Danyfan Carriage
Powys, United Kingdom
Danyfan
- Our low price promise from £75 p/n
-
Train carriage
Sleeps 2
- 1 double
Overview
Danyfan Carriage is the latest project of Emma & Stevie, who fled London for the country life a few years ago. They found a perfect spot to make their home and also the perfect thing for a little glamping. The railway carriage, as far as they know, is an early 20th Century artefact and in converting it they have kept as much of the original work as possible. What they have added has been chosen to compliment the period feel, with a grand Victorian cast iron bed and a burnished walnut wardrobe setting the tone. The whole site is completely off-grid with a cleverly designed (piping hot!) shower and washing up area, plus a separate compost loo, just a few steps from the carriage. But being off-grid doesn't have to mean hardship. The wood-burner keeps the cabin beautifully warm, the bed is a wonder of mountainous soft pillows, lanterns and torches give a soft light and the gas hobs make cooking easy.
The carriage has plenty of charm on the inside, but the setting is equally amazing. In a corner of the long field behind the garden, tucked under the trees, it has views of the mountains and a rushing stream alongside near the decking veranda. Walks through the Brecon Beacons National Park stretch out from the door and wildlife and nature surround you.
Essentials
The important stuff
- Check in: 4pm
- Check out: 11am
- There is flexibility on check in and check out if there are not guests before/after your stay at Danyfan - enquire with owners after booking
- Children may be accommodated by prior arrangement, please call us on 0117 204 7830 to enquire
- Bring a torch, walking boots/wellies and warm socks/slippers
- Parking is approx. a 1min walk from space
- No mains power or plug sockets, but there is a USB plug
- No WiFi
- Limited phone signal
- Well-behaved dogs are welcome - please keep them off the furniture and under control at all times as Danyfan is surrounded by farms with livestock.
Sleeping arrangements
- 1 double
Extra space available
Space for 1 pet no charge. limited room in the carriage!
Kids & Pets
Kids can be accommodated occasionally but the wagon is best for two
Cooking
- 2 ring gas hob and grill
- Outdoor fire pit with tripod grill
- Small, gas-powered fridge
Washing
- Bathroom with gas powered shower & Belfast sink is a few metres away from carriage
- Compost loo next to the bathroom, accessed up steps
- Eco toiletries provided
Heating, lighting & bedding
- Bed linen, towels and bathrobes provided
- Wood-burner
- Electric lighting inside the carriage as well as a USB and 12 volt car charging point.
- Lighting from various LED, solar & wind up lanterns. Solar ones need to be put outside each day to charge
Entertainment
- Wind up radio
- Packs of cards
- Books
- Games
Getting there
Danyfan, Cwmgwdi, Brecon, Powys, LD3 8LG
Entrance: ///ventures.commit.invite
By public transport
Abergavenny & Merthyr Tydfil train stations are about 20 miles away. Brecon is the nearest bus station and the bus stop is 1.5 miles away uphill! Pick ups and taxis can be arranged with a good bit of notice.
By car
If you have sat nav follow the directions based on the postcode LD3 8LG. This will take you straight to the house, although the 'you have arrived at your destination' tends to come just after the entrance to the main house. The entrance to the carriage is the next entrance on the right. The turning into the field is tight, and quite steep.
From the M4 East
At junction 24 of the M4, take the A48/A449 exit to Newport(E)/Monmouth
After about 12 miles take the A40 towards Abergavenny
Follow the A40 through Abergavenny and on towards Brecon
At the Brecon Bypass roundabout take the first exit to continue on the A40 (signposted Cardiff)
Continue on the bypass until you reach the next roundabout, then follow the directions below
From other directions
Take your favourite route towards Brecon, and head to the roundabout to the west of Brecon where the A40 joins the A470. From here follow the directions below
From A40/A470 roundabout to the west of Brecon
Take the B4601 towards Brecon
After 200m turn right up the Ffrwdgrech Rd opposite the Drovers Arms pub
After 3/4 mile take the left fork at a 3 way junction, you will see amazing views of the mountains straight ahead. You may start to get nervous at this point as it is a very narrow country lane, but don't worry you're nearly there
Continue up the road for 3/4 mile as it winds up the hill. You will pass some cottages, a sharp S bend and a road to your left
You will see stone gateposts and a green gate on your right, this is the entrance to Danyfan. Keep going for another 200m and the entrance for the carriage is next on the right.
If you come to a farm on the left called Cwmgwdi Farm you've gone about 400m too far. Turn around and Danyfan Carriage is the first entrance on the left.
Food & Drink
At Danyfan
Welcome pack provided including homemade sourdough bread and brownies, locally produced bacon, butter, eggs and milk.
Basic provided such as salt, pepper, olive oil, tea, coffee.
The nearest shop for basics is about a mile and a half away.
Restaurants
Gurkha Corner, Nepalese restaurant and takeaway (2 miles) - You get a friendly welcome and great, fresh tasting Nepalese food at Gurkha Corner. There is an interesting and exciting menu, everything is freshly cooked and carefully spiced; definitely one to try when you are visiting Brecon.
Foyles of Glasbury is a really good restaurant
Zeera, Indian Restaurant and Takeaway (2 miles) - If you are in the mood for a freshly cooked, nicely spiced, really good quality curry then Zeera is your place.
Pubs
The Royal Oak, Penceli (5 miles) - A cosy, friendly local pub, that serves good freshly cooked, local, seasonal food. Give them a ring before you go along as they aren't open every night.
Real Ale fans will love the new Brecon Tap, which is owned by the local brewery and serves great local beer and delicious locally made pies.
The Star, Taylbont-on-Usk (8 miles) - Camra's Brecknockshire Pub of the Year 2011, a traditional pub serving a great selection of real ales and hearty homemade meals.
The Felin Fach Griffin (8 miles) - A country pub in a tiny village that serves seriously good food and wine. The food is probably the best you will find near Brecon, with great local produce given the star treatment with an excellent wine list and desserts to die for. Make sure you give them a call as they are very popular, especially at weekends.
Activities
The Brecon Beacons has recently been designated an International Dark Sky Reserve, one of only a handful. There's a telescope and planisphere you can borrow if you fancy yourself as the next Brian Cox, and virtually no light pollution whatsoever!
With the Brecon Beacons on your doorstep, it's no surprise that there's plenty to do out and about around Danyfan. This is just a small selection:
Walks from the door - see here for one good example route.
Cycling - from easy road tours to crashing down the mountains
Canoeing - for all levels of experience
Sailing/ fishing etc at Llangorse lake
On rainier days
There are some lovely day trips to Penderyn Distillery or, closer to home, Llangorse brewery
Get even wetter by canyoning or visiting the famous waterfalls at Ystrafellte
Or visit one of Brecon's museums – South Wales Borderers
Meet your hosts
Emma and Stevie escaped London and moved to Brecon nearly two years ago. Initially, they did the house up and opened it as a bed and breakfast. When they had their baby, Rosie, they renovated the stables and now live in there, renting the house as a holiday home. They have had the railway carriage for a while, but only recently done it up.
The site
Danyfan is in the Brecon Beacons National park. Danyfan Carriage is off grid, and the water comes from a spring up the mountain. They have a compost loo, solar powered lighting (and wind-up torches, and a couple of battery powered ones for emergencies). The wood for the wood-fired stove is from Emma & Stevie's own trees. They used locally sourced materials where possible, e.g. the sink stand, which is from one of the larches they felled, the shelves in carriage from a cherry tree and reclaimed floorboards etc. They used mainly antique furnishings, and in general tried to preserve what was there rather than use new.
Reviews
We had a wonderful time at Danyfan Carriage, which was a lovely cosy base for a cold and windy long off-grid weekend in Wales. An amazing location, and the fresh bread Emma dropped round was an absolute treat!
17/11/2023Joe
We stayed for two nights in October. The Carriage was really lovely and cosy. An off-grid experience! We cooked on the fire outside several times. The bed is especially comfortable.
14/10/2023Paul
Brilliant from start to finish. We stayed here ten years ago and returned to celebrate our ten year anniversary. Host was thoughtful, bed was luxurious and the sound of the birds in such a green and lush place was something else. We were both utterly relaxed for the two nights and felt rejuvenated when leaving.
26/05/2023Menna
I loved my stay at Danyfan Carriage - it was blissfully peaceful and an ideal location for exploring the surrounding areas. I hiked from Danyfan up to Fan y Big, Cribyn and Pen y Fan in a circular route which was spectacular. The carriage was well equipped for cooking with a gas stove, full complement of crockery, cutlery, pots/pans and utensils. The wood burner was easy to get going and provided warmth in the cooler evenings.
28/04/2023Jonny
Great stay at Danyfan. Emma and Stevie gave us a lovely welcome (including homemade bread and local butter, eggs, bacon and brownies) and then they left us to ourselves. The cabin is sweet and cosy, the log burner heats the place up quickly, and the shower was nice and warm. The location was also great; a stones throw away from a route up pen y fan.
10/02/2023Jessica
Booking Terms
Canopy & Stars low price promise
Book with us in confidence knowing you won’t find that place cheaper elsewhere. All of the prices we display are set and matched by our Owners. (In this world of foreign currency, we do have to say 'subject to exchange rates' for some of our European places.)
What does ‘from price’ mean?
Our ‘from price’ is based on a four night stay in low season and designed to help you to compare different prices across our collection. Some of our Owners vary their nightly rates and check in days throughout the year, so it may differ from the rate quoted below the calendar. It is quite common (although by no means universal) for places to charge a little more in peak season or for shorter stays, to cover changeover costs. Consider booking longer stays during the cooler months if you’re looking for the lowest nightly rates.
Agency Terms & Conditions
Except where otherwise specified, we Sawday’s Canopy & Stars Ltd (Company No 09088366) of Merchants House, Wapping Road, Bristol, BS1 4RW act only as an Agent in respect of all bookings we take and/or make on your behalf. As an Agent we act as an intermediary between you and the owner (‘’Owner’’) of the holiday accommodation (‘’Property’’) you will be staying in. We help to arrange reservations and bookings between you and the Owner and take payments from you on behalf of the Owner.
We are only arranging a contract between you and the Owner for hire of the Property and for any other services or arrangement you purchase from the Owner (the “Booking”). This means the legal contract for the Booking is between you and the Owner despite the fact that a payment for the Booking has been made to the Agent. Your contract for the Booking is not with Sawday’s Canopy & Stars Ltd (Canopy & Stars).
Canopy & Stars is part of the Sawday’s family of companies, a majority employee owned business, 24% owned by a charitable trust and a B Corp. We accept no liability in relation to any contract you enter into in relation to Bookings or for the acts or omissions of any supplier(s) or other person(s) or party(ies) connected with any Booking.
When making your Booking we will arrange for you to enter into a contract with the Owner, as detailed in clause 1.2 below. Your Booking is subject to these Agency Terms & Conditions and any other specific booking conditions of the relevant Owner(s) you contract with. The Owner’s booking conditions may limit and/or exclude the Owner’s liability to you.
You may decide to make more than one Booking at the same time. The price charged in total for more than one Booking will always equal the prices charged separately for each individual Booking. All Bookings are available to be purchased separately at the same price as they are when more than one Booking is made. This means that any multiple Bookings do not constitute a package as defined in the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992.
By making a booking, you agree that:
- You have read these Agency Terms & Conditions and agree to be bound by them;
- The lead name on the Booking will be the person responsible for the Booking and shall be responsible for paying the deposit and the full price, for making any amendment and cancellation requests and for the payment of any additional charges. The lead name accepts these Terms & Conditions on behalf of all persons in the Booking;
- You consent to our use of your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy;
- You are over 18 years of age and where there may be age restrictions in place, you declare that you and all members of your party are of the appropriate age
The Canopy & Stars online booking system enables Guests to make Bookings 24 hours a day. To confirm your booking, you must pay a 25% deposit (or full payment if booking within 10 weeks of your check in date) and the entire Booking will be subject to the cancellation policy as outlined in clause 2 below. The Canopy & Stars telephone booking line is open Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm and Saturdays 10am to 2pm. When using the online enquiry form, for those Properties without online booking, please allow 24 working hours for us to contact you by telephone to confirm the Booking. If we are unable to reach you by phone, we will attempt to contact you by email. We will contact you during Canopy & Stars working hours (Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm and Saturday 10am to 2pm). Online or email enquiries will be dealt with in the order they are received, but please be aware that we cannot guarantee reservation of your selected dates until the receipt of suitable payment. Therefore, if possible, we do recommend that you book on the Canopy & Stars website using the online booking system.
1. Booking and payments
1.1 In order to confirm your chosen Booking, you must pay a 25% non-refundable deposit as required (or full payment if booking within 10 weeks of the date of your check-in). The deposit is non-refundable as it covers costs incurred and services provided to enable your Booking. These include, but are not limited to, marketing and PR, property inspection fees, Owner management, booking management, credit card fees and customer service.
1.2 Your Booking is confirmed and a contract between you and the Owner will exist when we receive payment of the deposit and send you a booking confirmation on the Owner’s behalf. This Booking confirmation email will be sent within 24 hours and will contain the details of your Booking and of payments made and due. If you have not received your Booking confirmation email within the specified time, please notify us as soon as possible by email (bookings@canopyandstars.co.uk). Please check your confirmation carefully and report any incorrect or incomplete information to us immediately. As we act only as booking Agent, we have no responsibility for any errors in any documentation except where an error is made by us.
1.3 Once the 25% deposit has been paid, the full balance payment will be due 10 weeks in advance of your check in. A reminder to pay your balance will be sent to you one week prior to this 10 week date, where applicable, by email. We automatically take the balance payment using the same card as used to make the deposit payment. It is your responsibility to advise us if we should use a different card and to contact us by telephone (0117 204 7830) to arrange for alternative payment method. If the automated balance payment does not successfully go through as there is a problem with your card, such as it is expiring, then we will contact you to try and take alternative payment. If you do not make any payment due to Canopy & Stars by the due date for payment and at the latest within 5 days of this date, then with regret, we will notify the Owner who will cancel your Booking and terminate their contract with you. In these circumstances, your rights to a refund are set out in clause 2.3 and 2.4 below. Please note that if you have paid in a currency that is different to the original pricing, we will not be able to guarantee the same conversion rate that was used to convert the deposit payment.
1.4 Except where otherwise advised or stated in the booking conditions of the Owner concerned, all monies you pay to us for a Booking will be held on behalf of the Owner(s) concerned.
1.5 Credit Card payments are processed via Elavon who provide merchants services facilities to Sawday’s Canopy & Stars Ltd.
2. Cancellation by You
2.1 If you have to, or want to cancel or amend your Booking, this request must be sent to us by email (bookings@canopyandstars.co.uk) and will be considered and responded to within two working days of receipt. Please ensure that you have received written confirmation of any changes to your Booking prior to travel. Whilst we will always try to help, we cannot guarantee that such requests will be met.
2.2 Cancellation by you at any time will result in your 25% deposit being forfeited. The deposit is always non-refundable as it covers costs incurred and services provided to enable your Booking.
2.3 All bookings are non-amendable and non-refundable within 10 weeks of your check in date. If you need to cancel your booking within 10 weeks, the total cost of the accommodation including the deposit will be forfeited. Cancellation should always be in writing to bookings@canopyandstars.co.uk.
2.4 If you need to cancel your booking at a date 10 weeks or more in advance of your check in date, the 25% deposit will be forfeited. If the booking has been paid in full the balance will be returned to you, minus the 25% deposit. Refunds will be issued in the same form and ratio as the original payment was made. Therefore, if a Gift Voucher was used to book your stay, the refund will be back onto a new Gift Voucher at the same amount as originally used. Alternatively, if you paid in cash, your refund will be processed in the currency of the booking. Where this is different to the currency of the payment card, this will be converted at the current exchange rate on the day of the refund.
2.5 Cancellations made by you, at any time, may incur a £50 administration fee in addition to us retaining the non-refundable deposit. This represents the administration costs incurred by us on behalf of the Owner to deal with such requests.
2.6 If extreme weather prevents you from reaching your holiday, taking, or finishing your holiday, you are still subject to these cancellation terms as outlined in clause 2.3 above. We strongly recommend that you take out a travel insurance policy which covers this eventuality. In the event of the property becoming unavailable (such as due to fire or flooding), Canopy & Stars will endeavour to provide the Guest with suitable alternative accommodation, starting with any other accommodation that may be available with the same Owner of your Booking, or will refund all monies paid, or a proportion in the case of curtailment. The Agency cannot, however, pay any compensation or expenses as a consequence of such an event.
2.7 Cancellation insurance is available to purchase from many providers, but will be a third-party arrangement and not involve Canopy & Stars or the Owner in any way. You are strongly recommended to take out personal travel insurance for all members of your party for UK holidays and you must take out personal travel insurance for international holidays, including for illness and cancellation due to Covid-19. It is your responsibility to ensure that the insurance cover is adequate for your needs, including cancellation and curtailment.
2.8 If you fail to check-in on your date of arrival your Booking will be cancelled and no refund will be due.
3. Amendments to your booking, requested by you
3.1 Amendments to your Booking can only be made more than 10 weeks prior to the check in date, after which time amendments may be treated as cancellation and our refund policy as detailed in clause 2.3 above may apply. All amendments are subject to availability and may incur a £50 admin fee detailed in clause 2.5 above.
3.2 If we can fulfil your request to amend your booking, any differences in price as a result of the amendment, will be paid by you in the case of an increase and refunded to you in the case of a decrease in price, e.g. amending your booking from low season to high season.
3.3 In the event that a date swap is offered, this will normally be agreed with a set timeframe to rebook and sometimes a credit against a future stay will be offered. The credit can only apply to a stay at the same space as originally booked.
3.3.1 If a date swap is offered, then the Agency Booking Terms and Conditions applied at the time of your original booking will still apply. Therefore, if your date was swapped within 10 weeks of the original check in date, the 10 week cancellation policy set out in clause 2.3 applies to your new stay, even if the new check in date is beyond 10 weeks.
4. Refunds
If a refund is issued it will be in the same form and ratio as the original payment was made. Therefore, if a Gift Voucher was used to purchase the original stay, the refund will be back onto a new Gift Voucher at the same amount as originally used.
5. Insurance
You are strongly recommended to take out personal travel insurance for all members of your party for your holiday, including holidays in the UK. It is your responsibility to ensure that the insurance cover is adequate for your needs, including cancellation and curtailment for any reason. Please read your policy details carefully and take them with you on holiday.
6. Changes and Cancellations by the Owner
We will inform you as soon as reasonably possible if the Owner needs to make a significant change to your confirmed Booking or to cancel your Booking. We will also liaise between you and the Owner to try and organise an alternative Booking offered by the Owner, or a refund but we will have no further liability to you.
7. Cancellations due to events outside of Owner’s control
An Owner may have to cancel a booking due to events outside of their reasonable control (see clause 22). In such circumstances, we will liaise between you and the Owner to try and organise an any alternative Booking offered by the Owner, or a refund but we will have no further liability to you.
8. Complaints & Procedure
We always aim to provide the best possible holiday experience, however, if you have any complaint or problems during your stay, please immediately notify the Owner during the stay itself, so that the Owner has the opportunity to resolve the problem at the time. If you do not follow this procedure, there will be less opportunity for the Owner to investigate and resolve your complaint and to make your stay as enjoyable as possible. Delays may also mean that the amount of compensation you may be entitled to, may be reduced or negated.
Whether or not your complaint is dealt with satisfactorily, please also let us know of the problem as soon as possible by emailing info@canopyandstars.co.uk. We will aim to respond within 1 working day to acknowledge your email. We will then review your feedback and investigate the complaint. This may involve discussing your concerns with the owner, revising the website listing for inaccuracies, and reviewing previous guest feedback and internal inspection notes. This process can take time to complete, so please allow approx. 7 working days for a final response.
We also welcome you to fill in our feedback survey which will be sent to you via email the day after you check out. It is important for us to gather as much information as possible about the experiences our guests are having. This is what helps us support our Owner in fulfilling their potential and identifying if anything could be improved.
9. Our Responsibility for your Booking
Your contract is with the Owner and its booking conditions apply. As Agent, we accept no responsibility for the actual provision of the Booking. Our responsibilities are limited to making the Booking in accordance with your instructions and acting properly in accordance with our legal duties as an Agent. We accept no responsibility for any information about the Booking that we pass on to you in good faith. However, in the event that we are found liable to you on any basis whatsoever, our maximum liability to you is limited to twice the cost of your Booking (or the appropriate proportion of this if not everyone on the Booking is affected). We do not exclude or limit any liability for death or personal injury that arises as a result of our negligence or that of any of our employees whilst acting in the course of their employment.
10. Your Responsibilities
10.1 Please note that you have a contract with the Owner of the property. As such you are under a responsibility to behave in a proper, appropriate and legal manner whilst staying at the property with due respect to the Owner, the Property and other guests and their Property.
10.2 You are responsible for informing the Owner of any losses or damage to the property as soon as possible. Please note that you will be liable to pay the Owner for any losses or damage to the property caused by you or a member of your party (except reasonable wear and tear). Some Owners may also require a damage deposit. If so, this information will be provided on the website place page under ‘essentials’.
10.3 You must also leave the property by the check-out time specified on your Booking. If any guest behaves inappropriately or improperly (of which the Owner will be the final judge on their Property), or illegally, the Owner reserves the right to ask the guest and their party (at their discretion) to leave the Property before the end of the holiday period and/or refuse any future bookings from you. Please note that this would be without the right to any refund.
11. Pets
11.1 Not all properties accept pets. If you wish to take your pet on holiday, please advise us before booking and we can check whether pets are accepted at the property. You must obtain the prior consent of the Owner before taking any pets to the property. If you take a pet to a place that doesn’t allow pets, or you exceed the number of pets allowed at a place, the Owner has the right to refuse you to stay at the Property, and/or they may ask you to leave the Property before the end of the holiday period. Please note that this would be without the right to any refund.
11.2 A nightly charge may be made by the Owner for each pet and additional terms may apply, you will be notified of this at point of Booking. Please check these terms carefully before booking and arriving.
11.3 Please do not leave your pets alone or unsupervised in the property at any time during your stay. For the safety and comfort of your pet we request that Owners exercise due diligence at all times, especially where the property is located near a road/livestock. Canopy & Stars nor the Owner can accept responsibility for the safety of your pet.
11.4 If any guest has an allergy to pets, please be aware that Owners (and we) cannot guarantee that a pet has not stayed in a particular Property. We and Owners cannot accept responsibility for any suffering which may occur as a result of such animals having been present in a property.
11.5 We ask that all owners of pets keep their pet under control at all times and to be responsible for ensuring that they do not damage the Property, livestock or vegetation during the stay. You will be liable for any damage caused by your pet. Any damage is to be reported to the Owner immediately. Any additional cleaning required, that may incur an additional charge, will be at the Owner's discretion.
12. Special requests
If you have any special requests (for example dietary requirements, allergy, cots or room location), please let us know at the time of booking. We will pass on all such requests to the Owner, but unfortunately, we can't guarantee that they will be met and we will have no liability to you if they are not.
13. Maximum Numbers
Please note that except by prior arrangement confirmed in writing, only the number of persons specified on a booking confirmation may occupy a property. Most owners reserve the right to refuse admittance or revoke a Booking if this condition is not observed and you are unlikely to receive any refund.
13.1 The Owner reserves the right to sue the guest for any loss, damage or injury caused to the Owner, the Property or to other guests and/or their property. As Agent, we will have no liability to you in these circumstances.
13.2 The Owner only supplies the Property for domestic and private use. You agree not to use the Property for any commercial, business or re-sale purpose, and the Owner has no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity. If you do wish to use the Property for a commercial purpose, you must contact Canopy & Stars prior to confirming your booking.
14. Group Bookings
Not all Owners accept Bookings for a single sex group (for example, a stag or hen party). Guests wanting to make such a Booking should check with us beforehand to enable us to check whether the Owner is prepared to accept the Booking. We will then advise you accordingly. In event that an Owner does not accept this type of Booking then it is with regret, that the Booking may be cancelled, and cancellation fees may apply. It is the Guest’s responsibility to enquire with Canopy & Stars and/or check on our website beforehand to make sure that this type of Booking is permitted.
15. Pricing
15.1 Canopy & Stars reserve the right to amend advertised prices at any time on behalf of the Owner. We also reserve the right to correct errors in both advertised and confirmed prices. Special note: changes and errors sometimes occur.
15.2 Rates are set per place in the currency specified by the Owner. Where this has been converted into the currency of your preference, until the payment stage this will be an estimation only, based on a recent exchange rate. The original rate will be displayed before you confirm your payment and you will be given the option of paying in your own currency at our guaranteed rate, or paying in your own currency and leaving the conversion and any associated fees to your card provider.
16. Information & Accuracy
The information and prices shown on this website are varied from time to time and may change between the time you first view a property and make a Booking. You should check that all the details are as you expect prior to making a Booking. It is always possible that, despite our best efforts, some of the properties (including the features and extras available) may be incorrectly described and/or priced. If we discover this is the case after you have made a Booking, we reserve the right to contact you with details of the correct information and/or pricing and will give you the option to:
(1) proceed with the Booking based on the correct information and/or pricing, which may require the payment of an additional amount by you
OR
(2) subject to availability, change your booking dates to dates when the pricing can be honoured and so no additional charge to you. In the event that a lower price can be offered for alternative dates then the difference would be refunded
OR
(3) cancel the Booking. If we do not receive your instructions within 5 days of contacting you, we reserve the right to cancel your Booking without liability to you.
17. VAT
Many of the Owners of properties in the Canopy & Stars portfolio are not registered for VAT in which case no tax is payable. Where VAT is payable, the tax is included in the advertised holiday rental price. If the rate of VAT changes between the date of the Booking and the date of the stay, Canopy & Stars may adjust the rate of VAT that you pay, unless you have already paid for the Booking in full before the change in the rate of VAT takes effect.
18. Visa, passport and health requirements
Unless you tell us otherwise, we assume that all members of your party are British citizens who hold or will hold full British passports valid for the entire duration of the international Booking. Information on visa, passport and health requirements, where given and applicable, is so given on this basis. Requirements may change and you are therefore strongly recommended to check the up to date position with the Owner of the Booking, Passport Office, appropriate embassy or consulate or your doctor as applicable in good time before the commencement of your holiday. Prior to international travel it is your responsibility to check whether it is safe to travel by visiting the FCO website www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice.
19. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These terms and conditions have been drafted in accordance with and are governed by English law and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any and all disputes arising out of these Agency Terms & Conditions.
20. Discrepancies
In case of a discrepancy between these Agency Terms & Conditions and any other Canopy & Stars literature, these Agency Terms & Conditions shall prevail.
21. Validity clause
In the event that a court finds that a condition in these Agency Terms & Conditions is illegal or void, the illegal or void provision will be severed from the remainder of the Agency Terms & Conditions, which will continue to be valid and have full force and effect.
22. Events beyond an Owner or Agency’s control
If an Owner or Canopy & Stars is prevented or delayed from complying with any of their respective obligations under these Agency Terms & Conditions or a contract for a Booking due to events or circumstances beyond their reasonable control, the inability or delay in performing those obligations will not be treated as a breach of these Agency Terms & Conditions or a contract for a Booking. Examples of such events or circumstances include fire, flood and other acts of God, strikes, trade disputes, lock outs, restrictions of imports or exports, riot, accident, disruption to energy supplies, civil commotion, acts of terrorism or war, pandemic (including Covid-19), any national/local/regional government restrictions.
Thank you for wading through all the very boring, but very important stuff above.
Now the outdoors is calling, so go and get wild in nature!
We had a wonderful time at Danyfan Carriage, which was a lovely cosy base for a cold and windy long off-grid weekend in Wales. An amazing location, and the fresh bread Emma dropped round was an absolute treat!
17/11/2023