Trafalgar Reviews
The 1,011 Trafalgar reviews listed below are from past clients of Global Journeys that have travelled with Trafalgar. Each review has been individually verified by our team.
The 1,011 Trafalgar reviews listed below are from past clients of Global Journeys that have travelled with Trafalgar. Each review has been individually verified by our team.
My third Trafalgar tour and will certainly not be my last 4
Bohemian Highlights
Ruth K, WA, Australia, Jul 2015
A wonderful tour including modern day and historical experiences. The tour guide was able to blend all together with interesting as well as quirky information. I did not take mother than three of the optional excursions as that would have meant the lack of personal time, particularly in the evenings. It was important to have time to explore places on read more my own. Hotels in the main were excellent and air conditioning essential as we experienced 39C for quite a few days. Unfortunately, two of the hotels did not offer tea and coffee making facilities which would have been greatly appreciated on arrival. Food included was terrific with sumptuous breakfasts provided and exposure to local gourmet on some if the included dinners. This is my third Trafalgar Tour and will certainly not be my last. As a solo traveller, I always felt safe and included at all times.
Saw everything we needed to see and more 2
Britain and Ireland Highlights
David & Judith, VIC, Australia, Jul 2015
Enjoyable tour. Tour Director Hilary was a wealth of knowledge, I think she was born to do her job! We saw everything we needed to see and more. Would recommend Trafalgar, and a big thanks to Yvonne brooks at Global Journeys, who made it all happen for us.
The Cumberland hotel rooms were terrible - cramped room , only a double bed and nowhere to put luggage. Didn't really like the clientele either. Trying to load & unload the coach at this hotel was a catastrophe. Thoroughly enjoyed the rest of the tour & thought it was great value for money. Loved Killarney in Ireland. Some of the stops could have included read more more time to look at the sights eg the castle at Alnwick & Bunratty Castle needed to be included & they weren't. The Be My Guest dinner & Irish night at Three Rock in Dublin were highlights.
Definitely do this tour if you love history. 1
Best of Greece with 4-Day Aegean Cruise
JK, VIC, Australia, Jul 2015
Definitely do this tour if you love history. I didn't know what to expect but this was not really what I thought to be a 'holiday'. Our guide was unbelievably good so she made up for my unhappiness. Highlights for me were Olympia, Delphi, Nafplio and a small town called Nafpaktos which we didn't spend enough time in. Again, this is my personal experience, read more everyone else had an amazing time with all the ruins etc, I was looking for a beach holiday which I found on the cruise so this was my highlight. Accommodation was OK but then again you don't go on tour for the hotels. Coach was really uncomfortable, even with air conditioning on, it was so stinking hot inside.
A very informative and educational tour 4
WWI and WWII Battlefields
Joan & Barry, QLD, Australia, Jul 2015
A very informative and educational tour visiting a number of allied countries WW1 and WW2 memorials, cemeteries, museums and historical sites. Also included in the itinerary was general sightseeing of tourist highlights of London, Paris and Amsterdam. Tour was well paced, the coach was spacious with ample leg room, and hotels comfortable and well placed close to town centres.
A great trip. France is a beautiful country and Trafalgar showed us some wonderful sights. The quality of the accommodation and the tour guide's knowledge was excellent. He was very helpful with assistance with the French language which was a great help. The days can be long but absolutely worth it for what you get to see and experience. We have some read more wonderful memories and met some great people.
Excellent choice of places visited and help by tour director to make it informative and enjoyable. He was very attentive to detail. Very interesting countries visited. The visit to Montenegro was very abbreviated and probably didn't justify the extra travel required. In general however it was excellent!
The whole tour was amazing the inclusions as well as the optional experiences. Our Tour Guide Stephen Pearce was just spectacular he made each and everyone of us on the tour feel very special which was a real bonus and his extra thoughtfulness to passengers who were celebrating special events I thought he went above and beyond which was just super. read more The places we visited were just gorgeous and a lot of the places I would definitely go back to and spend a little more time there. Steve's knowledge was just amazing and it made us love the place even more once we were filled in on the history and he did quite a few extra special things before we arrived in each country to understand and appreciate each of these beautiful countries. Steve actually put together a DVD with each countries highlights that he would play before we entered each country which was a really nice touch. Another stand out on the trip was our amazing coach driver Kristjan, he did some amazing driving through some quite challenging countryside and we always felt safe in his hands and he was always on time to pick us up even though he may have been presented with some difficult traffic conditions. The trip was spectacular in every way and I would certainly book through Global Journeys again and I would certainly travel with Trafalgar Tours again. My brother Ian is of the same opinion. (Ed: Review based on slightly different itinerary. Trip name and itinerary updated this season)
It was a magnificent trip at the right pace for me. We had an awesome Tour Director who worked very hard to ensure we all had a great time & felt like VIPS wherever we went. Our coach driver was very professional & all his skills were demonstrated as he drove through the very narrow Fuker Pass. Our driver was always friendly & helpful. I liked having read more local guides to show me around places like Venice & Rome, they were very knowledgeable & humourous. All optional extras were very worthwhile and good value for money. Our group enjoyed the whole trip and everyone got involved in singing on the coach after nights out - a lot of fun. Many long term friendships were formed & several people from different parts of the world will stay in touch. I travelled on my own & opted for the single supplement & I had a great experience - it suited me & I would certainly recommend travelling this way with Trafalgar to others. (Ed: Review based on slightly different itinerary. Trip name and itinerary updated this season)
Some of the accommodation, especially in Scotland, was below the quality expected, but overall, I had a ball. Thanks Emily, for your assistance in booking my tour.
Perfect for what we wanted to go & see 2
East Coast USA and Canada
P Lockhart, NSW, Australia, Jul 2015
Itinerary for East Coast USA & Canada was perfect for what we wanted to go & see. Seats on the tour were very poor, especially when we travelled all day on the coach. Ben, the tour director was knowledgeable, very patient & polite. Most hotels we stayed, were far away from shops, restaurants. It's OK if you stayed one night, two or more should be a read more bit closer or in the tourist area not in the financial district. The optional tour, the Amish was interesting culture to see but food was disappointing. This was our fourth trip with Trafalgar. Global Journeys, Yvonne & the team have been very helpful & kind all the way. We'll be very happy to recommend their service to our friends & family. Thank you.
The tour as a whole was very good. I would have liked more time in Amsterdam as I do like to have a look around and shop. We had no shopping time at all. Whilst it was nice visiting the Cuckoo Clock House I would have preferred to spend less time there and more time at Rhein Falls in Schaffhausen, there was more to do there. Overall though it gave us read more a look at some beautiful places and we met some really lovely people.
Thoroughly recommend this particular tour 4
Scenic Parks Explorer
Lorna & Steve Griffiths, QLD, Australia, Jul 2015
Our tour guide (David) and coach driver (Kimo) were a great combination of information, humour and often went out of their ways to make sure our holiday was an experience to remember. The whole 14 days we were taken to quality locations, saw numerous wildlife and exceptional landscapes. The accommodation was in general more than we expected. David knew read more his history and presented it in a really informative way. The dvd's that David incorporated during the longer stretches of driving were all relevant and interesting. The one stop that we felt was out of place in a National Park tour was the night in Denver. But we appreciate that it was in the middle of where we needed to be and probably many of our fellow travellers enjoyed the change of pace. It was just not our pace. But all in all we would thoroughly recommend this particular tour. As Australians, we learnt so much about America and its history. We would happily travel with Trafalgar again.
Very well organised with several unforgettable experiences 8
Splendours of Japan with Hiroshima
Abigail, VIC, Australia, Jul 2015
The tour guide, Kimiko, was lovely and extremely helpful. She was always completely dedicated to ensuring that we were comfortable and enjoying ourselves. There was nothing she wouldn't do to optimise our experience, and you could tell she really loves her job. She is easily the best tour guide I have ever travelled with! The included meals were authentic, read more tasty and of a very high quality. The hotels were very centrally located, being literally connected to or next to multilevel shopping centres, convenience stores, restaurants and public transport - this is in stark contrast to some of the hotels utilised for the European tours with Trafalgar. The Fukuchiin Monastery Inn stay was a genuinely unique experience that I will never forget. There was a good balance of included experiences and free time. Overall this was a very well organised itinerary with several unforgettable experiences and an amazing tour guide that are collectively worth the cost of the tour.
Our first overseas trip was a wonderful experience 2
Britain and Ireland Highlights
Jo & Shayne , QLD, Australia, Jul 2015
From the point of booking with Global Journeys and their excellent support and fast replies to questions we asked. (thanks Georgie Walpole) our first overseas trip was a wonderful experience. Our 8 day tour of Britain and Ireland was excellent. Trafalgar Tours great value for money. Comfortable coach, excellent driver with amazing skills. Excellent read more commentary from expert Tour director and the inclusion of local tour directors was also brilliant. Optional extras were great value for money (if you chose to do these). Not having to worry about luggage handling, chosen hotel accommodation was excellent in our opinion. Each day an itinerary was posted and discussed so everyone was aware of time of events planned. We now planning our next experience with Global Journeys.
This tour was much better than the London to Rome trip. Much better paced, less crowds and much better value. The tour guide Gaspar was very good, and he did not pressure the passengers to take the optional experiences. Overall a very pleasurable experience
Great trip. Tour director Roderick was brilliant and went out of his way to make things spot on for us. Would highly recommend Trafalgar and also big thanks to Yvonne Brooks from Global Journeys for setting our the two trips we booked into motion. (Ed: Review based on slightly different itinerary. Trip name and itinerary updated this season)
Calgary Stampede exceeded all our expectations 1
Pauline & Edward, QLD, Australia, Jul 2015
Our Trafalgar tour guide, Jess, and coach driver, Gil, were the best - went 'above and beyond' every day! Very jam-packed tour! Calgary Stampede was very exciting - exceeded all our expectations; Vancouver, Banff and Whistler were most enjoyable; Kamloops and Jasper are a little 'tired'; Sun Peaks would be at its best in the ski season; Victoria on read more Vancouver island was interesting but very touristy. Certainly would love to go back to see more of Canada and would use Trafalgar again.
Our trip had been arranged by Hannah Campbell as before, everything went of with out a hitch and the people on our tour were first class. Our tour guide Patrick was only to happy to help with anything that came up.
Our third Trafalgar tour and did not disappoint 1
Britain and Ireland Highlights
Karen & Natalie, QLD, Australia, Jun 2015
Being our third Trafalgar tour this one did not disappoint. It is a highly recommended tour to experience the highlights of the regions and select areas that one would like to explore further. Thank you Trafalgar and Hannah. :)
