Avalon River Cruise Reviews

Enjoyed the cruise and met many people. A very friendly atmosphere. Traveled from Budapest to Amsterdam and the first week was very frenetic, detracting from the experience. Activities were virtually tasters with little time to enjoy and appreciate the points of interest. The second week was much more relaxed with time to sit and enjoy and with more ...read more enjoyable tours. Having to choose tours early in the cruise meant little awareness of whether the interest or energy would be there on the day. Selection of the tours also suffered from lack of information to assist in the selection process. A more realistic 'this is what you can expect' in terms of time spent getting there and doing the activity would have been helpful. Thank you very much to Yvonne for all of her help in the planning stage.

Excellent service from Yvonne at Global Journeys. Enjoyed the cruise but it was rushed on excursions. Difficult to choose excursions when we knew little of them and equally, how we would be feeling at the time. Hectic first week with little time to relax and enjoy. No complaints about the ship or crew. Don't know if you do or not but always recommend ...read more that a berth above the water line is a big advantage.

My cousin and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole cruise. It was very relaxing and we had a wonderful Tour Director and crew. Our biggest mistake - we should have booked a 23 day river cruise!

Colin and I had a great time. The people we met and staff were great. The rooms were good and the food was good. The organised tours and the optional tours were good. The scenery was amazing and we took plenty of photos. I could have stayed longer. All in all we a great time and I would like to thank you for you for organising and all your work in making ...read more it a memorable trip.

The best part of our holiday!! Every thing was well organised and all went to plan. Very relaxing, friendly, with helpful staff.

Overall it was very, very good and only misses the top rating because we have had some more memorable holidays. Yvonne Brooks handled our arrangements extremely efficiently. Global Journeys can be recommended with confidence.

Went on the Basel - Amsterdam River Cruise. Extremely happy with the service provided by Yvonne Brooks in securing us just what we wanted.

Ideal for our age group. Tour had a variety of ages & nationalities. We liked the freedom to choose our activities and pace ourselves. Guides were most informative. Excellent organisation and the dining superb. We enjoyed this year just as much as last year on the Danube. We have been spreading the word that Avalon is the way to go.

We would like to add our appreciation to Yvonne Brooks who has organised two trouble free cruises for us. She is very thorough thoughtful and approachable. It has been a pleasure to deal with Global Journeys and Avalon.

We are very satisfied with all aspects of the service provided by the crew of Avalon Vista. In particular we were impressed by the competence and friendliness of captain, the 'hotel manager' and the cruise director. With regard to the Vista, I was very impressed with the layout and attention to detail in the design of the vessel. The crew has every ...read more reason to be proud of their vessel.

Both Garry and I were very impressed with the Avalon Cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam. Tour consisted of mainly Australians, a few Americans and a couple of English. Staff all spoke English which was great and the Tour Director was excellent. The cruise boat 'Avalon Vista' was just new and our cabin 319 on the top deck was perfect. No complaints at ...read more all. The daily guided tours of villages, towns etc were very well organised and professional. Only on a couple of occasions was it difficult to understand the language of the guide however, overall very informative. Thanks to Global Journeys for arranging our tour. We were very impressed with Yvonne's organisational skills and always getting back to me by email should I not be sure of something. Flight ticketing all went very smoothly with no hiccups. After nearly six weeks away enjoying the cruise, then France, it is nice to be home but we will definitely contact Global Journeys for our next travel arrangements which hopefully won't be too far off. Many thanks once again your assistance and guidance was very much appreciated.

Our Avalon Waterways tour was the Blue Danube Discovery aboard the Tranquility. I was travelling with my elderly mother and she absolutely loved the trip. There were a few occasions when she felt that she would prefer to rest rather than do the excursions ashore and this was fine as the accommodation aboard was perfect and very easy for her to manage ...read more on her own. I loved the places we visited, especially Regensburg and Durnstein and Budapest was a fantastic experience. All in all, Avalon are to be congratulated on their excellent service and wonderful itinerary. The onboard 'special' evenings were also of a very high standard. Global Journeys service was excellent as well. Thank you Yvonne. I will definitely book through you again when planning our next accompanied tour.

Really enjoyable, staff efficient and friendly, good mix of nationalities.

A truly wonderful trip which more than fulfilled my 30+ year dream. The ship was so well appointed, but without the magnificent staff at all levels, it would be just that, a wonderful ship. So thank you again to that more than wonderful staff for all their efforts, kindness and caring!

This river cruise exceeded my expectations. It was fantastic, much better than a Mediterranean cruise I did in 2006 with Cosmos. Our tour consultant, Frances, also did a wonderful job in organising the trip for us.

The accommodation on board the Tapestry was above my expectations, even though there was no balcony. The supposed balcony was only a rail immediately outside the sliding door. The Tour Director was first class as were the staff on-board. If anybody didn't enjoy this tour, they are very hard to please in my opinion.

The Grand France cruise was the first river cruise my husband and I had done and after experiencing it feel that it will definitely not be our last. We booked quite late after friends referred us to Georgie at Global Journeys who we found to be extremely professional. Within a few days, our cruise and air fares were booked and Georgie answered all our ...read more queries extremely promptly and to our satisfaction. It was one of the easiest holidays we have ever booked and the holiday itself proved to be every bit as wonderful. This was probably one of the best tours we have ever done, due to Georgie's Knowledge and guidance as well as the superb guides and beautiful Avalon cruise ships and crew. I have no hesitation in recommending Georgie and Global Journeys to any future travelers who value expertise and excellence in travel agents!

The tour was fantastic, we had such a great time my wife did not want to get off the boat. Five star accommodation and service, great food (and too much of it) and most attentive staff. We met some lovely people on board and really enjoyed the whole experience and would not hesitate to recommend this tour to our friends.

Our Magnificent Europe cruise on the Avalon 'Vista' was indeed magnificent in every way and met all our high expectations which were based on the comments of friends who had told us of their own wonderful experiences. From the friendly and professional expertise of our tour consultant (Yvonne Brooks) to the happy nature and attention to detail of our ...read more cabin crew everyone went out of their way to enhance our enjoyment. The new cruise ship was beautifully appointed and the meals and service on board were excellent. The cruise director was very personable and very well informed on all the places we visited. (There was a mechanical teething problem with the ship which was a concern to the captain and some passengers but was only of minor concern to us.) We were blessed with good weather throughout and the scenery and sight-seeing were wonderful. We made good friendships with other passengers which made shared experiences all the more enjoyable. This was the experience of a lifetime and we are so glad that we took it.

Considering that our tour was arranged at short notice and online, we found Georgie Walpole to be an excellent travel adviser. Georgie replied promptly to our every request/questions with immediate feedback where possible and was always willing to look at any other avenues of the trip that we may have asked her to enquire about, and made suggestions ...read more to help us with the trip. We would definitely use Global Journeys again should we decide to travel overseas. All in all a very pleasant and professional liaison.