Drovers Rest Farm Stay

Beautiful field for camping with amazing birdsong, comfortable mattress and bedding

Communal loos, showers and kitchen not cleaned regularly (possibly once every 24 hours if that) so not so nice if fellow guests don’t keep things so clean I was contacted directly by WhatsApp and email by the property which some might not mind but I found quite intrusive and have never come across via Booking.com before. Lack of this direct messaging is one of Booking.com’s features that I appreciate and I didn’t realise this can even happen. Their approach also made if hard to keep track of the quite extensive information that was provided before the stay as it was across different mediums When I booked it was for a bell tent with corresponding photos but about a month or more later, a day or so prior to arrival, I was told I’d booked an army tent!

Cozy comfy safari tents, facilities were immaculate, we had fresh bread on arrival which was delicious and as much tea and coffee as we could wish for! Staff were amazing and getting to see the animals on the farm completed our stay. Smiles all around and we’ve already booked our next stay!

The man who checked us in was lovely and the farm itself was really picturesque.

The tent was advertised as having beds, wardrobe, complimentary toiletries, free wifi, an on-site restaurant and a bar - the beds were on wood slats on the floor so really uncomfortable, there was no wardrobe, just communal shower gel in shower, no wifi in tent, restaurant was closed and bar was closed. There was no hot water in sink only kitchen and shower so my husband had to shave in the kitchen with no mirror and not nice for other guests. Due to the lack of sleep we had to leave after the second night but were refused any refund. I recognise that this was glamping but in the past I have stayed in a glamping tent and had proper beds and good facilities and the listing made it sound like this was the same.

It was clean and facilities were good overall

We booked bell tents and turned up and the bell tents had been replaced by normal tents. We had booked bell tents so that we could experience staying in bell tents but they just switched them to these army-style green tents and didn’t tell anyone about it. Everyone staying in the field had the same complaints. If I wanted to stay in a normal tent, I’d have just brought my own tent and stayed in a field for 3 nights for a 10th of the cost I spoke to the owner and they said the new tents were an “upgrade” which I can confirm that they are definitely not - switching a bell tent for a normal army-style tent is not an upgrade at all. Feel like we’ve been ripped off and it ruined the weekend. I’ll be doing a formal complaint to booking.com as we didn’t receive what was advertised

le système des tentes et sympa, avec de bons lit chauffant, un belle espaces a l'intérieur. les douches et les toilettes sont pratique dans un autre bâtiment. l'endroit est très calme et reposant.

Everything

No breakfast provided. No towels. Unwalkable roads into and out of location. Leaky moldy tent, no wood heaters, cold and wet inside. Overall bad conditions. Wifi only works in the main house, not any of the outbuildings or tents.

Booked this location for TEN DAYS paid in full weeks b4 check in. Tent was uninhabitable (leaky, moldy, no wood burner or towels, ONE blanket in the freezing cold) so I had to leave after one night. Because I had used Booking.com, they collected more than $2,000 USD from me in advance and I was unable to get a refund for the NINE days I had paid for and had to find and pay for another place for the rest of my stay. Listing implies property is walking distance from Hay on Wye. BIG LIE. Property is 8-10 miles from Hay via UNWALKABLE farm roads w hedgerows.

Location was lovely

It could of been a little cleaner ,but understand as it’s dog friendly hence finding dog hairs on sofa etc.