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Collette vs Insight Vacations
Compare the travel styles, pricing, destinations and popularity of Collette and Insight Vacations.The Low Down
While new to the Australian market in 2017, Collette have actually been operating since 1918. Offering coach touring and small group explorations around the world, you won't find too many Aussies and Kiwis on their trips yet, but clients of ours that haven taken the plunge over the last season have come back with very positive reviews. Collette is very popular in the US and now has offices and support in Australia, Canada and the UK too. Collette market their trips as 4 star accommodation with 5 star service and inclusions - so if that sounds like your cup of tea, then how about this - Collette also includes a roundtrip home to airport chauffeur service for those within a 40km radius of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra, Darwin, Cairns and Hobart airports.
Upmarket coach touring, with 4.5+ star accommodation, maximum group sizes of 40 on a full size coach and more leisurely paced touring itineraries. The pricing of Insight's trips tends to attract travellers in their 60's and 70's. If you're tall, then you should seriously consider Insight, as their coaches been reconfigured to allow up to twice as much legroom as on a standard coach. Insight have recently launched trips through South America, and expanded their range of Gold Luxury Vacations, where you can expect the ultimate in luxury and refinement.We find that the feedback we get back from past clients is sometimes a little critical, and we feel this is because of the very high standard some of our clients are expecting due to Insight's positioning in the market. On every multi-day journey, there will always be little annoyances, but as a whole package the team here definitely recommend Insight worthy of your consideration. If you've travelled with any of its sister brands like AAT Kings, Trafalgar or Uniworld further savings are available.
Stats
No. of Trips
186
No. of Departures
6,963
Avg. Trip Length
11 Days
Avg. Price Per Day
$406
Accommodation
4 Star
Budget
Premium
No. of Trips
377
No. of Departures
3,935
Avg. Trip Length
12 Days
Avg. Price Per Day
$421
Accommodation
4 - 4.5 Star
Budget
Premium
In Their Own Words We asked the travel companies themselves why you should travel with them
At Collette, we consider everyone who travels with us to be our personal guest. Every moment matters to us because we know it matters to you. This may be because at heart we are a family owned company that has been in business for 100 years. It may be because our team are passionate about sharing their own love of travel and uncovering mysteries.
Choosing Collette comes with benefits that take your guided travel experience to another level. Our inclusive tours provide you more value for your money and more of what makes travel special. Let us show you the world!
At Insight Vacations we have been creating magical travel experiences for over 40 years, showcasing the most outstanding destinations and curated experiences in Europe and North America.
Why are we different to any other operator? It’s our unique Insight experiences. It’s our authentic and varied dining options, it’s travelling in smaller groups on customised coaches with twice the legroom, it’s staying in the right hotels in the right location, all brought together seamlessly by our exceptional travel directors. In essence: All the sights, and the insights….up close and personal…in comfort and style.
Travel is such a joy and a personal passion for myself and every member of our team. We’re so proud of the quality, service and value we provide and invite you to try it for yourself. Talk to Global Journeys to find out more about travelling in style and booking your next holiday with Insight Vacations.
Recent Reviews
4.6
My sister and I have just returned from Europe after doing this tour. We loved it with the highlights being Lake Bled in Slovenia and Plitvice Lakes in Croatia. Hannah looked after us very well (as usual)!
Overall, everything was fantastic. Apart from the issue with the whale watching wish was 100% the fault of the operator and as previously advised a refund is forthcoming.
We loved this tour with Tom O'Toole as our delightful tour manager & Lee our excellent driver. The Dingle Peninsula was spectacular, as was Fort Angus on the Aran Islands & the boat trip along the Cliffs of Moher. The Rock of Cashel was also stunning. We really enjoyed our visit to Garnish Island, the Irish National Stud & Midleton's Distillery, they ...read more were all highlights. This tour delivered everything & more, it was such a great time. Thank you Tom!
Our tour manager Antonia was fabulous & helped make this tour memorable for all the right reasons. Also the coach driver Andrea was excellent. We really enjoyed our day in the Dolomites & Cortina, this was spectacular. We would have liked to see more of Murano & found the demonstration a little disappointing. It was only after we left we heard there ...read more was a glass museum on Murano which we would have really enjoyed seeing. Most of our meals were enjoyable but the restaurant in Venice was very noisy & the food not special at all. Our hotel Carlton in Treviso was really good & a great central spot for our daily excursions. The farewell tour & meal at the Villa was excellent & such a highlight. Overall a really enjoyable tour, thank you.
The tour met our expectations. It was well paced and we did not feel rushed. Accommodation was good and well located.
The tour manager was excellent, the best we have experienced. Our first Collette tour and we may consider another one.
The tour manager was excellent, the best we have experienced. Our first Collette tour and we may consider another one.
It was our first trip to South Africa but not our first time to use Global Journeys and Collette. We had a great time and were happy with our tour. The places and experiences covered in this journey were all enjoyable and memorable; from historic and educational Johannesburg, exhilarating Kruger National Park, scenic George Knysna Stellenbosch and Franschhoek ...read more and beautiful Cape Town, they were so diverse and all interesting places to visit. Hotel selection was very good, they were all in good location, close to where the main attractions are.
Happy with our fellow travellers as well, we always find nice people in our trip. Have to mention our local tour guide in Johannesburg - she was very passionate and knowledgeable. Guess the only thing that’s not memorable to us was the smell of the bus we used from George to Cape Town (only confined in the seats near the bus toilet though) - not fresh smelling for sure. But all in all, that didn’t take away the enjoyment we had on our trip. We thank Global Journeys and Collette for organising this tour and we look forward to travelling again. Will surely recommend this to our friends.
Happy with our fellow travellers as well, we always find nice people in our trip. Have to mention our local tour guide in Johannesburg - she was very passionate and knowledgeable. Guess the only thing that’s not memorable to us was the smell of the bus we used from George to Cape Town (only confined in the seats near the bus toilet though) - not fresh smelling for sure. But all in all, that didn’t take away the enjoyment we had on our trip. We thank Global Journeys and Collette for organising this tour and we look forward to travelling again. Will surely recommend this to our friends.
4.5
Just back from our 17 day Insight Vacation trip around Italy and it was fantastic! We visited the most beautiful places in Italy, guided by our very knowledgeable guide and expert driver. We felt very safe in our brand new bus traveling around the beautiful Italian countryside. We were joined by 22 other passengers from different countries and we ...read more all got along famously. This is our second time booking a holiday with Hannah at Global Journeys, and she made it a very easy experience organising our Insight Vacation tour and flights etc. I would absolutely go on another Insight Vacations tour. All the hotels we stayed at were wonderful. We had a worry free, busy but relaxing holiday.
I can’t say anything bad about any part of this absolutely amazing holiday full of natural beauty , right from the initial booking with Global journeys, everything perfect about the bus tour from the amazing tour director to the courteous, caring bus driver with many impressive driving skills. The incredible hotels and I can’t begin to speak of the ...read more super impressive scenery…. Time of year, from May 9 to 28th… PERFECT!!! It even SNOWED ( first time for us) Yay!!! Thanks to all!!!
This has to be the most amazing trip that we’ve ever done. Thank you to Georgie for organising our trip and thank you to Alex tour director and Arpi our coach driver. The highlight for me was above the Arctic circle and visiting North Cape the most northern part of mainland Europe. It snowed for us which was fantastic. Geiranger was amazing and the ...read more fjords well just stunning. Photos don’t do it justice. It’s something you have to go and see for yourself.
We enjoyed this tour along the country roads of Southern Italy and Sicily, with a cohesive group of people from the U.S, Canada and Australia. Our tour guide, Mark, was highly rated, as well as the individual local guides. We transferred to Insight this time over Trafalgar in order to upgrade the position of our hotels to more central locations. We ...read more were most disappointed with hotels placed a distance far away from central locations. We were expecting a higher standard from Insight.
April/May was a great time to travel through Croatia. The weather was lovely and it was not too busy. We were lucky to have Greg as our guide as he was very knowledgeable and made sure everything ran smoothly. There were many highlights but we especially enjoyed visiting families in their local settings. It gave us a better feel of the real Croatia ...read more.
Firstly, worry free time with the booking process through Global Journeys. The tour director Sharon was organised and always helpful. The hotels were all lovely, food delicious, too much to choose from for breakfasts ( yay, no having to do it ourselves) but we had plenty of exercise so that helped with the too much eating!!😆
There was so much to enjoy, ...read more anyone would be totally happy with it all I’m sure! The time of year was perfect, not so busy with lots of tourists, the weather lovely, just right for us travellers! Perfect to travel with Insight, great to not have to handle our luggage , plenty of space in the comfy bus and the drivers are always courtous and safe drivers. We’ve done 3 separate tours, the UK covering 4 countries. The Bohemian covering 5 countries and Scandinavia covering 4 countries…. All went perfectly!!!
There was so much to enjoy, ...read more anyone would be totally happy with it all I’m sure! The time of year was perfect, not so busy with lots of tourists, the weather lovely, just right for us travellers! Perfect to travel with Insight, great to not have to handle our luggage , plenty of space in the comfy bus and the drivers are always courtous and safe drivers. We’ve done 3 separate tours, the UK covering 4 countries. The Bohemian covering 5 countries and Scandinavia covering 4 countries…. All went perfectly!!!
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