Sykes Holiday Cottages Reviews 

Good location lovely apartment

Good selection of properties we like to stay in

You can see I am a frequent user but this time I booked I expected a £60 discount but this was not reflected in the final price. Otherwise it would be 5 star

Website was easy to follow and store favourites, enabling us to go through them and gradually reduce them. The actual booking process we clear to follow and confirmation of the booking was quickly received by email.

Very efficient. Description of property was good. Property was clean and furnishings looked new. Good value for money.

We booked a property through this website, but unfortunately the house was dirty and not in an acceptable condition when we arrived.

We contacted the company for help, expecting them to take responsibility and try to resolve the issue. Instead, we were basically told that we could argue with the solicitors. There was very little support or willingness to help resolve the situation.

For me, the biggest problem was not only the condition of the property, but the complete lack of customer support when something went wrong.

Based on our experience, I would avoid booking through this website. If you have a problem with your booking, don’t expect much help from their customer service.

Very easy to check what is available and to book.

5 stars says it all.

Used you a few times now with no real problems.

Easy to book,all information ready to hand

The booking process was very easy and straightforward, even though we made our booking last minute (less than a week to).
The farm house is gorgeous, it has a lovely rustic feel to it. The ground surrounding it are soooo beautiful. The farm house is well stocked out with plenty of dishes and glasses. With 5 bedrooms and 6 beds, this property was perfect for our large family.
Excellent location: less than 10 minute drive to the town centre of Bowness and the lake, with a local shop down the hill.
2 little things though,
1- we were unable to turn the heating on
2- there seems to be some confusion around the bin disposal; we found a note saying one thing while the neighbour came at us in the morning, upset we had used her bin.

Overall, we had a great stay; would definitely recommend this property

Very easy to search for properties using the filters. My favourite filter NO DOGS or PETS.
As soon as I booked had an email straight away confirming. Not back and forth to owner and agent accepting dates.

So pleased with service Arbian held my booking for me for 24 hours until I spoke to all family to confirm dates, he then phoned me back right on time next day for me to arrange booking, thank you.

Nice choice of properties and easy to book

Excellent communication. Clear information about rental holidays with great photos. Highly recommend.

Easy booking system. Easy search system on website

If you were thinking of booking or renting through Sykes - think twice! Read the reviews!

We used to think Sykes was some big reliable booking company and that booking through them would be safer than direct or via Airbnb. We have had a few stays through them and as we never needed to contact them before then as far as we knew everything was great. Until I actually tried to contact them.

I was taking them up on their price match guarantee as I had foolishly trusted that they would honour it.

First of all the only contact was a WhatsApp messaging service. And the response was AI. I tried going back and back to them to ask someone to look into it and occasionally an actual human would respond, around a week or so later and be absolutely cold and unhelpful. Most times it would be no response. They could not care less.

I looked them up on trustpilot and saw all these 4 and 5 star reviews and couldn’t understand how they were so high compared to my experience…until you actually read into the review and realise that for anybody who makes a booking without any contact, generally all great and they review high. For those of us who actually try to contact them, it’s the same story over and over again. Sykes don’t do customer service - they aren’t interested in helping, and they don’t care about keeping a customer base.

Please, help them to help themselves by refusing to use them. Maybe eventually they’ll learn??

I read the reviews before booking my apartment and various other reviewers of that property had mentioned the bed not being comfortable, flimsy and the mattress needed to be thicker. As the only property left in the location for the dates I wanted, I booked it but did call and email Sykes Cottages to ask whether the comments of previous reviewers had been addressed? Sykes is just a call centre, the person on the phone wasn’t at all helpful, had no info on the particular property, said they’d try and speak to the owner but I never heard anything more! I tried emailing the same question, but my email never got replied to either. The bed was uncomfortable, felt like we were sleeping on a camp bed, and we’re not big people. It is impossible to make contact with the owners of the properties, Sykes are just an impersonal middleman, would not choose to use them again. There are other booking platforms that enable a much better personal interaction to answer perfectly reasonable questions before making a decision to book.

Good yet poor customer service and unclear and convoluted policies.