Cosmos Tour Reviews
The 2,012 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 2,012 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.
Tipping expectations are totally outrageous 4
Heart of the Canadian Rockies
Melissa O'Rourke, Australia, Jul 2012
I did the tour for the ease of having transport and accommodation taken care of so it met that benchmark. Didn't really like being in the group so much but fortunately it was only a 10-day tour and there were only five days when we were on the bus. Tipping expectations are totally outrageous - we were advised to tip both the guide and driver $7 per read more day (ie. a total of $70 each, which needless to say, most people ignored) when we didn't even see them on half the days.
Saw lots that we never knew existed 1
Grand Tour of France
Peter & Roslyn Dunning, Australia, Jul 2012
It was a great tour, and everyone got along really well, we have all been in touch with everyone since we have come back home. The only complaint I would have is they are very long days. But we had a great time and saw lots that we never knew existed.
Some of the hotels not suitable and should no longer be used 1
Grand Tour of France
Evelyn OBrien, Australia, Jul 2012
Although I have given an overall rating of average, this is due to the fact that some of the hotels are not suitable and should no longer be used, and some of the meals were awful (one inedible) or insufficient. eg breakfasts. During the hottest part of the tour at Mont St Michel, our accommodation in Motel Vert had no air-conditioning and the allocated read more rooms were all on the very hot sunny side with curtains wide open all day prior to our arrival which resulted in the tour group being deposited into 'furnace' like conditions. As the temperature did not drop through the night, conditions were hot and uncomfortable. IBIS at Avignon was two star with rooms too small and uncomfortable. Most of the breakfasts were minimal and barely constituted even a continental breakfast.
Coach driver and France itself more than made up for deficiencies 1
Grand Tour of France
Evelyn OBrien, Australia, Jul 2012
The tour of France with regard to the distance, area, scenery and stopovers and also the coach drivers and the guide was very good. Most of the included meals were not too good with at least one being woeful. A couple of the hotels seemed as if they were two star and at Mont St Michel, the hottest location there was no air-conditioning and the rooms read more were on the sunny side with curtains open. It was like entering a sauna but even knowing these disadvantages, I would still do this tour again because the guide, the driver and France itself more than made up for these deficiencies.
Fantastic tour. All parties involved were very helpful. Would definitely do another one!
Everything was organised perfectly 1
Katherine & Con, Australia, Jul 2012
The All About Europe tour (previously named European Masterpiece) was fantastic! Frances was very helpful booking everything for us. She was very patient with us when our original tour was cancelled & she quickly put us on this tour. We sent a lot of emails but she was always happy to help! The 30 days went quickly. We wish it lasted longer. We spent read more two nights each in the major cities which was plenty of time to see everything, especially if you did the optional tours (with the local guides). We recommend all the optional tours - great value for money and you don't have to wait in lines. Our tour director Davor was fantastic! He was fun, he knew his history and just very knowledgeable in general. He had lots of patience and was very very organised, and our drivers Giovanni & Ernesto kept us safe with their great driving skills. We would never have done a tour this long on our own. Everything was organised perfectly and we highly recommend it. (Ed. Itinerary amended slightly and name changed from European Masterpiece to All About Europe in 2019)
Tour was great. The weather also was great for most days. What made this tour stand out for me was the tour guide's incredible knowledge of everything flora and fauna of the terrain covered. Also her personal experiences having lived in the region made the tour both very educational and interesting.
I really enjoyed the Grand tour of Switzerland 2
Grand Tour of Switzerland
Svetlana Zenkina, Australia, Jul 2012
We truly received a flavour of different parts of the beautiful and so multicultural country! The organisation was very good and our tour guide- Fiorenza Jable was always warm, supportive, cheery and also highly professional! Only couple of things I would like to mention as suggestions. 1.Our coach had been broken into in the central part of Bern during read more our free time. Then all actions were done properly: i.e. police report, calls for closing down the stolen credit cards etc. However, when I logged a claim with my Insurance Company (Cover-More), I was not refunded for my stolen laptop and other things as they said that I left my stuff on the unattended coach. I guess, some better strategies for the coach supervision should be considered. 2. We did not have time to visit art museums, e.g. Fiorenza suggested it was a lovely art collection of Impressionists in Lucerne's museum. But there was no time allocated for visiting; neither was there flexibility in the schedule which would allow interested people to do so. I, for example, plan to visit Germany, on that tour though I am very determined to spend a couple of hours in Dresden's Art Gallery. I am not sure that would be possible within the Cosmos Grand Tour of Germany. In this case I would have to make an additional visit to Dresden to see some would masterpieces, which is rather unpractical. Thank you very much for you interest and consideration.
The driver, Eric, excellent, very experienced and had done this trip a few times before, he dodged traffic jams, provided cold water & was brilliant. The guide Doris was good. We asked her to provide more information before the stop, rather than after, but she didn't. Still she was sweet, she got sick but carried on well. Probably would have like to read more spend two nights in each stop, but then I guess there are flow on effects from that, like cost. Only thought was by the time we got back to LA, everyone needed to do washing which was difficult at a very posh LA hotel, or anywhere downtown. Another hotel, another area might have been better. Hey, this is the only criticism I can make. Our mob was brilliant and have made some life long friends, thank you.
Disappointing service at end of tour 3
Trans-American Adventure
Heather & Russell Berndt, Australia, Jul 2012
Were just a little disappointed at how our tour ended leaving us stranded on an optional tour at Universal Studios having to find our own way home. This was something we were not aware of until the end of the trip and left us a little amazed. The goodbye was so sudden...and we felt that an optional tour should still get us back to our hotel as we thought read more that it was part of our tour.
Thank you, and we can definitely recommend Global Journeys! 1
Trans-American Adventure
Debbie & Terence Keane, Australia, Jul 2012
We met in NY then did 23 days across to LA via Cody Yellowstone etc. My husband was especially apprehensive about the coach, other passengers, and the content. However, we were delighted with a coach that was 4 months old and Eric our driver cleaned and polished everything on the coach every day. Doris was OK as a guide and the other passengers were read more excellent. We have life long friends. We loved America, the places we went to with the tour. Some of the optional extras we wouldn't do again especially the fake Mississippi river cruise boat and very average meal. Plan to do another tour with Global Journeys if ever we can afford it, the Spain Morocco Portugal is top of my list! Thank you, and we can definitely recommend you!
My Aunt and I had a wonderful time 1
Greece & Aegean Islands Cruise
Lyn Wilkinson, Australia, Jul 2012
My Aunt and I travelled through Greece and the Islands cruise with Cosmos. We had a wonderful time. I have travelled with Cosmos and Globus before and am looking at a Globus Asian tour for this year.
Hotels were all very good and the food was excellent 1
From Dublin to London
Sandy Lewis, Australia, Jul 2012
We really enjoyed the tour we only wish it could have been longer and we could have seen more - a bit less rain would have been appreciated as well. The tour director and the drivers were very good and the tour director gave us a very good, comprehensive history of the areas we visited. We certainly wouldn't have appreciated half the things we saw if read more we hadn't had some idea of them being there and their significance. The hotels were all very good and the food was excellent - dinner had a choice of three entrees, main courses and desserts each night and the breakfasts were all buffet style with an excellent choice of full cooked breakfast, cereals, fruit etc. We did all the extra tours and the only one we felt wasn't as good as expected was the Guinness tour in Dublin - this could be because neither of us enjoy drinking beer or Guinness anyway but we also found the talk too hard to hear - the headsets weren't the best. I have been on 2 or 3 Cosmos/Globus tours previously and always enjoyed them and this was no exception. I would thoroughly recommend this sort of tour to anyone who wants to see a lot in a limited time. Thanks for your help in arranging the whole trip, your helpfulness and patience was very much appreciated.
Excellent tour with informative guide and entertaining driver. Although accommodation was average, for the excellent price of the tour you should not expect much better. Thoroughly enjoyed the tour.
Guide and the driver were exceptional 1
Prianta Kariawasam, Australia, Jun 2012
Very good tour. Guide and the driver were exceptional. Very good mixture of included and optional tours. Would highly recommend to anyone interested in seeing Europe.
With 23 days on a tour bus we didn't know how we would enjoy it, but to our delight we loved every minute of it and we weren't ready for it to end. It was a perfect blend of cities and beautiful national parks. Even the amount of organised activites and free time worked extremely well. The tour guide made even the smallest thing exciting and was very read more well organised. She handled the challenges that occasionally presented themselves in a very professional way and her knowledge of the places we were visiting was excellent, right down to the perfect movie on the bus relating to the area we had just visited. We had a great bunch of fellow travelers from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and England, some of whom we are still in touch with and with ages from 20s to 70s it was a lot of fun.
No complaints whatsoever! 1
Dorothy Phelan, Australia, Jun 2012
OMG, Where do i begin? Magnificent tour, amazing places, excellent tour guide and driver and no complaints whatsoever! Best way to savour a beginner's taste of Europe and see so much of it with ease, in comfort and with so many experiences and sights included. Nice small tour group made it a unique experience which was enhanced so much by the expertise, read more knowledge and enthusiasm of our tour director. Learnt so much history, saw so much wondrous art, architecture, lifestyle and culture and did not want it to ever end. Am planning my next trip and look forward to seeing more of this amazing world we live in!
Tour really depends on your tour director 2
Heather Freeman, Australia, Jun 2012
I had the opportunity to go on three Cosmos tours and one Trafalgar, this one being the first. The tour really depends on your tour director. Unfortunately our tour director, was not the best but she was also not the worst. The tour was very fast paced, which I suppose is the way that you see everything, the tour had been sold to quite a few elderly read more persons who found it very difficult, when things went wrong on the tour, which of course they did, you were pretty much on your own, as the tour director was not what you would call a people person.
Time in Helsinki was excellent 1
Murray Bryce, Australia, Jun 2012
The tour was very good in general, though we found the southern part of Finland uninteresting. There were no stops to allow us to explore the areas. The time in Helsinki was excellent. The Norwegian segment of the trip was excellent.
The tour 'European Highlights' certainly lived up to its name, we saw heaps! It did not cover anything in depth in regard to the cultures we visited. It was very hectic and a bit tiring we travelled over 5000 kilometers (coach travel) in 14 days and it was GO,GO, GO all the time. A bit draining for us at 70+ and slightly unfit. The sights we saw were read more quite magnificent and gave direct insight into what we may like to look at later in much more depth. The tour director and coach driver were quite good and tried hard to do a good job. We however were taken aback by Globus recommendations for gratuities (completely alien to our culture and experience). Felt that we should not have to contribute so significantly to their paid employment. All in all very enjoyable and we will probably go again.
