Reviews from our guests

There are several places where our guests leave us comments.

Not everyone writes in our books – 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  sometimes we were  inexplicably only advised about a problem after those guests had departed when there was sadly nothing we could do to make it better.

We were very pleased with the booking service, details and arrival meeting. Thank you for the kind touches.
We had a lovely relaxing stay in picturesque surroundings. Just what we needed – the weather was perfect for the walks along the river, and there are several eateries to enjoy also. The cottage is within easy reach of many pleasant locations.
Jayne and Rob Stoodley
Woodbury on Severn
Glos

Jayne and Rob Stoodley - March 2014

Great few days with fantastic weather, cottage very comfortable with lovely views to enjoy.
Excellent evening meal at The Anchor Inn on Saturday.
Walked every day from the cottage and used lower Wye rambles book – walks 10, 12 and 13 all really good and easy to follow. Walked up to Devil’s Pulpit with a fabulous view from the top.
We have really enjoyed our few days in an area New to
us-
We would. Recommend it all
Thank you

Cottage Guest -

Great few days with fantastic weather, cottage very comfortable with lovely views to enjoy.
Excellent evening meal at The Anchor Inn on Saturday.
Walked every day from the cottage and used lower Wye rambles book – walks 10, 12 and 13 all really good and easy to follow. Walked up to Devil’s Pulpit with a fabulous view from the top.
We have really enjoyed our few days in an area New to
us-
We would. Recommend it all
Thank you

Cottage Guest -

Have enjoyed our week at Vanilla Cottage, which is comfortable and well equipped. We have been out walking every day and as keen Geocachers this is a brilliant location. We haven’t managed to find all of the local ones, so will be back to bag the rest! We ate at The Black Bear, which was good but mostly cooked evening meals here, where all you need is supplied. Our dogs enjoyed the garden and the walk along the riverbank Recommend Craft Renaissance for coffee and cake as well as unusual and reasonably priced art and craft work.
Thank you for making our stay so enjoyable and relaxing. Fab heating system by the way !!!
Tony and Linda Moffatt
Cornwall

Tony and Linda Moffatt -

Lovely, comfortable, well equipped cottage with lots of lovely forest walks for our dogs. They are exhausted! We would have walked more but our dogs are rather old! Jake and chips at The Anchor in Tintern was excellent! We sat in the sun. Only one really wet evening which is much better than expected. Very much enjoyed the BlackBerry Vodka!
Found all the food we required in Chepstow- Tesco easy to find.
Very friendly neighbours.
We would like to try the other cottages.
This is the best self-catering cottage we have stayed in over the last ten years.
Joy and Graham Wells

Joy and Graham Wells -

Have enjoyed alovely short stay. Very peaceful and relaxing. Would come again!
Philip and Tracy Clegg
Lancs

Philip and Tracy Clegg -
Latest News
Vanilla Cottage

As from 03 May 2022 and after almost 20 years as...

Sign-Up to Newsletter

Keep up-to-date with special offers, last minute deals and more.

By entering your email address you agree to be contacted by Monmouthshire Cottages in relation to news and updates.

Book Now Contact Us