Cosmos Tour Reviews
The 1,989 Cosmos Tour reviews listed below are from past clients of Global Journeys that have traveled with Cosmos. Each review has been individually verified by our team.
The 1,989 Cosmos Tour reviews listed below are from past clients of Global Journeys that have traveled with Cosmos. Each review has been individually verified by our team.
The Irish Explorer tour was really unforgettable. Whenever I need to calm myself I just think about the green landscape of the Emerald Isle. The other calming effect is to revisit the glorious a day in Dingle Peninsula. Our tour group was so lucky to see a boisterous Irish Pub wedding prior to our experience of the ambient Irish Pub. We would travel read more with tour director Julian and coach driver Gary again and the coach tour was a great "craic".
A very enjoyable tour of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The highlight of the tour was Norway which is easily one of the most scenic countries that we have visited in recent years. We would have liked more time to explore Copenhagen and Stockholm as the optional excursions took up most of our time in those cities. The tour guide Jane and the driver Igor read more were excellent and the hotel accommodation value very comfortable. We particularly liked the Quality Straand hotel in Telemark and the Best Western hotel in Stockholm. The only shortcoming was the time spent on the coach. Perhaps extending the tour by one or two days and dropping Odense in Denmark and including a stop in Gotenburg would have made the tour more enjoyable. It's also a pity we did not drive across the Oresund Bridge.
Slower paced tour, allowing more free time. 9
Highlights of Germany
Stan & Geraldine, WA, Australia, Sep 2017
This is the third "Cosmos" tour we have undertaken and I have to say that we were pleasantly surprised at the quality of the hotels used during the whole tour. In previous tours we found there were some hotels that missed the mark, for various reasons, but not this time. Even if located a little away from the city there was always transport options read more close by, and sometimes alongside the hotels. Breakfast at all the hotels was also excellent.
The tour director, did a great job, especially in the way she had to handle a passenger with physical and medical conditions that developed within this and an immediately previous tour. The included tours with local guides were good, as were some of the optional tours, the highlight for us being the "River Danube Evening Dinner Cruise", not for the dinner but the stunning views of all the buildings illuminated along the river. As always, we feel the optional tours are a little expensive, but we have come to accept that.
Things that we felt were not good were that following a 10 hour coach journey from Prague to Budapest to go straight to a restaurant for dinner before checking into the hotel was not on. Also, in Salzburg it took at least 15 minutes to walk back to the coach, in pouring rain, from dinner at a city restaurant. Accepting that Cosmos are not responsible for the weather, the consideration of the restaurant's location should be taken into account when they know that majority of the passengers are elderly and find walking a long way difficult at the best of times. As usual, the booking process with Global Journeys was faultless, many thanks to Georgie for her professional work once again! (Ed: Review based on slightly different itinerary. Trip name and itinerary updated this season)
The tour director, did a great job, especially in the way she had to handle a passenger with physical and medical conditions that developed within this and an immediately previous tour. The included tours with local guides were good, as were some of the optional tours, the highlight for us being the "River Danube Evening Dinner Cruise", not for the dinner but the stunning views of all the buildings illuminated along the river. As always, we feel the optional tours are a little expensive, but we have come to accept that.
Things that we felt were not good were that following a 10 hour coach journey from Prague to Budapest to go straight to a restaurant for dinner before checking into the hotel was not on. Also, in Salzburg it took at least 15 minutes to walk back to the coach, in pouring rain, from dinner at a city restaurant. Accepting that Cosmos are not responsible for the weather, the consideration of the restaurant's location should be taken into account when they know that majority of the passengers are elderly and find walking a long way difficult at the best of times. As usual, the booking process with Global Journeys was faultless, many thanks to Georgie for her professional work once again! (Ed: Review based on slightly different itinerary. Trip name and itinerary updated this season)
Would definitely recommend this trip. The itinerary included all the must see locations and stayed for 2 days at many of them. The accommodation and tour inclusions were all very good. Most of the optional tours were excellent and were some of the most memorable features of the trip.
The tour director was very helpful, including re-scheduling some read more of the optional tours at short notice to make the most of the prevailing weather conditions. I would also recommend booking through Global Journeys. A number of changes occurred after we booked (one of the hotels burnt down) and Global Journeys kept us informed at every step along the way.
The tour director was very helpful, including re-scheduling some read more of the optional tours at short notice to make the most of the prevailing weather conditions. I would also recommend booking through Global Journeys. A number of changes occurred after we booked (one of the hotels burnt down) and Global Journeys kept us informed at every step along the way.
We had an amazing time on this tour. We chose to travel with Cosmos because they seemed the best value, and for what we paid we were extremely happy with the inclusions. Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and helpful, our group while large was a good mix, the coach was comfortable and with one or two exceptions the accommodation was great. The read more tour itself took us through so many wonderful places in Italy, there wasn't a day wasted but the pace was manageable. Make sure to budget for the optional excursions, we did almost all of them and they were very much worth it. And booking through Global Journeys couldn't have been easier, we will definitely be using them again.
A wonderful trip with a great tour director Alison Millar. 11
Trans-American Adventure
Barbara, VIC, Australia, Sep 2017
I thought this was a wonderful trip and fulfilled lots of things in the USA I had wanted to see. The accommodation for the price we paid I thought was excellent. We had sun, snow, mountains, rivers and some of the most picturesque sights you could wish for. The trip was full on as we were up early most mornings and the two day stops were most welcome. read more I loved the wild west and The Badlands and Mt. Rushmore together with Salt Lake City and able to see the Mormon Choir practicing were all highlights of the trip.
Had a thoroughly enjoyable holiday. 1
Alpine Adventure, Bernina & Glacier Express
Annette & Sheree, New Zealand, Sep 2017
Had a thoroughly enjoyable holiday. The weather was great right through so we were really lucky. It was a small group of 24 total and what an awesome group we struck, everybody was very friendly, no complainers and everyone got on so well. Out tour guide Marco was exceptional and went above and beyond to make it a successful tour. Switzerland is expensive read more as we were warned but very beautiful esp through the Alps. Probably only drawback were some of the accommodation with very hard beds and air-conditioning that wasn't efficient or didn't exist in some places, all in all tho a fabulous trip !
Very Lucky to have such an experienced Tour Director and we felt so safe with our driver. The history and commentary were exceptional. Lovely people on our tour bus through Spain and Portugal.
Thus 7-Day tour was well constructed and carried out at a pace that suited everyone. Niles our Tour Director and Randy our Coach Driver were brilliant and always ensured everything was carried out with no fuss.
Amazing Canadian Rockies & Alaska 7
The Canadian Rockies with Alaska Cruise
Adrian, QLD, Australia, Sep 2017
We had a very good experience booking our trip through Global Journeys and this was our third time using their services. Georgie our consultant was very helpful and answered all our queries promptly. Our tour director, Serena Campbell, was excellent. Serena was very caring, organized, knowledgeable about the area we went and advised us on good restaurants. read more She also arranged unscheduled stops to give us the opportunity to take photos of beautiful Rockies area. We were lucky as we had a very good weather from day one until the tour finished. The cruise to Alaska with Holland America was smooth and enjoyable. The most memorable one is the Glacier Bay where we witnessed pieces of glacier broke off and fell into the water.
Japan with Hiroshima Extension 5
Virginia, QLD, Australia, Sep 2017
The 10 Day Classic Japan: Golden Route tour was very good. I would thoroughly recommend the Hiroshima Extension. I felt this part of the trip was a wonderful experience in such a beautiful city. This tour was very slow-paced. We were given plenty of spare time to wander in all places which was interesting. The hotels were excellent in Tokyo, Hakone read more and Kyoto and the breakfasts also. Unfortunately a very poor quality of hotel and breakfast in Hiroshima.
The travel by bullet trains was amazing, comfortable and fast. The only negative was that we were told we could only take hand luggage on the train, so we had to pack clothes and toiletries to take while our bags were transported by road. This was inconvenient and most people would have liked prior warning.
There were too many temples and related items to visit. Am sure Japan could come up with some other places of interest for tourists. A beautiful, clean and safe country indeed.
The travel by bullet trains was amazing, comfortable and fast. The only negative was that we were told we could only take hand luggage on the train, so we had to pack clothes and toiletries to take while our bags were transported by road. This was inconvenient and most people would have liked prior warning.
There were too many temples and related items to visit. Am sure Japan could come up with some other places of interest for tourists. A beautiful, clean and safe country indeed.
Jennifer & I really enjoyed this tour. Yes, it was fast moving and yes, it would have been great to spend more time in some places, but that was the nature of the tour we chose. The coach, our driver and our tour guide were all fantastic. Gayle, our tour guide, to coin one of her favourite adjectives, was simply "gorgeous". The weather was kind to us, read more the accommodation was good, and the group were a great bunch, focused on enjoying everything that was on offer.We saw so much spectacular scenery, dug a little into the history and significance of amazing places and people, brought alive with memorable excursions and Gayles' special commentary and stories. A great tour.
15 Day Eastern US & Canada Grand Vacation 2
Eastern Us & Canada Grand Vacation
Mike , NSW, Australia, Sep 2017
We had wonderful time and would recommend to others. We definitely book our next tour with Global Journeys especially if we get Jemma as our tour consultant. (GJ. We'll make sure you do! Glad you enjoyed yourselves.)
We consider the entire 14 day "Italy's Best" tour of Italy one continuous highlight, whereby each city or place visited in Italy presented a "Wow" factor, whether it be because of historical significance, architectural marvel, or cultural appreciation. The cities and places making up the tour were fantastic and I don't think that a better itinerary read more could have been provided.
The group of 42 people including ourselves all got on well and we had a great time together, and we think that the mix of people from different parts of the world and from different parts of Australia made the tour all the more interesting. Our tour director Flora was great, she was professional and extremely knowledgeable and was also fun to be around. We all felt that we were in good hands with Flora at the helm and no request or issue was ever too much trouble for her to personally address. Georgio the driver was also great, whereby he had excellent driving skills and strong familiarity of the roads which made us all feel safe throughout the entirety of the tour. Georgio was also very well organised with the luggage handling on arriving at, and departure from, each hotel.
The quality of the breakfasts at each hotel was second to none, and the included dinners were of high standard as well. We had only 2 minor issues which we do want to bring to your attention however,..the included dinner at the hotel in Perugia (La Meridiana), did not include drinking water, whereby this had to be purchased, which we thought was quite unreasonable and poor, and the shower at the Grand Hotel Du Park et Regina at Montecatini was way too small with clingy poor coverage curtains which resulted in flooding of the floor area, which made showering extremely uncomfortable.
I trust that Global journeys will review these 2 small items in good faith for the benefit of future tours. We want to say thanks to Global Journeys for an excellent tour package provided, and to yourself Jemma for all your personal efforts and assistance provided to us from when we first signed up for the tour, right up to our departure date. We will definitely consider Global Journeys and Cosmos again for future holidays. Thanks again,
The group of 42 people including ourselves all got on well and we had a great time together, and we think that the mix of people from different parts of the world and from different parts of Australia made the tour all the more interesting. Our tour director Flora was great, she was professional and extremely knowledgeable and was also fun to be around. We all felt that we were in good hands with Flora at the helm and no request or issue was ever too much trouble for her to personally address. Georgio the driver was also great, whereby he had excellent driving skills and strong familiarity of the roads which made us all feel safe throughout the entirety of the tour. Georgio was also very well organised with the luggage handling on arriving at, and departure from, each hotel.
The quality of the breakfasts at each hotel was second to none, and the included dinners were of high standard as well. We had only 2 minor issues which we do want to bring to your attention however,..the included dinner at the hotel in Perugia (La Meridiana), did not include drinking water, whereby this had to be purchased, which we thought was quite unreasonable and poor, and the shower at the Grand Hotel Du Park et Regina at Montecatini was way too small with clingy poor coverage curtains which resulted in flooding of the floor area, which made showering extremely uncomfortable.
I trust that Global journeys will review these 2 small items in good faith for the benefit of future tours. We want to say thanks to Global Journeys for an excellent tour package provided, and to yourself Jemma for all your personal efforts and assistance provided to us from when we first signed up for the tour, right up to our departure date. We will definitely consider Global Journeys and Cosmos again for future holidays. Thanks again,
The tour covered a pretty extensive area & had exceeded our expectations. We thoroughly enjoyed it to the maximum. The group were pretty nice. Tour director, Tom, was excellent. Drivers were skillful. This was our 3rd tour with Cosmos tours and we will be going on the fourth and fifth soon... Some of the hip cups were the accommodations with this trip, read more but I would not hesitate to recommend to anyone.
Well organised tour of South America 4
Ultimate South America
Judith & Bruce, VIC, Australia, Sep 2017
We enjoyed our Cosmos tour to South America. The tour director was excellent, laid back but efficient. Each tour guide was very knowledgeable and passionate about their home country. Loved seeing the costumes of the ladies in Peru, countryside was also beautiful. Would highly recommend this tour.
Overall the trip was good thanks in a large part to the efficiency of the guide and bus driver & fellow passengers. They were excellent. Accommodation left a lot to be desired especially the bathrooms in Sparta, Olympia & Delphi. They were well below standard.
There was mould in the bathrooms, the water was never contained in the shower area and read more bathroom floors were flooded especially in Sparta as the shower pointed away from the catchment area. The exception was the Golden Age where accommodation, bar/restaurant & staff were great. Accommodation location was very good. Food - breakfasts as a whole were generally good once you adapted to what was on offer (European Style).
Fellow traveller - overall they were friendly and we got on with the majority of the them which added to a good experience. We could not understand why some people (approx. 20%) opted for this tour as there was a lot of climbing and steps to negotiate which was well beyond their physical capacity and they missed out on some amazing sights. Some struggled to negotiate the steps into the bus.
More information for the optional tour to the 3 islands on the second day would have been useful. It was a very long 12 hour day which included 7 hours of sailing in rather warm weather. We would have had second thoughts about doing this if we were better informed. Going in September with temps in the low 30's was an ideal time. On a scale of 10 we would give it 6 mainly due to the poor quality of accommodation, otherwise we would rank it as a 9.
There was mould in the bathrooms, the water was never contained in the shower area and read more bathroom floors were flooded especially in Sparta as the shower pointed away from the catchment area. The exception was the Golden Age where accommodation, bar/restaurant & staff were great. Accommodation location was very good. Food - breakfasts as a whole were generally good once you adapted to what was on offer (European Style).
Fellow traveller - overall they were friendly and we got on with the majority of the them which added to a good experience. We could not understand why some people (approx. 20%) opted for this tour as there was a lot of climbing and steps to negotiate which was well beyond their physical capacity and they missed out on some amazing sights. Some struggled to negotiate the steps into the bus.
More information for the optional tour to the 3 islands on the second day would have been useful. It was a very long 12 hour day which included 7 hours of sailing in rather warm weather. We would have had second thoughts about doing this if we were better informed. Going in September with temps in the low 30's was an ideal time. On a scale of 10 we would give it 6 mainly due to the poor quality of accommodation, otherwise we would rank it as a 9.
Firstly Leanne at Global Journeys was great to deal with, she dealt with my questions quickly and patiently!
Our tour director, Zsofia, was the best, she couldn't have had a lovelier person who was unbelievably patient with all of us, always happy and helpful. She went out of her way to make sure we received a lot of interesting information and read more made the most of our trip. Giovanni was a driver with talent - the way he maneuvered our huge coach but at the same time made us feel safe and comfortable.
We had an awesome group of people on our trip... had a lot of fun together on a tour that met our expectations and more. Was sad to say goodbye! We did all the optional excursions, and they were worth doing! Would definitely recommend Cosmos tours and will definitely be going on one again!
Our tour director, Zsofia, was the best, she couldn't have had a lovelier person who was unbelievably patient with all of us, always happy and helpful. She went out of her way to make sure we received a lot of interesting information and read more made the most of our trip. Giovanni was a driver with talent - the way he maneuvered our huge coach but at the same time made us feel safe and comfortable.
We had an awesome group of people on our trip... had a lot of fun together on a tour that met our expectations and more. Was sad to say goodbye! We did all the optional excursions, and they were worth doing! Would definitely recommend Cosmos tours and will definitely be going on one again!
Spain in 14 days 4
George, WA, Australia, Sep 2017
Our trip around Spain was wonderful - more enjoyable than expected. Our tour guide with Cosmos was outstanding. He was especially helpful in giving us a knowledge of customs, food and culture for each of the areas visited and ensured we knew where to find the extra sights. There was adequate time in each of the towns visited - aware there was much read more more to see but only so much fits into 14 days. With such hospitality we'd love to come back. The service from Global Journeys was also excellent and we were given prompt notice when one of the accommodating hotels was altered. (Ed. This trip has changed this season, so this review refers to a slightly different itinerary.)
A great tour with wonderful companions. Susanna our guide was lovely, knowledgeable and entertaining. The towns, scenery, national parks are all spectacular. The weather was kind, we managed to keep in front of some snow. Highlights were, New York, Niagara Falls, Chicago and Las Vegas.
