Canvas Holidays

We have been going on holiday with Canvas Holidays for over 10 years now. In the beginning, the service was incredible! The maxi tents that they used, were of really high quality, you were presented with a bottle of wine, when you arrived, and they could never do enough for you. The campsites were always of an excellently high standard, and you always new it was a really safe bet to book your european holiday with them. Since Canvas holidays were sold however, (to a large US Corporation.) The standards seem to have been slipping, year by year. You no longer receive a free bottle of wine, when you arrive, and the tents don't ...  Read the complete review

Having travelled with Canvas Holidays several times over the past 10 years I can honestly say that we have been delighted with every holiday we have had with them. We have spent holidays in tents, when the chilren were young, and in caravans as they got older, and the standard of every site and the accommodation has been excellent. The standard of the site representatives has varied a bit over the years and the locations but on the whole they have been very helpful. Booking has been easy and the reservation staff very helpful and friendly - helping us out one year when our flight from Edinburgh was delayed by 4 hours and we did not get to the site until 3 am! The rep ...  Read the complete review

As soon as we had our daughter, my husband has been trying to get us to go camping (I think he thinks its something a dad has to do.) It has never appealed to me,give me a sunlounger, sandy beach and a cocktail any day. But after four years of getting my own way I thought I would let him choose our next holiday, and he choose a camping holiday with Canvas. I looked on their website and it all looked great, the tents had flooring so no spiders would be joining you in bed. We decided to go to one of their sites just outside Paris so we could fit in a visit to Disney whilst we were there. I phoned the booking office which is based in Scotland and was so pleased ...  Read the complete review

Canvas holidays come down SUBSTANTIALLY in price in July and August. When we paid for our holiday, it had halved in price just a day or so later! Canvas can also be very very inflexible. We tried to change our booking to a different location, and they wanted to charge us considerable charges on top of the price we had already paid (already the maximum) which meant we would have been located in the same accommodation, in the same resort, on the same dates, with others who had paid a third of the price we had. BE VERY CAREFUL with this company. If you must use them - wait until their prices drop. They always do, and there is always availibility in all but the most popular of sites. Also, be sure you wont want to change anything about your holiday, as they will charge you heavily...

We went to 3 sites with Canvas in June 2002. We took advantage of the lower prices and the 3rd week free offer and had 18 nights in mobile homes. We stayed in Steinach (nice small site) in the Black Forest which is in lovely countryside. The rep had maps of local walks and a fair few of them could be started on foot from the campsite. We then went to Manor Farm (well run large site) near Interlaken. A really bustling tourist trap, though the camp-site was just over half full. You can spend a fortune going on train journeys up mountains & boat trips on the lake. Final site Bella Tola Susten, Switzerland, was slightly disappointing because the caravans were crowded ...  Read the complete review