Cosmos Tour Reviews
The 1,999 Cosmos Tour reviews listed below are from past clients of Global Journeys that have travelled with Cosmos. Each review has been individually verified by our team.
The 1,999 Cosmos Tour reviews listed below are from past clients of Global Journeys that have travelled with Cosmos. Each review has been individually verified by our team.
Alps tour of Switzerland 1
Alpine Adventure, Bernina & Glacier Express
Julie C, VIC, Australia, Jun 2016
Fantastic trip, well run, Cosmos was professional and very organised. Best memory was being snowed on at the top of one of the mountains in St Moritz, so lovely, crisp, clean, pretty, surreal, soft.
Exceeded my expectations, met some great people, & the pace just right. 3
Alpine Adventure, Bernina & Glacier Express
Christopher, VIC, Australia, Jun 2016
This is my 3rd adventure with Global Journeys & Cosmos and they all have been great. After you start the first adventure within the next 2 or 3 days you start to feel relaxed. Tour director excellent, driver excellent both relaxed and accommodating. All sightseeing and the scenery amazing, combined with the chair lifts & glacier trains. Overall this was a great tour.
Journey to the midnight sun. 2
Alan Robertson, WA, Australia, Jun 2016
Travelling north from Helsinki the journey takes in three days of travel through the vast forests and lakes of Finland before crossing the Arctic Circle through the north of Finland and into Norway. Most of the tour took place north of the Arctic Circle where, at this time of the year (June/July), there is almost 24 hours of daylight. The highlights read more of the tour were in Norway where the much more interesting landscape was easier on the eye than the somewhat monotonous never ending forests and flat scenery in Finland. Better weather would have been useful but, apart from that, and the often long days on the coach, it was an interesting tour with the fjords in Norway clearly being the highlight.
Relaxing Enjoyable time in Eastern US & Canada 1
Eastern Us & Canada Grand Vacation
Brenda & Edwin Dee, Australia, Jun 2016
We had a great time on our recent Cosmos tour of Eastern US & Canada. Beautiful weather in June, excellent tour Guide, great driver and nice travel group made for a relaxing, stress free and enjoyable holiday. An improvement could be adding some group meals which would increase the social time together, this tour has no meals included.
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for arranging our Cosmos tour in the USA & Canada. We have previously travelled with Trafalgar and were also extremely pleased with their service, but had some initial reservations about the quality of Cosmos as they are much more cost competitive. I am pleased to advise that our experience with Cosmos read more for this tour was very good. The Tour Director Darryl Jenkins was excellent. Quality of the coach above average, in fact equivalent if not better than Trafalgar. There were 49 passengers but it was extremely well organised and well timed. The coach was spotless at all times. Driver very professional.
Hotels in the main were well located and with the exception of Niagara falls of quite good standard. The optional tours were reasonably priced. We did have a few dinners where wait staff were poor but that is no reflection on Cosmos, just what seems to be the norm. Surprising when you consider that the same wait staff rely on tips for a living wage subsidy. The Tour Director was very knowledgeable and the local guides with exception of Montreal very good. Our comfort e.g. toilet breaks food beverage stops were well catered too and passengers were assisted at all times. I hope this feedback will assist you in advising other clients. Congratulations to Cosmos and their staff for a job well done. Highly recommend this tour.
Hotels in the main were well located and with the exception of Niagara falls of quite good standard. The optional tours were reasonably priced. We did have a few dinners where wait staff were poor but that is no reflection on Cosmos, just what seems to be the norm. Surprising when you consider that the same wait staff rely on tips for a living wage subsidy. The Tour Director was very knowledgeable and the local guides with exception of Montreal very good. Our comfort e.g. toilet breaks food beverage stops were well catered too and passengers were assisted at all times. I hope this feedback will assist you in advising other clients. Congratulations to Cosmos and their staff for a job well done. Highly recommend this tour.
Firstly thanks Michelle for your help in booking our tour of Central Europe with Cosmos. We chose the European summer, which was fantastic, I think we only had one day of drizzle during our tour; the weather was great. We could not fault the Tour Director or driver, both very professional and friendly. The tour was as we expected very busy, but we had read more sufficient breaks from the coach and a fair bit of free time in most cities to explore. Probably the only downside was a couple of the guides in two cities, they weren't great. We have however left feedback and would hope they are replaced. This did not detract from the overall tour which combined interesting history, a fair amount of free time to explore, shop etc , some lovely accommodation and lots of laughs with fellow travellers. Just to see and experience some of the history and sites of this region was exhilarating. Some of the highlights would be Berlin, Poland ( especially the salt mines), Warsaw, Krakow, Prague, Rothenberg. As usual with a group of people of 40 odd you don't gel with some, but overall very good and we got to meet some very good friends. Overall a very good tour which we will remember for the rest of our lives.
A great trip. Great operator as first time user of Cosmos. Accommodation was very good. Our tour guide was fantastic. Long days in the coach but we wanted to see everything there. Expensive for food items and drinks. Great scenery. Highly recommend to all.
Amazing Norway 3
Subbarayan, ACT, Australia, Jun 2016
While Finland wasn't as good as I expected, Norway was absolutely spectacular. Nordkap and Geiranger were highlights if the tour. Whole tour was very well organized and our tour director was also excellent. Should have included 1 extra day in Trondheim. Would definitely recommend this tour.
24 day The British Isles in Depth 6
The British Isles in Depth
Pat & Joe De Marco, VIC, Australia, Jun 2016
Overall it was a fantastic holiday, beautiful experience, amazing scenery, great group of people and the tour guide gave us so much information. The tour guide Kevin Murphy was very friendly and knew the history of all the areas we visited very well. We were amazed at his memory on all the historical dates. The driver was very good and quite friendly. read more The accommodation was quite nice and comfortable in most places except in the last hotel, the Kensington Hotel, the bedroom was so small we could hardly get around the other side of the bed. As far as the highlight of this trip, I think every where we went was a highlight because it was so pretty, very historical and breathtaking. I would highly recommend this trip to anyone who is thinking of visiting the UK. I actually think this tour should be advertised as a 21 day tour because the first 2 days the people are free to do their own things and the last day nothing happens. The tour actually concludes on day 23 because day 24 people depart.
Everyone on tour including us were very disappointed with the "Kensington Close Hotel". The rooms were very small and poky-the toilet was very poky-had to back into it. Everything was very expensive and the hotel in general were very " up themselves". Would not recommend this hotel to anyone. On the other hand the "Dorsett Inn" at Shepherds Bush read more was very good-very friendly and very good food and reasonably priced.
Spactacular! 4
Canadian Masterpiece with Rocky Mountaineer & Alaska Cruise
Jennifer & Lionel Willison, NSW, Australia, Jun 2016
The trip was much more exciting than I imagined it would be. The scenery and wild life was amazing and there was enough free time to do your own thing. Sharon, our tour guide was informative, had a sense of humour and worked extremely hard. The cruise was enjoyable although the extra excursions were very expensive and not very exciting. It was difficult read more organising expenses when meals were not included. I don't usually comment on airlines as I think they have a difficult job and most airlines are much the same but Air Canada was not good. The service was disorganised and the stewards were very abrupt. The food was ghastly.
Global Journey consultants are so professional and helpful in the way they handled my booking from the start till the end. Lily K. was a lovely, knowledgeable and professional tour Coordinator. Vradal is so peaceful and beautiful! And I loved travelling on the zig-zag mountain roads in Norway. Everything was great. Thank you and would love to join read more your company for another trip in the future. All the best.
Perfect Trip 3
Edita & Grace Walsh, NSW, Australia, May 2016
It's just a perfect trip because its only 18 of us in the coach and we are all Aussies. The choices of hotels are good, only one or two are not (rooms too small to move around with big suitcase) I learned a lot from this tour. Although some parts we thought are just a waste of time and "energy". My sister is convincing me to do it again with her, read more which I might. Global Journeys help was great.
Generally good and I enjoyed the trip. I will book again with Cosmos through Global Journeys. The coach was new and OK but the seats and the inclination was not all that good for a long trip. The tour could have included more important optional tours with a marginal increase in tour costs by applying group discounts etc.
This tour was one of the best tour of Italy that I have been. The tour covered the best and beautiful places of Italy from north, Lake Maggiore, to south, Positano. The tour director Savio is very friendly, helpful and liked by everyone. He has great knowledge not only of Italy but also Italian cooking and was teaching us how to cook Italian food while read more we were on the coach. The south of Italy is very beautiful. Will revisit again in the future.
Cosmos European Masterpiece 3
Jagath & Yamuna Peiris, NSW, Australia, May 2016
We managed to visit quite a lot of places on this tour which otherwise we could not have done on our own. The Tour Director was excellent and had in depth knowledge of the history and places we visited which made it even more interesting to visit those famous land marks. Everyone got on well and it was like a family holiday.
An Enjoyable European Adventure! 7
Mohan & Sunita, VIC, Australia, May 2016
Organisation by Global Journeys, in all aspects of the tour was of an excellent standard. The tour was well organised and stress free. Booking of tour, flights etc by Yvonne were handled professionally and efficiently. The tour director Suzanne was friendly yet professional, with a font of knowledge about each country/city we visited. She provided us read more with cultural information, do's and don'ts, which were very useful. Enzo, the main driver was incredible and skilful in negotiating many tight bends and narrow streets with great skill. We cannot fault the included breakfasts or evening meals, some were excellent whereas others could have been better. Only once there was a major complaint about the quantity and quality of dinner. Accommodation was generally of a high standard in regard to quality and location. Only in Paris we felt lost. The hotel was quite a distance from the city and being day one in a non English speaking country made it difficulty of travel independently. The tour was fast paced but it helped to whet our appetite to return for a longer stay. Germany was too fleeting, we never got a feel for the country. The cruise on the Rhine was not enough, we needed just time to walk in one of the river front towns to appreciate the place. Overall we thoroughly enjoyed the All About Europe tour (previously named European Masterpiece) with our fellow travellers.
European Masterpiece 5
Michael Smith, NSW, Australia, May 2016
We started our tour in London and hit the ground running. Arrived at 5.30am and took part in 2 guided tours through Cosmos straight away that day as we could not access our room until the afternoon. Best thing we could have done. Really enjoyed the informative nature of the tour and it has fueled both our desires to see more of the UK. This set the read more scene for the rest of the tour, we took part in almost every optional extra that Cosmos had on offer. They were magnificent. We saw so much of Europe and it was absolutely amazing. For first time travellers it took the worry out of the trip, you were given a wake up call of a morning and had breakfast then off you went to explore what was on offer. If anyone is contemplating this tour all I can say is, go for it!!! Global Journeys organised everything on this end and I highly recommend them as travel consultants, not one hitch.
I thoroughly enjoyed this tour. The group was a mix of ages and nationalities and all got along well. We visited so many cities and all were beautiful. I choose this tour because except for Vienna I had not been to any of the other places and I particularly loved Budapest. The Illuminations cruise on the Danube was a highlight for me.
Amazing stress free tour through Spain, France & Italy 5
Mediterranean Flavors
Angie, SA, Australia, May 2016
Global Journeys offer great discounts and friendly, professional service with quick response times to questions. We have already booked with them again. The tour with Cosmos was a great price. Would have loved hotels closer to the tourist attractions, especially Venice as this was way out in the country (although a nice hotel), but I realise this read more is how they keep the prices down.
