Country Hotel Breaks Reviews 

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.7

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Considering 61 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Consumers frequently describe the staff as wonderfully friendly, professional, and always willing to provide great assistance during their visits. Many people also share that the online platform is very simple to navigate, making the initial reservation steps quite straightforward and efficient. However, some customers also noted unexpected additional charges and frustrating difficulties when attempting to redeem promotional vouchers. Other reviewers experienced annoying communication gaps, unhelpful responses from management, and sudden changes regarding hotel availability. Visitors occasionally found that prices were higher than expected, making some deals feel completely impractical.

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Booking process

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Staff

People report positive experiences with staff, describing them as helpful, friendly, and professional.... See more

Price

Customers had ambiguous experiences with price. On one hand, reviewers report getting a great price,... See more

Customer communications

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Website

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Booking was easy , getting a confirmation on our dinner booking not easy, sent email to country hotels and they said they would forward my request, no answer Rang hotel left message and email address... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The support by the telephone staff was very helpful, and constructive. So I have no issue there. However, I had need to make phone contact as the time valid Voucher was not being accepted by the onli... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Had hotel vouchers, this proved not straight forward and took 3 attempts for the booking to be accepted.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Following a telephone call to discuss my requirements I have received nothing but great service. From the initial call to change the details of a gift voucher I had been given, to making suggestions f... See more


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  1. Travel Agency

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Countryhotelbreaks.com is proud to represent many of the finest country hotels in Britain. We offer short hotel breaks and special offers to hotels all over the British Isles.


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3.7

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Improvement

In my opinion, rather than having to choose a part of the country to seek accommodation in, it would be better to have a UK map showing all hotels.

18 February 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disappointing Customer Service

Have a £500 voucher to use and wanted to book Eshott Hall over the Easter weekend. Needed to also book single room for our teenager and to know if we could take the dog with us. Spoke to customer service who needed to speak with the hotel directly. It took a week and a half for them to come back to me with rates which were almost double the original price as the original rooms were no longer available - (given a week and a half had passed). I had to ring them FOUR times to chase my booking and the reason they gave for their delay was the hotel was just not getting back to them. I think this shows they don't have a very good relationship with the hotel and doesn't show Eshott Hall Reservations Team in a good light either. They offered to look at different dates but it was important that it was Easter weekend, plus had they come back earlier the original deal would have been affordable. It was a waste of my time and if I didn't have a voucher I would not choose to book with this company.

13 February 2023
Unprompted review
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Reply from Country Hotel Breaks

Dear RR,

We are sorry you have felt it necessary to leave a 1 star review.

How lovely to have a £500 voucher to use. I have looked into your enquiry and can see my colleague took your details and contacted the hotel that same day.

We have 220 hotels featured on our portfolio and deal with a vast amount of enquiries on a daily basis. As you required a dog friendly room and the cost of a single room rate, this required us to contact the hotel and get in writing the correct information, which can on occasion, take time, although we do chase hotels for answers if we have not had one.

As you required a dog friendly room, not all their lower grade rooms are dog friendly, so I can't comment on whether they had a lower level dog friendly room available at the time of your enquiry or whether they only had the higher graded ones available due to it being the Easter weekend. I can also see the hotel has offered a very good discount on the single occupancy room for you.

We also have, as mentioned, 220 hotels in our portfolio, please let us know if there are any other hotels you are interested in so we can check availability for you.

Kind regards,

Country Hotel Breaks

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great site, easy to use - even for a technophobe

I was looking to book a spa break fir my partners 60th birthday. I found the info on this site well set out, easy to use ( I am not great with computers) and easy to book.
However the computer ( or me!) Made a mistake with the dates I wanted so I emailed the site explaining this and asking what to do - but by the time they had emailed me back - approx 7 mins later I had already found out how to do it on the site.
I was very impressed with how easy the amending process was and especially how quickly they had gotten back to me. I then emailed them asking about booking treatments and again was emailed with the info super fast. I sent a message saying how impressed I was and received a loverly reply.
They are now going to be my go-to site for these type of breaks.
Highly recommended

6 January 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hotel reservation

The website was easy to use. The prices were very competitive.
After I had made my reservation I received a phone call from company with a question about my request to the hotel. I was most impressed by this.

6 January 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Voucher expiry

Was unwilling to extend the expiry of a £350 voucher (missed deadline by a few days). Admittedly the fault was mine that the voucher was not used before the initial expiry date, but a pretty disappointing position from a customer relations perspective.

6 January 2023
Unprompted review
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Reply from Country Hotel Breaks

Dear Customer

It's disappointing to receive a one star review. It is the customer's responsibility to take careful note of when the voucher is due to expire.

It is clearly stated in our terms and conditions that If you allow your voucher to expire it will be lost, and there are no exceptions to this.

Vouchers can only be extended whilst they are still valid, for a small admin fee. It is not possible for a voucher to be extended once they have expired.

Our voucher terms are flexible in comparison to many companies. We do also allow the option for a stay to be taken beyond the expiry date as long as the voucher has been redeemed before the expiry date.

We apologise that we were unable to assist you on this occasion.

Kind Regards
Country Hotel Breaks

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hotel couldn’t provide the room level…

Hotel couldn’t provide the room level we booked. Rather than just sending an email CHB called me directly and explained what happened. Lovely person sorted out the next level room and quickly organized a refund of the difference.

7 December 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good booking experience

Having booked previously through this site, it was good to be able to find something suitable at another property.
The site is easy to use and sets out the cost and available offers clearly.
Subsequent confirmations from both CHB and the hotel itself give reassurance that the booking is secure.

4 October 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

So easy to use this website

This is the first time I’ve used this website, I found it easy to search for hotels in particular places I wanted to visit and I’m really happy with the extras offered during our stay which hopefully will make our holiday feel extra special.

15 July 2022
Unprompted review

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