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Forest Holidays review

Updated September 30, 2026 · NomadCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 30, 2026

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Our verdict

Forest Holidays suits families who want a forest stay and nothing else, and its overall score of 8.9 reflects a focused, single product site. The trade off is range: with hotels as the only product, anyone who also needs flights or transfers has to book them elsewhere.

Key facts

Best for
A stay only booking service for families who want a forest break and nothing attached to it.
Products
Hotels↗
Booking fees
GBP 50 per amendment↗
Cancellation terms
Deposit only if cancelled 6+ weeks before↗
Mobile app
Yes↗
Legal entity
Forest Holidays Ltd↗
Headquarters
United Kingdom↗
Founded
2012↗
Support channels
Email, Chat, Phone, Help-centre↗
Official website
forestholidays.co.uk

Facts checked September 30, 2026, 5 sources

Apps and profiles

Get the app
Google Play
Elsewhere
Xyoutube.com

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Support runs on email, chat and phone, giving a stay only site more routes to a person than the product list would suggest.
  • A mobile app is available, so a booking can be checked and changed away from a desktop.
  • The cancellation rule is short and specific: a deposit is only involved in relation to a notice period set before arrival.
  • A hotels only range means a single supplier covers the whole stay, where Emirates spreads a trip across flights, hotels and tours.
  • The operator is a named company, Forest Holidays Ltd, incorporated in 2012, so the entity behind the booking is easy to trace.

Cons

  • Only hotels are sold, so flights, transfers and rail have to come from a different site.
  • Amendments cost GBP 50 per amendment, which stacks up quickly for a family that changes dates repeatedly.
  • The deposit rule turns on a notice period set before arrival, so a cancellation inside that period is where the money question bites.

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Who it suits

  • Families looking for a forest stay that fills the whole trip, with help on email, chat and phone.
  • Travellers who plan ahead, since the deposit rule follows a notice period set before arrival.
  • Readers who want a named operator behind the booking, Forest Holidays Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Who should look elsewhere

  • Travellers who want flights with the stay, since Emirates sells flights, hotels and tours.
  • Anyone after packages, cruise or rail, which Intrepid Travel covers through packages, tours and cruise.
  • Ski holiday shoppers, since Čedok lists flights, packages and tours.

What you can book

The catalogue is narrow: hotels is the whole range, so a booking here is a stay with no flight, transfer or rail attached to it. That keeps the choice of accommodation in focus rather than spreading it across several lines of travel. A mobile app is available, which covers the manage your booking side of a stay, and there is little else in the catalogue for it to handle.

Fees and cancellation

Amendments cost GBP 50 per amendment, so a changed date or a changed room type has a set price on it. Cancellation terms turn on a notice period set before arrival, with a deposit only involved in relation to that period. Because the range is a single product, the whole trip sits with the same supplier, which makes the flexibility terms the part worth reading closely before booking.

The company behind it

The site is run by Forest Holidays Ltd, headquartered in the United Kingdom and incorporated in 2012, so the company behind a booking is straightforward to name. Support runs on email, chat and phone, covering both written and live routes for questions about a stay. Both details sit in the published terms, alongside the cancellation and amendment rules.

How Forest Holidays compares

Frequently asked questions

What can I book on Forest Holidays?+

The catalogue runs to a single product: hotels. Nothing else attaches to a booking, so no flight, transfer or rail element can be added to the same reservation. A trip that needs a plane or a train has to be arranged elsewhere. A mobile app is available for managing the stay once it is booked.

Does Forest Holidays have a mobile app?+

Yes. A mobile app is available for the stays booked through the site, and help sits behind it: support runs on email, chat and phone. A question about a booking can go by email, by chat, by phone or through the help centre, rather than being limited to a single written channel.

What does it cost to change a booking?+

Amendments are charged at GBP 50 per amendment, and that figure applies to each change rather than to the booking as a whole. A family that adjusts dates repeatedly pays the amendment charge on every change, which makes the terms worth reading before a flexible plan is set.

What are the cancellation terms?+

A deposit is only involved in relation to a notice period set before arrival, which means the timing of a cancellation matters as much as the decision itself. The terms are published by Forest Holidays Ltd, and any change to a booking already made is charged at GBP 50 per amendment.

Who runs Forest Holidays?+

The operator is Forest Holidays Ltd, headquartered in the United Kingdom and incorporated in 2012. The terms name that same entity, so the company behind the booking is the company that applies the cancellation notice period and handles the amendment charge.

How does Forest Holidays compare with broader travel brands?+

Emirates covers flights, hotels and tours, Intrepid Travel works across packages, tours and cruise and Čedok lists flights, packages and tours. Forest Holidays stays with hotels, which makes it the narrowest of the group and the right choice only when the stay is the whole trip.

Is Forest Holidays a good fit for a ski or rail trip?+

Not on the product list, which is hotels. Čedok includes ski in flights, packages and tours, and Intrepid Travel includes rail in packages, tours and cruise. Both are worth a look when the stay is only part of a longer European journey, because a site that sells hotels alone cannot add those legs.

Sources

Compiled from 5 source pages, checked September 30, 2026. We did not open an account.

Forest Holidays

A stay only booking service for families who want a forest break and nothing attached to it.

8.9/10Visit