Canopy & Stars Reviews 

Very good service- lovely options, easy to book. Great service for high quality glamping

My wife and I had a wonderfully relaxing and cosy stay in Cuddfan at Wildernest and enjoyed the local area too. Hugh and Jude, our hosts, were so lovely and accommodating and welcomed us with a box of their chickens’ eggs as well as a bottle of bubbly as we were staying there for my birthday - Truly very generous. The cottage was perfect. Rustic yet clean and well-decorated and very comfortable. Having no TV, it was the perfect opportunity to truly unplug and unwind with some good books with a small log fire crackling away in the evenings. The kitchenette was well stocked with utensils and means of cooking some simple yet tasty meals (carbonara using the eggs from the chickens!). The bedroom on the mezzanine level was very comfortable and spacious, but note you will need to be able to crouch to enter as the doorway is just over 1m high! The bathroom is a wetroom and so has a very spacious shower with very good pressure hot water. The surrounding grounds of Wildernest offer some lovely scenic relaxing walks. We enjoyed wonderful days out in Aberaeron, Afon Mel honey farm, and at Cow Companions spending some time cow cuddling - easy a brilliant highlight of the trip! Thank you!

I am a big fan of Canopy & Stars but this time when I stayed at one of their places, for a 2 night stay - the amount of emails & texts I got from their partner as well as from them really distracted from the stay itself.
When you see nobody at the place you’re staying (knowing they are on site) but they’re happy to send you lots of digital messaging - contradicts the whole ‘getting away from it all’ in my opinion.
And yes I did check out by 10am after several reminders!!

Good website, easy to search with realistic hi-res photos.
Great customer service, going the extra mile to make booking a really pleasant experience.

We always use Canopy and stars to book our short break UK trips. We trust their website, like their ethos and appreciate the 25% booking deposit. We get timely reminders and information. It is all very clear.
Canopy and stars have high standards for their accomodations to leet before highlighting them on their site. We have always been happy with our choices and generally get what we expect from the photos and information.
We shall continue using them in the future.

Lovely little hut -it is small but cosy and well equipped . Big benefit is having its own little bathroom . Remote & peaceful. Host is very approachable and friendly. Easy access to lots of great towns / villages but all via seriously narrow lanes. A real get away from everyday life.

I cannot recommend The Nightjars highly enough! Nestled away in the hillside, it is an absolutely incredible place to stay. The space is beautifully designed, exceptionally well equipped, and has a truly magical atmosphere. The shower and sauna deserve a special mention too — absolutely fantastic!

Ross and Martha were wonderful hosts: thoughtful, welcoming, and incredibly accommodating. They went out of their way to help me with an issue that was entirely my own responsibility and which they were under no obligation to assist with, but they did so with genuine kindness and generosity.

The whole experience was exceptional, and I honestly cannot wait to return. I would go back in a heartbeat!

We wanted to decompress. Our stay at The Gardners Shed in Dorset provided just that - it was a little piece of heaven. Tranquil and secluded. A perfect tonic. It was very difficult to leave - we loved it!!

Unfortunately, my stay at one of Canopy & Star's properties (a boat on an estuary in South Devon) fell far short of what was advertised / anticipated and I would not return to this property and sadly be very unlikely to consider this company again (this was my first experience with one of their properties).

I received no contact from the owner before my stay and only heard from them after I made contact myself. On arrival, the property was noticeably dirty, with multiple cobwebs throughout the accommodation.

As a solo traveller, I was particularly concerned by a number of safety issues. The entrance door had no lock, which left me feeling vulnerable. There were also hazardous sections of flooring with an area of damaged floor that had simply been taped over, and a spikey wooden batten between rooms. Both presented potential trip or injury risks.

I was also concerned to find that the stove inside the accommodation was clearly labelled "for outdoor use only" and certainly gave off fumes when used. Despite this, there was no smoke alarm installed, and the carbon monoxide alarm appeared very old, with no visible date indicating whether it was still within its service life. These issues left me questioning whether appropriate safety checks had been carried out.

The facilities were poorly maintained. The first aid kit was dirty, the tea towel smelled unpleasant, and the kitchen equipment was limited (only one teaspoon, for example). Neither the clock nor the barometer worked. The mattress was also rather thin and not especially comfortable.

The compost toilet was particularly unpleasant. It was almost full of previous guests' waste when I arrived and was surrounded by hordes of flies. The handwashing sink in the toilet was broken and had been replaced with nothing more than a jar of cold water, which I did not consider an adequate or hygienic solution.

The listing described the location as tranquil, but that was not my experience. A barking dog could frequently be heard, and multiple party boats passed by throughout my stay, creating considerable noise. No deckchairs were provided, despite being advertised.

Access was also more difficult than suggested. The slope to the boat was slippery (especially after rain) with nothing to hold on to. During the high spring tides on two days of my stay, I was required to paddle through the water to reach the property. In addition, I was very unhappy to observe wastewater from the boat being discharged directly into the creek, which was both unpleasant and environmentally concerning.

Overall, the property felt poorly maintained, inadequately cleaned and, in several respects, unsafe. While the location itself has potential, significant improvements to cleanliness, maintenance, communication and safety standards are needed before I could recommend it, and therefore this company, to others.

Came across website and booked to a stay the same week. Booking process was clear and easy.
Communication from canopy and stars clear and quick no issues.
Our stay was as advertised and absolutely beautiful

always had excellent stays with them, and responsive bookings. Really beautfully curated selection of stays, and the hosts have always been lovely.

We had booked a three-night stay through Canopy & Stars for our 15th anniversary and were really looking forward to it. Unfortunately, shortly before the stay, my wife’s health took a sudden and serious turn, and we had to attend hospital for multiple days. We asked whether it might be possible to move the booking to another date.

They told me they needed to be fair and consistent and keep to the booking terms for all guests, which I understand. That said, this is exactly the kind of situation where I would have hoped some discretion might be possible.

Canopy & Stars were polite and responded quickly, but ultimately there was no flexibility offered beyond cancelling the booking and hoping the dates could be resold. I do understand that booking terms exist and that small property owners need to be protected, but in the circumstances the response felt very process-driven and left us significantly out of pocket at an already distressing time.

The staff member I dealt with was courteous, and I appreciate that they may have been following policy. However, the overall experience has made me much less likely to book through Canopy & Stars again, as the lack of practical flexibility in a genuine emergency was very disappointing.

Had to cancel a booking we gave 5 weeks notice to be told we have lost all our money! The worst part about this is the booking from the owner stated full refund if cancelled 7 days prior to booking! When I questioned this they advised they are going with their terms not the owners. This was a gift for us that has been completely lost.

Stayed here in Feb, communication ahead of our stay was all really thorough. Place is really quirky and magical. We had the best weekend reading from the amazing book collection, going for walks (the host was really nice and dropped us off at the starting point), finished a puzzle and of course hung out in the tub and swam in the absolutely icy pond. We were so high on life! Really recommend

We chose to book with Canopy & Stars because we understood that all of the accommodation was of a really high standard and would be something special. This was our first time staying having looked at accommodation with them before but it is on the pricier side so we were waiting for a treat. How disappointed we were.
The cabin had cobwebs all over the walls, the light fixtures were thick with dust, the appliances were dirty. Whilst this was rather unpleasant the day to day items such as bedding seemed clean and the owners were on site and whilst the website does say to try and raise issues during your stay, who feels comfortable raising that with their host on the same site? I would love to know what exactly would have been done during in a 2 day stay, we would have had to leave whilst they cleaned? How awkward.
So we waited and emailed immediately upon departure. We did received a swift response and they raised it with the host but we were told that cobwebs can accumulate quickly in a countryside setting, as though we can't tell the difference between those and cobwebs literally dropping off the walls they are so thick. We weren't happy but the host said because we hadn't raised it during the stay they would not offer a refund, despite the point I had made about not feeling comfortable to do that. C&S offered a £50 gesture of goodwill voucher. Again we weren't happy but all the other reviews seemed positive for the place so I left my review and let it go.
However when I went on to check my review had been published, low and behold the review just before ours had then been published, raising the exact same issues! C&S let us book this place in full knowledge issues had been raised by the previous guest, and rather than take our concerns seriously as the second guest with issues, seemed to think it was ok the host did not offer a refund. I was shocked by this and emailed again to express my disappointment that we had basically been gaslit into thinking we were a random exception with too high standards. They even admitted in the response that they had been aware of this and the owner is addressing the issues, but still no further offer of a refund.
In reality a £50 gift card when you feel you have lost several hundred pounds on a 'special' booking just doesn't cut it and I am extremely unlikely to spend further money with this company. I will simply use it as a search tool perhaps and then find the place direct, vet direct reviews rather than C&S and book direct. A lot of the places do seem to be on other sites also. The vetting they think they do is just not up to standard.

We booked our anniversary stay through Canopy & Stars and the whole experience was excellent from start to finish. The booking process was simple, communication was clear, and the property information was accurate and detailed.

It’s reassuring to use a platform that curates unique places with care – you know you’re not just booking accommodation, you’re booking an experience. The Shellter treehouse we chose was even better than expected, and the thoughtful touches arranged through the host (flowers, fizz and local chocolates) showed how well Canopy & Stars work with their owners to make each stay feel personal.

What I valued most was the trust and quality guarantee that comes with their brand. Everything felt well considered, professional, and reliable, which gave us confidence to book something a little different. We will definitely use Canopy & Stars again and would recommend them to anyone looking for a memorable stay with character.

We recently came back from a trip we booked with canopy and stars.
We stayed at The Black Hut in Northumberland which was amazing and so beautiful. The hosts were fantastic.
Canopy and Stars were also so brilliant and helpful to us for finding this stay as we originally booked somewhere else first and there was a problem with the owner of the previous place and the staff at Canopy and Stars were so supportive and found us our brilliant new stay at The Black Hut and I'm so glad they did. The stay we had at The Black Hut was so wonderful and the views and cabin were just amazing and I would definitely recommend staying there with family or even a romantic couples getaway. We can't wait to go back.
Thank you to both Canopy and Stars and also Debbie and Mark at The Black Hut.

Booked a stay for our honeymoon in The Red Cabin Rolvenden, only to later received an email saying due to an error they have doubled booked.

Told they cannot honour our booking, total disappointment, offered other options that are either more expensive or not at all like what we've booked.

Now we have to wait 10 DAYS to get our money back until we can book somewhere else.

Booked to stay in Chalybeate Yurt 18/6/25 for 2 nights. This was our first experience of staying in a Yurt which we were very much looking forward to, however it was not the experience we expected, the Yurt was very old and tired inside, cobwebs on the cups, not very clean at all. The outside area was really overgrown not like the pictures depict at all. On going onto the Canopy and Stars website I have discovered that my review has been edited to sound like I had a pleasant experience which was not the case at all, surely this should not be allowed to happen.

Easy site to navigate and use, we found the perfect tree house to stay in