Cosmos Tour Reviews
The 1984 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.
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As this was my first tour I wasn't sure what to expect but was very pleased with everything on tour. I traveled alone, twin share, but found everyone to be very friendly and I felt comfortable at all times. In every town or village, I felt I was given a history lesson as the tour guide gave lots of interesting info about each place visited. The tour read more was such that I now feel I would know what places I would like to revisit in the future.
Tour itself was well beyond my expectations 1
Highlights of Germany
Leanne Dwight, Australia, Sep 2012
It was a last minute decision to book this tour and Frances organised everything completely fuss free. The tour itself was well beyond my expectations, I couldn't believe my luck. Despite being a relatively low cost tour the hotels were of a very good standard (only a couple not as good as the others but certainly good enough and a couple were 5 star). read more Some meals and tours were also included, adding to the value for money. The destinations were spectacular, my fellow passengers a good mix nationalities and ages with everyone mixing well. The tour guide and driver were excellent (Lisa & Philippe, a big thank you). This experience was a winner, I'll be a repeat customer. (Ed: Review based on slightly different itinerary. Trip name and itinerary updated this season)
Overall it was a great tour. Very hectic given the distance we needed to travel but well worth it if you want to see a lot in a short period of time. Only complaints would be that the use of local maps at each destination would have been valuable (especially Amsterdam where we didn't get one) and the accommodation in Rome was very average - especially read more compared to the other hotels we stayed at during the trip. Thanks to all who helped make our trip enjoyable!
Just loved everything about Canada and Alaska 1
Canadian Masterpiece with Rocky Mountaineer & Alaska Cruise
Wendy Mackenzie, Australia, Sep 2012
OMG...what an awesome trip. We just loved everything about Canada and Alaska. The Rocky Mountaineer was fantastic, the coach tour unforgettable and the cruise up to Alaska was breathtaking! I would recommend this tour to anybody who is thinking of visiting Canada and Alaska. Georgie was extremely helpful and I will be contacting her again when I'm read more considering my next overseas trip!
I had the most wonderful time, our tour director Adam van der Heijden was a very informative director with lots of local knowledge. He had everyone's well being at heart. We had the experience of one of our travelling companions becoming very ill, Adam handled that with great care and concern we were very impressed. Everything was explained very well. read more Accommodation was excellent and we as a group had a good time together.
We loved almost everything about our tour 2
The Splendors of Italy
Mary-Anne Bilos, Australia, Sep 2012
We loved almost everything about our tour, the tour guide was great, he was very knowedgeable and very polite. We loved the sights, the whole experience was fantastic. We would definitely use Cosmos again when we travel next. Thank-you for a wonderful and memorable time.
Excellent itinerary with lots of included sightseeing & local tours 1
Jennifer Battye, Australia, Sep 2012
A fantastic overview of most of Europe neatly fitted into 27 days. An excellent itinerary with lots of included sightseeing & local tours, yet the ability to include optional tours that interest you. Majority of hotels great with Sorrento (Central Park, Massalubrense) below standards. Suggest optional tour to Mt. Titlis be much longer as not enough read more time on mountain. Our tour director, Leo Zaal was the perfect guide & definitely made our trip unforgettable! We were worried about taking 2 kids (11 & 13 years) but they had a terrific time (thank you Leo for making this happen). We would definitely travel Cosmos again. (Ed. Itinerary amended slightly and name changed from European Masterpiece to All About Europe in 2019)
Couldn't fault any hotel or city tour 1
Trans-American Adventure
Melissa Steffens , Australia, Sep 2012
Our Cosmos tour of the US was amazing. Our tour director was very helpful and very friendly. I would strongly recommend this tour to anyone looking to see as much of America as possible. Couldn't fault any hotel or city tour. Can't wait to join Global Journeys in 2013 to experience another wonderful part of this world I live in.
Excellent value for money. Great tour, very well organised, excellent tours included and offered as optionals. Coach very comfortable, free Wi-Fi on board a definite bonus. Hotels all good, tour guide good. Was a bit dubious of doing a coach tour but we thoroughly enjoyed it, would definitely do another one and would recommend Cosmos.
We went on two tours the first in September, doing the Irish Explorer tour. Both the Director Kevin Murphy and Jim the coach driver were very professional. This tour was all that we expected, great hotels, fantastic knowledge for the different counties. Kevins poems, short stories and songs made it a trip to remember. The optional tours were well balanced. read more Our second tour in October 15 was European Masterpiece , this tour was just as fantastic, a credit to the Cosmos staff.
Very diverse and good value for money 1
Trans-American Adventure
Lesley & Ken Brooks, Australia, Sep 2012
The tour was very diverse and good value for money. The Tour Director was excellent and every day had maps for us of the area we were travelling in. She was very knowledgeable and nothing was too much trouble. Mary was the best tour director we have had in the many trips we have done. For a no frills tour the accommodation was good with only a couple read more of exceptions. I still don't know why Cosmos take you to the north rim of the Grand Canyon when the south rim is infinitely more superior and awesome. North rim is ho hum. This tour covered the big cities, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles and in between we saw awesome national parks, small towns, prairies and mighty rivers. Lunch and comfort stops were timely.
Tour was excellent value for money 1
Golden West Adventure
Vivien & Alan Shirley, Australia, Sep 2012
This tour was excellent value for money, we would have preferred one less night in Las Vegas and one extra night in San Francisco. The accommodation value wise was very good. Our tour director was very friendly and helpful. We plan on taking another coach tour probably the coast to coast USA in 2014.
The sights were everything we hoped they'd be. Incredible! 1
Highlights of Germany
Carolyn, Australia, Sep 2012
The tour gave us a taste of lots of fascinating places that we might like to return to for a longer stay in the future. It was well organised and the tour leader made sure everyone knew what was happening. She was very knowledgeable and went to great lengths to make sure everyone was ok. The accommodation was generally excellent, with Europe's financial read more woes leading to several very classy hotels being available for this more budget tour. We shared hotels with Globus on several occasions. Excluding London the hotels were mostly 4*, although I think the Hotel Budapest would be pushing to get 2*. It's all part of the experience though. Some of the hotels were quite out of the way and getting to the city without the assistance of the tour bus was too inconvenient, but I think this was balanced by them being nicer hotels.
The passenger demographic was mostly 40's - 60's. As a couple in our early 30's, we found that we wanted to strike out and do our own thing at a slightly faster pace on the free days and were able to do so easily. I would have liked to see some more exciting optional tours as the ones offered were very sedate, being mostly city tours and traditional-style dinners. The tour pace was slower, the passengers more mature and the ambience more relaxed than Contiki. In September the weather was a gamble that worked in our favour with only two drizzly days. The days were still quite long and warm plus the bulk of the summer crowds had died down. Although we enjoyed the tour, we decided to end it early in Berlin and fly directly back to London instead of spending the last two days on the bus driving to London. I'm glad we did, as other people from our group we met later said they wished they did the same thing. As we suspected, the last two days of the tour were very long driving days without much sightseeing and if you're on a tight time-budget it's a bit more expensive but much better value flying back and spending extra time exploring London. I would highly recommend this tour to people who want a taste of some amazing architecture (and sausages!) and seeing many glorious attractions and cities that seem straight from fairy tales.
Booking through Global Journeys was fantastic. I was a little hesitant at first because I'm in Western Australia and couldn't physically visit Global Journeys, but Georgie provided me with excellent service and answered all of my questions promptly and in detail. The price was the best I could find anywhere online. I would be more than happy to book with them again and recommend them to friends. (Ed: Review based on slightly different itinerary. Trip name and itinerary updated this season)
The passenger demographic was mostly 40's - 60's. As a couple in our early 30's, we found that we wanted to strike out and do our own thing at a slightly faster pace on the free days and were able to do so easily. I would have liked to see some more exciting optional tours as the ones offered were very sedate, being mostly city tours and traditional-style dinners. The tour pace was slower, the passengers more mature and the ambience more relaxed than Contiki. In September the weather was a gamble that worked in our favour with only two drizzly days. The days were still quite long and warm plus the bulk of the summer crowds had died down. Although we enjoyed the tour, we decided to end it early in Berlin and fly directly back to London instead of spending the last two days on the bus driving to London. I'm glad we did, as other people from our group we met later said they wished they did the same thing. As we suspected, the last two days of the tour were very long driving days without much sightseeing and if you're on a tight time-budget it's a bit more expensive but much better value flying back and spending extra time exploring London. I would highly recommend this tour to people who want a taste of some amazing architecture (and sausages!) and seeing many glorious attractions and cities that seem straight from fairy tales.
Booking through Global Journeys was fantastic. I was a little hesitant at first because I'm in Western Australia and couldn't physically visit Global Journeys, but Georgie provided me with excellent service and answered all of my questions promptly and in detail. The price was the best I could find anywhere online. I would be more than happy to book with them again and recommend them to friends. (Ed: Review based on slightly different itinerary. Trip name and itinerary updated this season)
This was my first tour ever!! It was much better than I expected. Right from the booking through process, till we finished the tour, the whole process was very easy and user friendly. I loved that there were optional tours as well that you could choose to do. The bus driver, the tour director and all the local guides we met were very friendly, courteous read more and informative. My only suggestion would be to review some of the hotels, not because they were not up to standards but because of renovations happening inside the hotel or around the hotel. It kind of takes away from your holiday experience. Another suggestion would be to pace your payment schedule. I would have loved to do the Jewels of France as well while I was on holiday there but both payments were due at the same time and absolutely no leeway to pay later! So you guys missed out on a sale! (Ed. Dam! Sorry but that I'm afraid is out of our control). Overall, still a great experience and thank you!
Great tour and terrific value for money 2
Treasures of the Balkans & Transylvania
Mark & Rebecca Curran, Australia, Sep 2012
This was a great tour and terrific value for money. Having a tour guide (Simona) who grew up in Romania added to the quality of the tour. Each day had several highlights and many beautiful cities were experienced. A couple of things need to be looked at. The accommodation was generally very good. However having the final 2 nights in cheap former communist read more hotels soured the end of the trip a little. Add $50 to the cost of the tour and upgrade the accommodation on at least one of the final nights of the trip. The last day involved a lot of driving and not many attractions. We drove straight past a salt mine and it would have been fantastic to visit it as my wife enjoyed a similar experience on her Cosmos Poland trip. Again increase the price of the tour or make it an optional excursion. All in all a wonderful holiday leaving us with a lifetime of unforgettable memories. Thank you to Yvonne for making the whole booking procedure such a hassle free exercise.
First of all, we would like to thank our Tour Consultant, Frances, for helping us to experience the wonderful European Tour that we had. Our Tour Director, Joost, is very knowledgeable in general, patient and very organized. Our Local Guides especially in Amsterdam were great and of course, our Tour Driver, Stefano, good driving skill mate! Everything read more is well organized. We had a wonderful time during our 16 days in Europe. We learnt about history, culture, lifestyle and architecture. Everyone in the tour was wonderful and we hope we see each other again in our next tour. To Global Journeys and Cosmos thank you again for amazing tour.
Cosmos represents good value for money 1
Paris, Normandy and the Loire
Jacqueline Skilton, Australia, Sep 2012
The tour guide Rajah absolutely made this tour. She went out of her way to be helpful. Her knowledge of French History was brilliant and in each town she walked us through to our meeting place with commentary all the way. She was funny, happy and enjoyed our company too! The pace was just right and allowed for free time. The accommodation in Paris at read more the Berthier Hotel was ok - good breakfast & near underground but not a good area as it was very dirty. Cosmos represents good value for money in France. I have also travelled with Cosmos in Canada and USA and the story is similar.
Optional tours re added expenses but they are worth the money 1
Michael Tan, Australia, Aug 2012
Excellent tour arrangements coupled with an excellent tour director and bus driver. We were given right amount time to explore all the major tour attractions including those that were unknown to us like Avignon and Carcassonne. The optional tours were added expenses but they are worth the money in order to really understand the places and their culture.
Overall, it was an excellent adventure 1
Deborah Kassar, Australia, Aug 2012
Our tour Director, Mike, was excellent with heaps of historical knowledge which was really interesting, and Antonio, our driver was soo nice. We had a really good group of people on the bus. The only discouraging features were accommodation in Pozieres and Paris, which unfortunately were the last two stops of the trip. Overall, it was an excellent adventure.
An unforgettable memory 1
Rosa & John Deegan, Australia, Aug 2012
We really enjoyed Cosmos All About Europe tour (previously named European Masterpiece). Georgie from Global Journeys had been really helpful since we booked the tour (8 months before the departure date). We are so lucky to have Global Journeys as our travel agent, who helped us to make our Cosmos tour, an unforgettable memory. Well done Georgie, thank read more you very much for your excellent service.
