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.
Enjoyed this tour immensely. Loved Spain and Portugal, Morocco was certainly different. Our guide Angel and driver Pedro were great.
Enjoyable Tour of Vietnam 2
Herbert & Pauline Dayaratne, New Zealand, Nov 2016
From day one of our tour "Simply Vietnam" it was very enjoyable and we found everything from accommodation, food, visits to important places etc. to be excellent. Our Tour Director was very knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful and took extra care to ensure that our group had a fantastic experience of a life time. Booking the tour was made easy by friendly read more and helpful staff in New Zealand (Auckland) office. Overall, this was a memorable holiday for both of us.
Well priced holiday. 2
Theresa , VIC, Australia, Nov 2016
Trip a little slow at the beginning as I was a solo traveller and there were no introductions to fellow travellers. Value of tour was excellent. Bus driver, bus boy were very good but special thanks to Perez the guide. A true gent who was caring, passionate about Thailand, and organised extra activities. Option to pre pay gratuties would also be handy. read more Appreciate early check-in when I arrived 6.30 am at hotel. Too many temples but that's Thailand. Catered food inclusions very good.
Peter was likely the best tour guide we've ever had. His initiative and genuine commitment to ensuring our enjoyment, including extensive knowledge, stories, music and even costumes were first class. Only criticism is the over the top preamble speech that Cosmos makes all their tour guides give re tipping.
12 Day Western Wonders Cosmos 3
Western Wonders
Janice Corry & Kimberley Turner, VIC, Australia, Oct 2016
We really enjoyed the natural wonders we visited on this Tour. The Grand Canyon, Yosemite and Muir Woods were an experience not to be missed. Of the cities, San Francisco was the standout.
This was our fifth Cosmos tour. Cosmos promised us a taste of Italy on this tour which is what we got. The regions covered included the rolling hills of Tuscany, the fishing villages of Cinque Terre, the northern picturesque lakes combined with Alps, Venice with its canals instead of roads, ruins in Pompeii, the absolutely stunning Amalfi Coast and read more the historical city of Rome. Each region was so different from the other. Our group consisted of 44 with the majority being Aussies. Each day started very early to ensure that our Cosmos coach was the first coach at the destination. As we were leaving the other tourist coaches were arriving. The tour ran on schedule and as always was very professionally organised. We did all of the optional excursions and they were truly worth the money. The hotels were all of a very good standard, with our one at Lake Maggiore being upgraded to give us sweeping views of the lake and alps. Overall a terrific holiday and would highly recommend this tour to others wishing to see Italy. Thank you Cosmos for another enjoyable adventure!
Highly recommended trip through South America with Amazon extension 1
Ultimate South America with Brazil's Amazon
Linda lesslie , NSW, Australia, Oct 2016
This was an amazing trip! I have just come back (Nov 2016) and highly recommend it. I fell in love with Peru with highlights of Machu Picchu. Their incredible ruins will leave you bewildered on how they were build. The climb to the Sun Gate is worth it ,we did it at 6am - Would not recommended it at any other time of day. Lake Titicaca is a must before read more the Indians and their culture become westernized - they appreciate your leftover tube of sun screen. Iguazu falls is just beautiful from both the Brazilian and Argentina side (take the upper and lower trail, it's not difficult). Rio and Lima beautiful! Only 8 of the 35 on tour did the extension to the Amazon, it was amazing, lots of jungle walks, boas, claymans, Mccaw and toucans. Don't be put off by Zika virus and your not endanger of wild aminals. IT'S a must when u go to South America. Couldn't have organised this on my own, a must through Global Journeys, just too much to see in 23 days. Be prepared for lots of flights.
Great American History tour 4
Ray, VIC, Australia, Oct 2016
This trip turned out better than we expected for the price and what we saw and did was good value for money. The tour director [Jim Ryan] was terrific, and the caoch driver was great. I would not have included the visit to Valley Forge however it was irrelevant, instead they could have spent some more time maybe in Richmond or the Shenandoah Valley read more and still have had time for a farewell dinner last night. The history was fantastic. May I also suggest anyone who does this tour to do your homework in American history before you leave Australia. We read up for weeks prior and it really helped piece together all the places we visited which included both the war of independence and the civil war which of course is one hundred years apart. The fact that we had already visited Boston first helped because that is where the first shot was fired. We met some lovely people on the journey also.
The trip was wonderful. I'd never been to northern France - only Paris, so I learnt a lot of the history about northern France. My highlight was visiting the D-Day beaches.
VG to excellent well organised trip with a first class, experienced tour guide and a safe, experienced, competent driver 5
The British Isles in Depth
Anthony & Melinda Matheson, VIC, Australia, Oct 2016
No real negatives as long as you were prepared to 'go with the flow' on a very long, diverse trip. Would have been good to have had the Cosmos paperwork earlier (not in the last week, when we had already departed for a stopover on the way over) albeit got it on email in UK.
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!
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!
The overall trip was fantastic...travelling as a solo person for the first time, was a bit scary, but the other travellers were great, and very inclusive of me. Loved the different kinds of accommodation, even if beds were somewhat old, the character and ambience was special...reminded us of Faulty Towers ie Fiona, our tour operator was the best. read more Patient, amusing, always so helpful (put up with a bit from "precious" travellers... always a step ahead, full marks to her. Loved her Irish accent too. Food over all was very good, although the Irish are not known for their food! Saw so much of GB, we were on the go with early starts and long days, but how do cover such a big area without doing that.
The only negative for me was the Loch Ness cruise... not worth the money, boat operator just repeated the dialogue we had prior to boarding! And time of night heading to dark, and the few tumbled down relics of castle, well, didn't do anything for me in spite of historical relevance. I would definitely travel with Cosmos again, when I save my $. Yvonne Brookes at Global Journeys was helpful too..not everybody is computer literate!
The only negative for me was the Loch Ness cruise... not worth the money, boat operator just repeated the dialogue we had prior to boarding! And time of night heading to dark, and the few tumbled down relics of castle, well, didn't do anything for me in spite of historical relevance. I would definitely travel with Cosmos again, when I save my $. Yvonne Brookes at Global Journeys was helpful too..not everybody is computer literate!
East US and Canada Tour 2
Eastern US & Canada Grand Vacation
Michael England, Qld, Australia, Oct 2016
Tour guide a little stilted initially, but after feedback from several travellers she made a concerted effort to do more research and be more informative. Most inclusions were good except for Boston harbour cruise which was a glorified ferry ride. Initial preamble talk re tipping levels is too strong on all USA tours and Cosmos should allow guides to read more water this down a bit as it actually discourages generous tipping levels by all travellers no matter their country of origin.
Eastern US & Canada Grand Vacation 1
Eastern US & Canada Grand Vacation
MandM, Qld, Australia, Oct 2016
Great tour, untrusted and covered all the iconic spots. Corey was an excellent tour guide, very knowledgeable and engaged well with everyone. Chris, our driver, kept us safe at all times . Both gentlemen were comsumate professionals.
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.
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.
I didn't know what to expect as this was my first overseas adventure. The pace of the tour was very good, great transport and free WiFi was a bonus. Visited many different towns of which I preferred visiting the smaller towns rather than the main towns as the smaller towns had so much more interesting buildings and places of interest. I saw some amazing read more sights as well as architectural beauties, which included castles and churches and age old houses. The group of people that were on the same tour as myself were so friendly and it was a pleasure being included in the group. The accommodation - some were very nice to stay in after a long day travelling on the coach and sightseeing and other accommodation was quite poor. The same applied to the included dinners, some were good and some were not edible, however, the two optional dinners that I attended were great.
As I have already stated this was my first overseas tour and I didn't really know what to expect. I understand that our Tour Guide was a Tour Director and not a Tour Guide, myself I would of preferred a tour guide to take me to the important places of each town, rather than providing us with an out of date map and having free time to explore the towns. In saying that I did enjoy the free time to explore the town on my own and overall I enjoyed the tour immensely, which went all too quick. My travel operator was extremely helpful and nothing was too much trouble for her to answer my many questions and assist me through the process. I will travel and book another tour with Cosmos & book with Global Journeys which will be either Greece, Italy or Spain. Thanks again.
As I have already stated this was my first overseas tour and I didn't really know what to expect. I understand that our Tour Guide was a Tour Director and not a Tour Guide, myself I would of preferred a tour guide to take me to the important places of each town, rather than providing us with an out of date map and having free time to explore the towns. In saying that I did enjoy the free time to explore the town on my own and overall I enjoyed the tour immensely, which went all too quick. My travel operator was extremely helpful and nothing was too much trouble for her to answer my many questions and assist me through the process. I will travel and book another tour with Cosmos & book with Global Journeys which will be either Greece, Italy or Spain. Thanks again.
15 day Eastern US & Canada Grand Vacation 1
Eastern US & Canada Grand Vacation
Janice Corry & Kimberley Turner, VIC, Australia, Oct 2016
The route was well chosen and the autumn foliage was truly spectacular. The cities were interesting and attractive and the scenery generally lovely.
A quick but worry free holiday 3
Robert & Karen Bolton, QLD, Australia, Sep 2016
We booked our Cosmos European Jewels tour beginning in October 2016. From the onset Global Journeys arranged our tour quickly and kept us informed with emails whenever we had a query. Also arranged extra accommodation where we wanted it. Thanks Lauren. Our Tour Guide Attila Gallus was great. He made the arrangements each day for everything so it read more was rarely we had to organize something ourselves. He was always dealing with issues or questions as they came up without appearing to be stressed. He had some great jokes and played some music for all ages to keep us all entertained along the road trips. Even a funny tour movie.
The tour was fast paced (not unexpected) and probably could do with one extra stop before Paris (last travelling day was a long day )and maybe one less in London at the beginning . Some of the hotels were a bit dated and the beds very hard but were usually only for one night (variety part of the fun). I also am on a strict gluten free diet and most of the time I was catered for and sometimes better than others I thought. We thoroughly enjoyed the trip and would go on another tour when the time or tour is right for us. (Ed: Review based on slightly different itinerary. Trip name and itinerary updated this season)
The tour was fast paced (not unexpected) and probably could do with one extra stop before Paris (last travelling day was a long day )and maybe one less in London at the beginning . Some of the hotels were a bit dated and the beds very hard but were usually only for one night (variety part of the fun). I also am on a strict gluten free diet and most of the time I was catered for and sometimes better than others I thought. We thoroughly enjoyed the trip and would go on another tour when the time or tour is right for us. (Ed: Review based on slightly different itinerary. Trip name and itinerary updated this season)
Memorable & Fascinating Canadian Trip 3
Canadian Train Odyssey
Melieta D'Souza & Jaison Kalloor , WA, Australia, Sep 2016
The tour was indeed a very good value for money. Cosmos is good overall, accommodation great however would have liked to have breakfast included too. Autumn is a wonderful time to visit especially the colourful maple leaves were just awesome. Met some great people on the tour. Coach was comfortable. Will book with Global Journeys again in future. They read more were helpful and provided us with hassle free booking.
I loved parts of this trip New Orleans was wonderful a highlight, the hotel was super close to everything, comfortable. I'm not really sure why we needed to stay in Natchez? Memphis - great place the accommodation was a bit far from Beale St but walkable. Nashville hotel was ok the Grand ole Opry was fabulous. The Atlanta accommodation was far from read more anything random place we had to eat in the hotel and really wasn't good . Sadly We had to bypass Savannah due to Hurricane Matthew. Orlando hotel was nice but again really hard pressed to find anything to do around the hotel.
