Eastern US & Canada Grand Vacation with New York City Reviews

The highlight of this tour for us is Niagara Falls where you will ride a boat to the falls nearly in front of it. Cosmos delivered what it says on the itinerary and the quality of the hotels is pretty good, With the exception of no breakfast on almost all days. The hotel rooms are much larger than in Europe and you will see a lot of places in 15 days. ...read more We loved Canada with its many beautiful places especially Ottawa and also enjoyed the eastern side of the USA which is historical and there's much more to see especially New York City and Washington DC where there are lots of museums that are free. Be sure to watch a Broadway show in NY for the experience as you will see Times Square at night and it's amazing! We had one of the best times of our lives and this tour made it happen!!!

Really enjoyed this coach tour. Mark Quido was a great tour guide, enthusiastic, good fun and very professional. I definitely got to experience more of the local attractions than if was touring on my own. Hotel rooms were spacious and well appointed. Tour was well paced and we really enjoyed the 2 night stopovers. It was so nice to meet other travellers ...read more and make new friends!!

Good people and good tour and the guide Matt was genuine and generous but kept mentioning tips too much and my bags were misplaced three times on the way to my room?

This was the 3rd tour we did (myself, my husband, and another couple). We chose this tour by Cosmos for the free time it allowed, the cost and the variety of different places covered over 17 days (we included the 2 day extension in New York). We had already done the Canadian Rockies and Alaskan cruise, and the Canadian Maritimes, so we needed finish ...read more our Canada trip with their eastern cities and of course New York.

Brian, our tour director, was friendly and helpful, though somewhat unorganised and later found out he had only just returned to touring after a few years. Most of those on tour were Australians and NZ'ers, and one US couple - therefore much of the baseball stats and players mentioned by Brian were out of our comprehension! Tour was quite hectic, but although we are not big fans of city touring, each city we visited was unique and we had some excellent local guides who were very passionate about their city, so it wasn't hard to see it through their eyes and warm to the places.

Highlights were seeing Niagara Falls at night lit up with laser coloured lighting; the Amish were very interesting to visit; dinner up the CN tower in Toronto; loved Quebec city (you really thought you were in France) and we did get to see some Fall colours beginning. Weather was 100 degrees above the average and we had quite a few really hot and humid days, but also some beautiful warm balmy evenings. We enjoyed our optional excursions and really appreciated the extra two nights in New York before heading the long trek home to Perth, WA. Highly recommended and we met some really lovely fellow travellers!

This tour was great, covering several cities on the Eastern side of the US and Canada with a fun and caring Tour Director. The booking and handling was also very efficient. We both enjoyed the tour and will definitely book our next holiday with Global Journeys. Thank you again to Georgie (booking and handling) and Timothy Bridges (Tour Director) for ...read more the stress free and fun tour.

A very enjoyable journey with plenty of attractions and plenty of spare time to further explore or to rest if necessary. As a single traveler, I found the single supplement and benefits very pleasing. Overall a very satisfying experience.

We loved our holiday and thought it was great value for money. Only one hotel wasn't up to a suitable standard and this was reflected on our feedback sheet to our tour guide. A special mention for our tour guide Timothy Bridges. It was Timothy's first 'adult' tour and he was fantastic. He worked very hard to make sure we were all looked after, staying ...read more in the hotel foyer for at least half an hour after our arrival each night in case we had questions etc. We also had someone who was (temporarily) in a wheelchair and then crutches and he looked after her extremely well. Even booking a medical appointment for her in Canada. We also had some participants who were not very mobile and he was extremely patient and understanding. I have been traveling for about 40 years and whilst not all my OS trips were with a group I have been on enough to know that Timothy is one of the excellent ones. Also our driver, who was very experienced, was excellent. We were very well looked after on this tour and I would travel with Cosmos again.

Everything was great. The itinerary, our tour director Daryl was fantastic, our coach driver Marty and also the majority of the local guides (a couple we didn't think were up to par). The hotels were good and all except one had a supermarket quite close by. We had plenty of free time to explore. The only day that we thought was a pain (no fault of anyone's) ...read more was the Thursday we arrived in Washington - it was raining and there were coaches everywhere - it took Marty 3/4 hour to find somewhere to drop us off. It made going to the museums etc hard work. Too many people. The optional extras were great (we didn't do the helicopter over Niagara and I didn't go to the Sugar Shack breakfast). The only disappointing bit for us was that the Skyline hotel in New York didn't have any tea or coffee making facilities, the rest did although only about 2 included a tea bag in the pack (we ended up buying tea bags & milk and a couple from the UK had a travel jug which we borrowed) and they didn't all have fridges in rooms. There were only 33 of us, and we have made great friends- some in the UK and also Australia. For our first coach trip ever I think we were spoilt and its set a benchmark for further ones. We will definitely consider doing more. Next year we are back to the UK. But we will certainly start looking again towards the end of 2015. Thank you for all your help.

We had a good time, I (Katelyn) found it extremely difficult in New York to find Gluten Free food as no one knew what it was and requested on the trip that a fridge be put in our room so that I could buy a few things to put in it since I struggled so much. Frank tried his best to accommodate this. Apart from that we had a good time.

The tour covered the main places of interest with plenty of free time to do your own thing. The Tour Director was pretty laid back and I thought could have been a bit more energetic in getting the group to interact with each other, for example, there was no get together to introduce everyone to each other, there was no group photo, there was no group ...read more dinner at the conclusion of the tour. However, having said that, there was also no pressure to do all the optional extras (on previous tours I have done there has been a lot of pressure to do all the optional extras which can be quite tiring). Some of the motels we stayed at were a bit dated (70's decor) but reasonably comfortable. On the whole, I enjoyed the tour (especially not being pressured to do more than I wanted to) and would probably go with this tour company again. My dealings with Global Journeys (Georgie) was easy, pleasant and efficient for which I would like to thank you.