Trafalgar Reviews
The 1,001 Trafalgar reviews listed below are from past clients of Global Journeys that have traveled with Trafalgar. Each review has been individually verified by our team.
The 1,001 Trafalgar reviews listed below are from past clients of Global Journeys that have traveled with Trafalgar. Each review has been individually verified by our team.
We had a wonderful trip around the UK with a fantastic tour guide, Christian. There was a good mix of people and ages on the trip and everything was very well organised. We saw so much in 3 weeks and the pace was pretty fast, wished we could have had more time in some places but we would still be there if that was the case. Most of the optional experiences read more were well worth the money though it would be nice to know a little more about them before agreeing and paying to do them. We had fantastic weather and the trip overall was excellent and great value. Would have liked to know about the about of gratuities expected to give the tour guide and bus driver with more notice before we left as we hadn't included this in our spending money budget. I would definitely book with Global Journeys again as it was a very pleasant and trouble free experience.
First booking through Global Journeys. Hannah looked after our booking expertly and I would not hesitate booking with her again. It was also our first Trafalgar experience. We had a large group of people, 52 in fact who all got on very well. Our hotel accommodation was excellent and the included meals were exceptional. Our bus driver Ron was perfect. read more The places we visited were breath taking, especially Niagara Falls. Would have liked more time in Ottawa. Unfortunately we did not have the best of tour directors, for this reason I would be hesitant to book another Trafalgar trip.
Scotland had spectacular scenery and the Scots turned the weather on for us. We had perfect weather every day - no rain. Although we saw pretty much the whole of Scotland in a week, it highlighted the areas we would like to go back and visit and spend more time at. Our Tour Guide looked after us well, organising meals for special dietary requirements read more and allowed us to skip the tour for a day to MTB on the world cup track at Fort William, then catch the group up in Glasgow.
The starts were pretty early each day but the stints on the bus between rest stops were not too long. Would have loved to have known a little more detail about some of the stops before we chose to do some optional excursions as we wouldn't have explored some townships and chatted with the locals in some places instead.
We were surprised to see that 80% of the group were Americans, with only one other Aussie couple, a South African Couple and a Canadian Couple. So much of the discussion was American based about American things, American places and Trump.
The starts were pretty early each day but the stints on the bus between rest stops were not too long. Would have loved to have known a little more detail about some of the stops before we chose to do some optional excursions as we wouldn't have explored some townships and chatted with the locals in some places instead.
We were surprised to see that 80% of the group were Americans, with only one other Aussie couple, a South African Couple and a Canadian Couple. So much of the discussion was American based about American things, American places and Trump.
Beautiful Switzerland 2
Switzerland and Austria
Adrian, Kathleen, Fuschia & Matthew, NSW, Australia, Jul 2018
This trip left us with sweet memories of beautiful sights. 5 star Mt Cervin Palace in Zermatt was amazing. Have to go there again and enjoy the piano serenade while having something to drink. Stephanie the Tour Director was able to give us great tips of where to get affordable meals in world known expensive country. Yes she has connections! We were read more lucky we had only very minor glitches and yes Stephanie accommodated our needs and we got to Zurich airport on time despite of a 25 minutes bumper to bumper 8 km out of the airport.
Wonderful, scenic experience 5
Spectacular Canadian Rockies with Alaska Cruise
Liz, WA, Australia, Jun 2018
Fantastic trip. We saw amazing scenery in both Alaska and Canada, walked on a glacier and through a canyon, spotted bears and whales in their natural environment, visited unexpected places and had an overall wonderful experience. Whole trip was extremely well organised and everything worked out as it should, including the great weather we were lucky enough get.
Overall the tour was very good, went to all the cities and places we wanted to go to and the weather was pretty good across most of the trip. In the main Trafalgar was quite good but there were hiccups along the way.
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Iconic Rockies and Western Canada
Diana & Wayne, ACT, Australia, Jun 2018
Amazing views, amazing time... made better by our tour director Robina and our bus driver Bill. All hotels were of high value. The weather ranged from snowing in summer to rain to sunshine .
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Highlights of Spain and Portugal
Benjamin, Wiphada & Natasha, QLD, Australia, Jun 2018
Fantastic trip through southern Spain and Portugal. Both Tour Director Jorge and Driver Marcos were excellent and professional in their approach. We really enjoyed the culture, food and places we visited across these two beautiful countries. Learnt a lot of the history that we were previously not aware of!
This is the first train journey we have done and we weren't disappointed! It was amazing! Our tour director Agnes managed our group of 48 on and off trains without loosing anyone which was a feat in itself. The accommodation was of a high standard and it was great that we would put our bags out and they would be transported to our next destination and read more be waiting for us in our new room when we arrived. Finally, Switzerland scenery is amazing and we got to enjoy it from the comfort of our specially reserved train carriages gently rocking through the countryside.... it doesn’t get any better then this!
Three cheers for Trafalgar's Nordic Adventure! 8
Nordic Adventure
Harwood & Avril, NSW, Australia, Jun 2018
Aptly on Mid-Summer's Day we started our Nordic Adventure with Trafalgar Tours together with 35 new friends from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the US and South Africa. Our tour director was brilliant - informative, caring, humorous and unflappable. Likewise our coach driver - his first time on this 5000+km itinerary and not one scary moment.
We read more had excellent weather for most of the time though the North Cape of Norway and Arctic Finland were shrouded in mist but this had its own atmosphere effect. Highlights are difficult to choose as there were so many, but the Geiranger Fjord area with its nearby Dalsnibba, Eagle and Trollistgen roads challenge anything the Alps can offer in mountainous scenery and hair-pin roads. Turning the street corner in Helsinki and seeing the gleaming white Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral was breathtaking. The booking through Global Journeys was easy and with very rapid responses to questions - thanks to Madeline.
We read more had excellent weather for most of the time though the North Cape of Norway and Arctic Finland were shrouded in mist but this had its own atmosphere effect. Highlights are difficult to choose as there were so many, but the Geiranger Fjord area with its nearby Dalsnibba, Eagle and Trollistgen roads challenge anything the Alps can offer in mountainous scenery and hair-pin roads. Turning the street corner in Helsinki and seeing the gleaming white Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral was breathtaking. The booking through Global Journeys was easy and with very rapid responses to questions - thanks to Madeline.
The Haunted Highlands of Scotland 10
Scotland's Highlands, Islands and Cities
John, VIC, Australia, Jun 2018
There is much to recommend about this particular tour of the Scottish Highlands. In part, that reflected the guide (Kate) and the driver (Chris), but that may have been coloured by the 'wee dram' of whisky at the end of each day. There were several highlights of the tour, but three remain outstanding: the stone age village on the Orkneys, Doune Castle read more for Monty Python and Outlander fans and the landscape.
Our guide, Kate, filled us in on the history of the various places we visited, which added to the tour and suggested a bloody past for the Highlands. The quality of the accommodation varied. Thurso, for example, was the more basic of the various hotels we visited. However, we were warned about this by Kate and the accommodation was never substandard. The group was a large, and mixed, and that was good because it blunted any potential conflicts.
As for Global Journeys, the company did a magnificent job. I would certainly book with them again (in fact have already done so). Jemma Rosen deserves a special mention here. She was prompt when it came to answering any questions I had and was more than happy to discuss options available when it came to transport in Britain. The tour would not have worked as well as it did without her.
Our guide, Kate, filled us in on the history of the various places we visited, which added to the tour and suggested a bloody past for the Highlands. The quality of the accommodation varied. Thurso, for example, was the more basic of the various hotels we visited. However, we were warned about this by Kate and the accommodation was never substandard. The group was a large, and mixed, and that was good because it blunted any potential conflicts.
As for Global Journeys, the company did a magnificent job. I would certainly book with them again (in fact have already done so). Jemma Rosen deserves a special mention here. She was prompt when it came to answering any questions I had and was more than happy to discuss options available when it came to transport in Britain. The tour would not have worked as well as it did without her.
The trip was well organised and backed up with excellent drivers and knowledgeable resident tour guide. The hotels were comfortable and staff very helpful. (We used to get an extra jug of milk each night for extra cups of coffee/tea in the rooms.) Some of the hotels were a bit out of the way, but this did not present a problem. The major problem with read more travelling in Ireland is that there are few public conveniences, even in the major shopping areas. At one of our stops we had to use one in a gift shop, where the coaches stop regularly, there was only one toilet (50cents) and insufficient time for most of the passengers to use it!!!
We travelled 14 days mid June and were hardly affected by the weather, only at the Cliffs of Moher where it was misty. We had some rain, but each time we stopped, so did it, and we were able to enjoy the sights. We had a lovely group of people on our coach, American, Canadian, New Zealand and us Australians (5 of us). There were many highlights, but the Titanic experience was amazing and the final night dinner and cabaret topped the whole holiday off - an excellent optional extra. Would we travel with Trafalgar again, definitely. Thank you to Jemma from Global Journeys for her patience with our booking. We always use Global Journeys when planning a trip.
We travelled 14 days mid June and were hardly affected by the weather, only at the Cliffs of Moher where it was misty. We had some rain, but each time we stopped, so did it, and we were able to enjoy the sights. We had a lovely group of people on our coach, American, Canadian, New Zealand and us Australians (5 of us). There were many highlights, but the Titanic experience was amazing and the final night dinner and cabaret topped the whole holiday off - an excellent optional extra. Would we travel with Trafalgar again, definitely. Thank you to Jemma from Global Journeys for her patience with our booking. We always use Global Journeys when planning a trip.
This tour was indeed spectacular! Canada certainly has fantastic places to visit. This tour was well organised, the accommodation was good and our Tour Director was great. We visited so many beautiful places, but we never felt rushed, or that we missed anything. We often had options to be as active or sedate as we wanted and the travel times were kept read more as comfortable as possible. We highly recommend this tour and Trafalgar. We plan to do more of their tours.
On the whole it was a great trip. I think more own time was needed to relax and unwind. Only one opportunity to do laundry. Days were long, would have been nicer to arrive at hotel in afternoon. Arrival times were between 4.30- 7.00pm. A good mix of people, all got along easily.
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Wonders of Britain and Ireland
Dave & Beverley, QLD, Australia, Jun 2018
This tour needed to be at least an extra day for the total distance travelled. It was too fast paced and too many hours on the coach each day with not enough time to explore each location especially the one night stops. Loved all the places we visited and the history in each town and city. Disappointments were the Blarney Stone, there is not one it read more wore off years ago - a rip off. The Edinburgh Scottish Dinner it was terrible 10 years ago and is worse now, Trafalgar should not include these. Our tour guide Glen was very good.
Following our journey in Europe we joined Trafalgar for a remarkable trip across Britain and Ireland catching up with some of my family and other friends as the trip progressed from Stonehenge up to Scotland across to Ireland and back to England.
We had the best team of people ever, fun and we all got on well. We felt we all needed to see more of Madrid Plaza Mayor, tasting tapas or a coffee, not stopping in front of the bull ring and back to the hotel as Richard our tour guide sold us on our first optional excursion (by the way we were all going to do the option anyway). We were told by Richard read more our tour guide that this was the best way to do it, luckily we had 4 days prior to our tour starting to see Madrid the capital, no one else did.
Our hotel in Granada could have been more central or Richard and our grumpy bus driver could have given us a small tour of the city on arrival just to get our bearings (the last Trafalgar tour we did our tour guide and bus driver did this) then people can go for a walk after dinner. When we came down to Marbella we had a walk through the old town which we got to know very well as our tour guide lived there and we had a nice optional dinner. We asked if there was a choice of visiting Mijas, the white washed village in the mountains, and he took us there for lunch which was fantastic, but not sure if he would have if we hadn’t said anything.
In Morocco all tour dinners, first and last hotels were fantastic. The Medina in Fes was a disaster as there were 4 tour guides and the group was split - we only got one guide and the other crowd got 3. Why was this? It was the biggest push sale ever on carpets and leather goods and our guide got annoyed as no one wanted to buy anything so he made us wait in an alley for 45 minutes then rushed through the Medina out where we had to wait another 45 minutes for the others. We were all disappointed as we were all excited to buy stuff and we got nothing, as soon as I saw Richard we told him and it was brushed under the carpet. Our bus driver was a joke and as soon as it came to gratuity Richard put an envelope on our seat to give and went on and on about it, it became a bit of a joke .
All Spain then Portugal was fantastic we ended our trip in Lisbon by choice to stay an extra 3 days and saw a lot more. The food and hotels here were fantastic. The best hotels on this trip were Madrid and Seville, beautiful. Will do another trip with Trafalgar and hope we get professional guide.
Our hotel in Granada could have been more central or Richard and our grumpy bus driver could have given us a small tour of the city on arrival just to get our bearings (the last Trafalgar tour we did our tour guide and bus driver did this) then people can go for a walk after dinner. When we came down to Marbella we had a walk through the old town which we got to know very well as our tour guide lived there and we had a nice optional dinner. We asked if there was a choice of visiting Mijas, the white washed village in the mountains, and he took us there for lunch which was fantastic, but not sure if he would have if we hadn’t said anything.
In Morocco all tour dinners, first and last hotels were fantastic. The Medina in Fes was a disaster as there were 4 tour guides and the group was split - we only got one guide and the other crowd got 3. Why was this? It was the biggest push sale ever on carpets and leather goods and our guide got annoyed as no one wanted to buy anything so he made us wait in an alley for 45 minutes then rushed through the Medina out where we had to wait another 45 minutes for the others. We were all disappointed as we were all excited to buy stuff and we got nothing, as soon as I saw Richard we told him and it was brushed under the carpet. Our bus driver was a joke and as soon as it came to gratuity Richard put an envelope on our seat to give and went on and on about it, it became a bit of a joke .
All Spain then Portugal was fantastic we ended our trip in Lisbon by choice to stay an extra 3 days and saw a lot more. The food and hotels here were fantastic. The best hotels on this trip were Madrid and Seville, beautiful. Will do another trip with Trafalgar and hope we get professional guide.
A great insight to the history of seven beautiful countries. City orientations provided us with lots of historical info and we walked through many palaces, castles, churches which are unique to every city. Lake Bled was one of the highlights and optionals covered many other areas that were not included on the itinerary. Hotels were of good standard read more but a couple had very small rooms. Included meals were average to good.
Tour Director was informative and helpful but we sincerely felt that he could have been more organised. The Coach Driver topped it all with his expertise on the road. The distance did not count with his skillful driving and the journey through out was worry free. We had pleasant company with all our fellow travellers and a memorable trip. This our second tour booked through Global Journeys and it has been hassle free.
Tour Director was informative and helpful but we sincerely felt that he could have been more organised. The Coach Driver topped it all with his expertise on the road. The distance did not count with his skillful driving and the journey through out was worry free. We had pleasant company with all our fellow travellers and a memorable trip. This our second tour booked through Global Journeys and it has been hassle free.
This bus tour certainly showed us the Best of Italy. We thought the locations were great, the accommodation was generally very good and situated in good proximity so the best advantage could be taken of free time. Most of the optional extras were handled well and seemed to be good value. Loved the surprise on the gondolas of having music and a fabulous read more singer. Would skip the optional tour of St Mark's Basilica and the secrets of Venice walk around - not enough time in the cathedral. Our highlights were St Peter's In Rome, the Isle of Capri and Lake Maggiore and Lake Como. Global Journeys made the booking process easy.
Even though our tour bus was pretty full, we thoroughly enjoyed this tour. 2 nights per hotel meant we weren't packing every day. Our tour guide Jon was very organised, professional and helpful all the time. The quality of the hotels was great and the touring was not too long.
