Classic New England Reviews

In mid-October we saw the Fall foliage in all its glory. The national parks of Acadia and White Mountains were highlights but the roads generally were lined by swathes of red, yellow, brown, pink - wonderful. The Globus tour guide, Nancy was excellent with lots of stories and history and she handled any tricky moments with tact and kindness. Our driver ...read more Jeff was also superb and willing to go the extra distance to ensure everybody was catered for. The hotels were all of good standard. Perhaps the first one, Comfort Inn in Boston, was basic and in an unattractive area but it was OK for overnight.

If the foliage is not in place, and unless you are interested in hunting or fishing, I would not recommend these states as a travel destination. Bar Harbour, where we spent two nights, was very interesting but other towns like Bangor, Smithfield and Battleboro do not seem to have much for the tourist. Newport in Rhode Island was well worth the visit. The tour finished in Boston where the traffic seems to be in semi-permanent gridlock. A 1 1/2 hour city tour in the bus was not satisfactory. A step-on guide talked on but it was difficult to see out of the bus - one needs an open-top bus for such a tour. I would prefer to have this activity deleted and finish earlier.

Travelled on 1st October 2019 with Cosmos Classic New England Tour. Perfect timing as foliage was at its peak, it was even more spectacular than I imagined. I loved the small towns, their hospitality and shopping. It was even better because of the Pumpkins and Halloween decorations which were everywhere. This was the 4th Cosmos Tour I have taken but ...read more unfortunately the Tour Director on this Tour, Penny Harrington, had no idea how to do her job, had no organisation skills and obviously had no real experience and most travellers were very disappointed with her management of the tour. We still had a great time.

We had done 3 previous tours with Cosmos and thought we had seen the best of their offerings. We experienced an absolutely fabulous New England Traditions Tour in October 2016 - in fact we would call it positively life changing
Many, many thanks to Hannah at Global Journeys who arranged our tour including extensions and to Doris an absolutely professional ...read more and competent Tour Director on tour 8100 and to Bruce - the calm, efficient, safe and professional Driver on our road trip. Thank you Cosmos & Global Journeys - we'll be back!

It is a wonderful trip visiting new England this Oct and experiencing the beautiful autumn and of course a best season in North America. The whole journey has been arranged with a good physical pace and enough free time to explore the places on our own. My excitement is a few hidden gems on the way. e.g. unforgettable landscape in Newport and fall foliage ...read more in New Hampshire. I suggest that we could have spend one more night in Boston, where there are lots of historical spots to visit. My overall impression in the accommodation is good, except for the tiny room in New York. I would say a big thanks to my tour guide and coach driver, whose useful suggestions perfected my journey.

It's been such a pleasure to book my 4th overseas tour with Cosmos and this is also my 3rd connection with Global Journeys. And I highly recommend the tours with them. Attached photo was taken in Mirror Lake, located in Lake Placid. It's one of the highlights in my tour.

We had an excellent tour guide for our New England Fall experience. John was so informative and new all about the history of the six New England States having resided in Boston. We found this tour very leisurely with plenty of time to wander around the villages. It was also great that the coach could go off the highways and go through the small towns. ...read more Also Barry our coach driver was very efficient and courteous. We could not fault the lovely hotels we stayed in fantastic beds!! We will certainly be taking another Cosmos tour in the future to the west coast of USA again.

Thank you Hannah, for all your help and patience. This tour was exactly what I was hoping for, everything was organised perfectly, and nothing was too much trouble. Our tour director and coach driver were great. Will definitely recommend Global Journeys and Hannah.

Great choice of places to visit & activities. Most of all an absolutely fantastic tour director Rae. She is witty, very knowledgeable, great organiser & tactful and in fact lovable at the same time. Not kidding. And because of Rae's people skills, everyone was on time to board the coach at every stop & this means there was no delay at all in reaching ...read more our destination. Check in and baggage to room went amazingly smooth. Kudos to Rae and not forgetting the driver too. And compounded with excellent scenery and weather the tour is rated excellent!

All aspects of this bus tour were very good - the tour leader and bus driver were supremely professional; the hotels (and their beds) were very comfortable, the activities and sightseeing were well chosen and very well paced, and, lastly and most importantly, travelling on the bus for 10 days was as good as lounging on one's sofa at home. Bliss.