Cosmos Tour Reviews
The 1,984 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.
Seven Countries, Venice and Paris 5
Seven Countries, Venice & Paris
Salve & Thelma, NSW, Australia, Jul 2017
This tour of seven countries plus Venice and Paris was absolutely fantastic. We really enjoyed our everyday activities, our tour director was excellent, our driver was good, the places we saw were stunning and we are looking forward to booking our next holiday with Global Journeys. This tour made our holiday dreams become reality. Thank you so much read more Jemma Rosen for organising our trip.
Excellent trip to South America 1
Brazil, Argentina & Chile Unveiled with Brazil's Amazon & Peru
Julie & Malcolm, QLD, Australia, Jul 2017
We have travelled with Cosmos tours previously and been very happy, and once again this was the case. They had put together a comprehensive tour of some of the highlights of South America, and while we would have loved more time in some of the areas the distance between them and our time restraints didn't allow this. Cosmos allows you to combine read more several tours to come up with your own personal trip. The guides were excellent and well able to provide that extra care if and when required. The way the tour was structured in Peru was well thought out and certainly gave us the opportunity to acclimatise to the altitudes and I am not aware of any of our group suffering any major problems. We will certainly be booking another tour with Cosmos in future.
A truly scenic holiday 3
Alpine Adventure, Bernina & Glacier Express
Ron & Lyn, 6008, Australia, Jul 2017
We thoroughly enjoyed our Swiss adventure. As expected some of the accommodation was below expectations but you take the good with the bad. We only had 14 passengers on the bus which allowed for plenty of room and we were always on time so relatively stress free compared to a full bus load of passengers. The Swiss Yodeling Night was over priced and read more the food very poor so I would not recommend this optional activity. The optional tours up the mountain were spectacular but perhaps only do one of the two offered. Our guide and driver were exceptional.
Fantastic holiday, great experiences 1
Alpine Adventure, Bernina & Glacier Express
Ruth & Michael, VIC, Australia, Jul 2017
Jemma Rosen did an excellent job with our holiday booking. Jemma was exceptionally quick with emails and replying to any questions. Without doubt she is the very best travel agent we have ever dealt with, because of her effort our 2 tours and flights went so smoothly . We had a wonderful holiday and would recommend Global Journeys to everyone. Thank you so much Jemma.
Title indicated exactly what the tour is all about 3
Barbara , QLD, Australia, Jul 2017
This is another excellent Cosmos holiday, well planned, well priced & executed with professionalism. I could not fault it in any way.
Whirlwind through the UK 11
The Best of Britain & Ireland
Julianne & Edward, WA, Australia, Jul 2017
We have done a couple of Cosmos tours and they have been great, but this one was disappointing. Unlike the other tours we did (Europe and USA), there were no included experiences, not even any guided walking tours. If you wanted to explore any of the villages/cities then you had to arrange it yourself, or go on one of the offered experiences, which read more were very expensive. The hotels were too far out of each town to enable confident travel alone into each town, and so most of us felt compelled to go to the offered dinners at quite considerable expense. To be fair, two of the dinners we attended were fabulous and included local entertainment as well, and they were not as rushed as some of these experiences can be, so that was good. Our guide was quite strict, but I guess you have to be when you are responsible for 40+ people.
Excellent holiday - Canada & Alaska 7
Canadian Masterpiece with Rocky Mountaineer & Alaska Cruise
Vinod, NSW, Australia, Jul 2017
One of the best holidays we had. Awesome experience, the rocky mountaineer was fabulous and the road trip was very well planned and managed. The tour director was very knowledgeable and very organised. The cruise was fantastic and the sailing through the inner passage is very beautiful. The views of Glacier Bay was unreal and a must see. Totally recommend read more this tour, worth every cent. Last but not the least, Georgie our contact in Global journeys is a star. She was always very prompt in responding to our queries and had the patience to take us through the entire process.
My first group tour. Didn't realize how elderly the group would be but all good enough people. Didn't really get the chance to meet any locals as there were limited short free times. Discovered that mass Chinese tourists have overtaken German ones as the rudest. A sightseeing only tour that satisfied that criteria. Weather was OK in July. Many sites read more overcrowded. Airports unable to cope with 800 seat planes and higher security. Guides and drivers very good. Cosmos and Global Journeys were very efficient. Food pretty average but acceptable for Britain. Hotels acceptable.
Amazing 13 day tour of beauty. 2
Alpine Adventure, Bernina & Glacier Express
Debbie & Mark, QLD, Australia, Jul 2017
We toured the most beautiful stunning mountains, lakes and cities of Switzerland, Italy and Austria. The breath-taking landscape made it such a memorable trip.
Very well organised holiday! 1
Monica & Daniel , 2906, Australia, Jul 2017
Amazing holiday, the highlights for me were the concert in Vienna and the cruise in Budapest! Tour Director, her name was Kristine, was excellent! Very helpful tab all times! The cities visited were so good!
Our Cosmos tour through Italy. Greece, and the Greek Isles extension was truly great. (Booked through Global Journeys) I have no hesitation in recommending this tour. In our case we had a total of 19 in our group made up of people from the US, NZ and Aust. The coach, (which was 1 week old and on its first tour too) had a capacity of 45 so we had plenty read more of room to spread out.
The accommodation was all to a high standard and usually better than I expected considering the discount price. Most were located close to the centre of the city we were visiting, (close enough that you could easily catch a bus or taxi if you wanted more of the sights in your own time.) We never did that as we found the included sight seeing enough for us, except for Rome were you could walk to St Peters in 20 mins from the hotel. The only place where the accommodation was too far from the real action was Venice but unless you pay a small fortune, it is difficult to stay right on the island. The tour did visit the island twice and we found that enough, it was a real highlight.
The guide was brilliant, (Lambros) and all the other guests made the trip really enjoyable. We thought we were lucky only having 19 on the tour until we got to the cruise extension, then it was just our guide (George) and the 2 of us! we got plenty of personalized touring done, for the price of a regular group tour. I highly recommend doing the extension tour, the visits to Mykonos and Santorini were real highlights for me and even an amateur photographer can take a great photo there, It's just breathtaking. Without the extension the Greek part of the tour would have been a little flat after the highlights of Italy, but maybe that's just my tastes. Italy was fantastic. The guides really knew how to gt the most out of each day by avoiding crowds, traffic jambs, skipping queues. We were impressed by their ability to get to the best places before the crowds caught up.
Booking the optional tours in advance is slightly more expensive than doing it locally, but it is so worth the extra to avoid queues and you lose valuable time just making the arrangements on the spot. We didn't do all the optional tours but we did most. Almost all were well worth it and you can add or delete as you go so you can ask the guide if you can't decide.
What I wanted from the tour was an easy way to get around to see the highlights, visit the tourist hot spots without hassle and that is what I got and much more. But it was only a taste of Italy and Greece. If you want to immerse yourself in culture this trip may not be for you.All the transfers, guides, accommodation and arrangements handled through Cosmos and Global journeys were flawless. Based on my pleasant experience I would certainly consider booking another trip through them.
The accommodation was all to a high standard and usually better than I expected considering the discount price. Most were located close to the centre of the city we were visiting, (close enough that you could easily catch a bus or taxi if you wanted more of the sights in your own time.) We never did that as we found the included sight seeing enough for us, except for Rome were you could walk to St Peters in 20 mins from the hotel. The only place where the accommodation was too far from the real action was Venice but unless you pay a small fortune, it is difficult to stay right on the island. The tour did visit the island twice and we found that enough, it was a real highlight.
The guide was brilliant, (Lambros) and all the other guests made the trip really enjoyable. We thought we were lucky only having 19 on the tour until we got to the cruise extension, then it was just our guide (George) and the 2 of us! we got plenty of personalized touring done, for the price of a regular group tour. I highly recommend doing the extension tour, the visits to Mykonos and Santorini were real highlights for me and even an amateur photographer can take a great photo there, It's just breathtaking. Without the extension the Greek part of the tour would have been a little flat after the highlights of Italy, but maybe that's just my tastes. Italy was fantastic. The guides really knew how to gt the most out of each day by avoiding crowds, traffic jambs, skipping queues. We were impressed by their ability to get to the best places before the crowds caught up.
Booking the optional tours in advance is slightly more expensive than doing it locally, but it is so worth the extra to avoid queues and you lose valuable time just making the arrangements on the spot. We didn't do all the optional tours but we did most. Almost all were well worth it and you can add or delete as you go so you can ask the guide if you can't decide.
What I wanted from the tour was an easy way to get around to see the highlights, visit the tourist hot spots without hassle and that is what I got and much more. But it was only a taste of Italy and Greece. If you want to immerse yourself in culture this trip may not be for you.All the transfers, guides, accommodation and arrangements handled through Cosmos and Global journeys were flawless. Based on my pleasant experience I would certainly consider booking another trip through them.
This was my second tour with Cosmos (1st was Europe 2015). What can I say! Was brilliant!! Everything was so well researched and planned. The tour gave us a taste of many elements of Italy - country, romantic, busy city and and of course the marvellous history. Hotels were good and tour was well paced. Last but not least was our tour Director 'Savio'. read more He was brilliant! He was so passionate and knowledgeable about Italy that it was infectious!. Everyone loved him! Well done Savio!
It was such a good way to see many cities & countries in a short time. The drivers, Giovanni and his dad, were excellent. Tour director, Orsi, was pleasant and informative. Very well organised tour. We were lucky to be in a small group and we had a brand new coach. What a bonus! Most of hotels were good, though they were quite far away from centre of read more the city (except for Abba Hotel in Berlin). My highlights of the trip must be Poland and Hungary. Munich is very vibrant. The optional Medieval Tour in Prague was a let down for me. Overall, it was a lovely trip.
Fabulous tour, accommodation excellent, destination towns & sites, weather not so good but we did not
expect good weather anyway. Tour director very good, as with coach driver. Glad we booked with Globus. Yvonne at Global Journeys was great. Have already recommended this tour to many of our friends.
expect good weather anyway. Tour director very good, as with coach driver. Glad we booked with Globus. Yvonne at Global Journeys was great. Have already recommended this tour to many of our friends.
Trips to Pompeii, The Colosseum, The Acropolis and Olympia which according to the itinerary should have been morning tours were changed to mid afternoon in the hottest part of the day. We weren't impressed with the rude and aggressive attitude of the tour director being treated like small children did not impress me either. Having our dinner before read more checking in to our hotels on many occasions was most annoying considering the opportunity to have a shower and change of clothing before dinner was not possible. We felt that because of these complaints spoilt what should of been a much better experience. Considering the two tours we did in the USA covering greater distances between hotels we never had these problems at all. We felt that the changes to the hotel checking in / dining was not done for our benefit but more to suit the Tour Director and driver.
Canadian and Alaskan Masterpiece Cosmos Tour 1
Canadian Masterpiece with Rocky Mountaineer & Alaska Cruise
Bill & Salome, QLD, Australia, Jul 2017
So pleased that we decided on this tour through Global Journeys at Noosa with Madeline Lewis as our travel consultant. Excellent service and assistance from Madeline from start to long after the finish. The tour was really great - visiting Vancouver when it was their national anniversary year with lots of celebrations to enjoy followed by the Rocky read more Mountaineer up to Banff plus fabulous coach trip back along another route. Then the cruise up into Alaska was a fantastic experience and we were so happy with everything. Will visit Canada again with Cosmos to do the Eastern half next... Our tour coach driver and guide were excellent throughout and so well organised.
Completed the tour in early July 2017, in general it is very good though there are scope for minor improvements. Highly recommended this one for people who don 't mind sitting on the coach most of the day enjoying the breathtaking beauty of the Nordic regions especially Norway 's u spoiled wilderness. Booking with Global Journey is always a top notch read more service, Yvonne Brooks is truly a champ!
20 Day Majestic Canadian Rockies & Alaska (Cosmos) 3
The Canadian Rockies with Alaska Cruise
Belle, WA, Australia, Jun 2017
I would travel with Cosmos and book with Global Journeys again. We travelled at the right time of year, the weather was absolutely great, which made the scenery more spectacular with the snow capped mountains all the way. The Glacier Passage was the highlight for me. We had an excellent Tour Director, who was very caring, knowledgeable, cheerful and read more helpful. We had a lovely crowd, and everyone got on with each other all the way. We were lucky to see a Black Bear and her 2 cubs crossing the road in front of our coach. A couple of coyotes at the side of the road, and a couple of whales out at sea. All in all a very enjoyable trip of a lifetime.
Great visit to North American cities. 2
Eastern US & Canada Grand Vacation
Jasmine, QLD, Australia, Jun 2017
It was a great group and great size, only about 20. The city experiences were amazing and local guides very knowledgeable. Enough free time to explore and chances to get away on your own. Hard to pick a highlight, I enjoyed all the places we visited. I enjoyed my extra days in New York post-trip, after getting a feel for it on our city tour on the first read more day. Lots to see and do. Great weather, great company and friendly locals. I can't wait to go again!
Wonderful trip lead by a fabulous guide! Highlights were the Scottish Highlands, west coast of Ireland, Lakes District and Edinburgh. I got my fill of history, architecture and fabulous views.
