facilities and real five star quality of welcome and appointment. Fiona and Malcolm have maintained these high standards for years now which is so very hard to do.An excellent venue for walking , cycling, sightseeing , shopping Pubs and restaurant and casual dining. What ever the weather!

Vanilla Guest - February 2014
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