Trafalgar Reviews
The 1,795 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 1,795 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.
This tour company needs to closely examine the passengers surveys that were completed at the end of the tour. They will probably find quite a few passengers on the tour were very disappointed with the tour. So much so that two people left the tour before the tour actually ended.
The tour guide was on of the main reasons why the trip was not enjoyable. read more The meals on the trip were only average. Some of the hotels were situated some distance from the main tourist attractions. The optional experiences were not clearly explained by the tour director. Far to much information was provided by the tour guide and then repeated by the local guide. Many people on the tour have toured with Insight Vacations before and felt that this tour was well below what they had experienced on previous tours.
The tour guide was on of the main reasons why the trip was not enjoyable. read more The meals on the trip were only average. Some of the hotels were situated some distance from the main tourist attractions. The optional experiences were not clearly explained by the tour director. Far to much information was provided by the tour guide and then repeated by the local guide. Many people on the tour have toured with Insight Vacations before and felt that this tour was well below what they had experienced on previous tours.
The whole Bohemian June 23- 8 July 2017 tour was organized brilliantly and our tour guide Justine M is a vocal and passionate wealth of knowledge on the East European countries fight for existence in the turbulent regimes and wars they have survived. She is also a lovely, diligent and caring tour host. The group was varied and well suited to the mammoth read more Bohemian tour area coverage. Hotels were brilliant and very local to the cities visited. Local tour guides were fantastic.. especially Koty and Yolante. We'd go again.
A wonderful trip. Perhaps on our sightseeing with specialist guides time can be set aside to take photographs as memories can fade but not the photos. Both Justine and Kris were great each in their own way, definitely made the tour safe and enjoyable. Yvonne and Global Journeys you are the best. Hope to have another holiday in 2018.
Lots of inclusions. Hotels are all good especially the one in Madrid. In Lisbon, the hotel is quite new but not in the city centre so this is the only downside. Tour director was very informative. Over-all we recommend this tour for those wanting to see Spain and Lisbon.
We had a very enjoyable trip which exceeded all expectations. The Insight tour of Eastern Europe was well organised, the accommodation and meals excellent and most importantly our tour guide Greg was an excellent host, and was full of knowledge regarding WW2 and the fall on communism. Was on the go most of the time. Would recommend this tour to see read more a little bit of all countries. Will be using Global Journeys again as the booking process and their knowledge is exceptional.
This was a good tour professionally handled by Costsaver. Really another name for Trafalgar who are very efficient in what they do. Tour was are fairly full on and had to be to cover all the ground we travelled over. Our fellow travellers blended quite well and our tour leader Jeff was highly qualified in his approach and his knowledge of our journey. read more Coach was comfortable and our driver Pio an excellent person to have behind the wheel. A lot of ground is covered and a lot of history revealed. It was good having the 2 night stays in the hotels which we found to be satisfactory. Good tour at a good price.
An introduction to European countries, covering the main attractions. Fast paced with a focus on packing in the attractions. Tour guide was knowledgeable on European history and did everything to make the tour run smoothly.
Land of waterfalls, glaciers and geysers 7
Natural Wonders of Iceland
David & Marilyn, NSW, Australia, Jun 2017
We thought mid-summer was a good time of year to visit Iceland but unfortunately it was unseasonably cold and the problem is the beauty of Iceland is much diminished when it is cloudy and raining. The itinerary was good although there were a couple of long driving days with nothing special to see. The accommodation was on the whole good although a couple read more of hotels were below standard - very small room and badly equipped room.
The food included in the tour was excellent, especially the evening meals which comprised a varied selection of fish and seafoods. The breakfasts were also very good. Finding our mid-day lunch posed a problem as most places provided a limited selection of food which was extremely expensive. It was a nice surprise to find the Blue Lagoon had been included in the itinerary and it was a good way to finish the trip.
The food included in the tour was excellent, especially the evening meals which comprised a varied selection of fish and seafoods. The breakfasts were also very good. Finding our mid-day lunch posed a problem as most places provided a limited selection of food which was extremely expensive. It was a nice surprise to find the Blue Lagoon had been included in the itinerary and it was a good way to finish the trip.
In its current form a very disappointing trip - well below the standard of Trafalgar's UK/European trips. Too many low lights and not nearly enough highlights. The Global Journeys involvement was professional as usual and I will continue to book other trips through them.
This was my second tour with Costsaver by Trafalgar and yet again it delivered on a fuss-free holiday that provided me with an experience I will never forget. These tours are great for solo travellers like myself as it gives you a sense of security while touring unknown areas and provides opportunities to meet new people and perhaps even make lifelong read more friends on the way!
Being Costsaver, the accommodation was high quality (generally 4 stars?) but often a fair way out of the city centres. This is not a huge problem as the coach normally does a drop off and pick up that you can make use of if you are not keen to try out the public transport system or pay for a cab. Some Costsaver experiences are not included as standard and need to be paid for on the way, but being aware of this prior to the trip and factoring it in is advisable. I have done all the optional extras on both of my trips and found them worthwhile and recommend doing them if you can.
These tours are not for the selfish or the single-minded - the best interest of the group is always foremost in the mind of the tour director and the company. That being said, in free time, the tour director (ours was the wonderful Alberto Gobicchi) is always willing to help you get to whatever it is you want to do! These short tours provide an awesome taste test for the areas visited and, for me, provide me with inspiration for the time I get to come back and explore at my leisure!
Being Costsaver, the accommodation was high quality (generally 4 stars?) but often a fair way out of the city centres. This is not a huge problem as the coach normally does a drop off and pick up that you can make use of if you are not keen to try out the public transport system or pay for a cab. Some Costsaver experiences are not included as standard and need to be paid for on the way, but being aware of this prior to the trip and factoring it in is advisable. I have done all the optional extras on both of my trips and found them worthwhile and recommend doing them if you can.
These tours are not for the selfish or the single-minded - the best interest of the group is always foremost in the mind of the tour director and the company. That being said, in free time, the tour director (ours was the wonderful Alberto Gobicchi) is always willing to help you get to whatever it is you want to do! These short tours provide an awesome taste test for the areas visited and, for me, provide me with inspiration for the time I get to come back and explore at my leisure!
Great holiday. Care free & easy travels. Seen so much of every where travelled. 2
Essence of Eastern Canada
Kellie, NSW, Australia, Jun 2017
I really enjoyed traveling through Eastern Canada. The tour was excellent with very knowledgeable director & tour guides. The hotel quality was excellent of all. No complaints at all. All information described was spot on. Food was available throughout & stops were regular. Great trip. Thank you.
The perfect way to experience Southern France 7
Country Roads of France
Ute, VIC, Australia, Jun 2017
Country Roads of France was my 3rd Insight Vacations tour and the most enjoyable. The accommodation was always centrally located and the best available, our tour director Mark was brilliant, articulate, intelligent and highly professional, our driver Gerard was also superb. This culture tour included wineries with 12th Century cellars, Van Gough's sunflower read more fields, Monet's garden (optional excursion) and Toulouse Lautrec's birth town and museum. For those who love French culture and history this is a sensational way to enjoy it. Just sit back, be taken care of and indulge yourself in the adorable French countryside.
Insight Vacations did a great job planning and executing this trip. Our Tour Director, Dan, was the absolute best and showed everyone a fabulous time on our trip. The bus was comfortable as were the hotels. Most hotels were centrally located and handy to supermarkets etc. The actual tour was fantastic. We were shown the best parts of each city and it read more had a good balance of "tour" time and free time. It would have been better to have had a couple of days in Madrid but other than that enough time was spent in each city and the pace was good.
Eastern Europe, 6 countries in 15 days 2
Highlights of Eastern Europe
Alison & Michael, VIC, Australia, Jun 2017
This was a wonderful tour. I learned so much about the history of these amazing countries particularly around the time of WW2. Seeing Austwitz and Birkenau and visiting the sites of the ghettos are haunting memories which will stay with me for ever.
Most of the hotels were fantastic and a couple were a bit ordinary . They were all in good locations read more and plenty of time was included to relax. The organisation at the hotels was excellent and our tour guide quickly sorted out any problems.
Personally I would have liked two or three of the city highlights tours to have begun after 10.00am so we could get up later and really enjoy the glorious breakfasts. Perhaps the optional tours could be first on these days and the city tour afterwards. Overall a thoroughly enjoyable and thought provoking experience.
Most of the hotels were fantastic and a couple were a bit ordinary . They were all in good locations read more and plenty of time was included to relax. The organisation at the hotels was excellent and our tour guide quickly sorted out any problems.
Personally I would have liked two or three of the city highlights tours to have begun after 10.00am so we could get up later and really enjoy the glorious breakfasts. Perhaps the optional tours could be first on these days and the city tour afterwards. Overall a thoroughly enjoyable and thought provoking experience.
We were hesitant about doing a coach tour as we normally travel independently but felt this would be the best way to see Russia. We did Insight's "Northern Capitals and Russia" tour in July 2017 and we couldn't recommend it highly enough. We booked more than 12 months in advance and were disappointed that we missed out on the Insight "Fly Free" airfare read more deals which were released in September prior to the tour in June. On tour, we were really pleased with what we were able to see and what was included and we saw a lot!
We took most of the Optional experiences, which did mean we were "on the go" most of the time, however we were prepared to put the effort in to see as much as we could whilst away. Most days we walked between 15,000 to 18,000 steps. Piotr (Tour Director) and Werner (Driver) were professional and made everything on tour go smoothly. The accommodation was excellent, we had a triple share room and on some occasions we were given a suite and twice we received interconnecting rooms, which was a real bonus. We would recommend this Insight Tour for anyone wishing to visit Russia, Scandinavia, Lithuania and some eastern European cities.
We took most of the Optional experiences, which did mean we were "on the go" most of the time, however we were prepared to put the effort in to see as much as we could whilst away. Most days we walked between 15,000 to 18,000 steps. Piotr (Tour Director) and Werner (Driver) were professional and made everything on tour go smoothly. The accommodation was excellent, we had a triple share room and on some occasions we were given a suite and twice we received interconnecting rooms, which was a real bonus. We would recommend this Insight Tour for anyone wishing to visit Russia, Scandinavia, Lithuania and some eastern European cities.
Global Journeys did a great job of making the tour happen! As promised we toured all around the major cities and had great sunny weather to boot! Coach travel and WIFI is top notch. Hotels were mainly above average but a few somewhat remote (Munich) so hard to then go back and sightsee. We visited the highlights of each town especially the Altstadt read more (old town) areas and castles/churches. Quite a contrast to the modern shopping available in other parts of a few towns!
Trafalgar Tour Guide was excellent - knowledgeable, personable and flexible.This was my first experience with tour travel. I found the pace a bit hectic and would travel with a friend next time or my husband. Twin share doesn't always work out. Overall, excellent value for money. Extra sights were added and the tour delivered on its promise. Glad I went and toured with Global Journeys and Trafalgar.
Trafalgar Tour Guide was excellent - knowledgeable, personable and flexible.This was my first experience with tour travel. I found the pace a bit hectic and would travel with a friend next time or my husband. Twin share doesn't always work out. Overall, excellent value for money. Extra sights were added and the tour delivered on its promise. Glad I went and toured with Global Journeys and Trafalgar.
This was a really great tour, one of the best we have done. The scenery, particularly in Norway where we spent most of our time, was spectacular. Our Trafalgar tour guide was very organised and had great knowledge of the countries we visited. He provided very helpful information on the tour which helped us choose very interesting optional excursions read more and gave us a great local knowledge of the countries we visited.
We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Scandinavia 2
Grand Scandinavia
Pauline & Jonathan, VIC, Australia, Jun 2017
We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Scandinavia. 50% of the group were Australian with the rest made up of people from New Zealand, USA and Canada. The tour guide was great and most of the accommodation was good. The temperature in June was cool to cold. Spring had arrived late and there was still plenty of snow around which afforded spectacular scenery.
A good trip overall 1
Mahesika & Family, VIC, Australia, Jun 2017
We had a tight schedule from the start and were on the move every day. A lot of long distance travel and some days were exhausting. It was always late afternoon when we reached our hotel and there was no time to relax. The optionals were good but when you chose to do it there was no free time left to explore the places on our own. The hotels were read more of good standard. A couple of the chosen dinners were average. Tour Director, Christy was great, well informed, enthusiastic and took a lot of care in our comfort and requests. Don was the best coach driver. We had good company in our tour group and it was a pleasure to meet them all.
Fantastic tour that was well organised and hassle free 7
Grand European
Deb & Caitlin, SA, Australia, Jun 2017
We saw so much of Europe and every day had wow factor. The itinerary was perfect for us! This is a fast paced tour, we covered 6,970 kms from London to London in 22 days but we saw so much, it was great value! You do need to have a reasonable level of fitness as there is a lot of walking at times on uneven ground. We handled this with ease but a few read more on our trip struggled to keep up at times so thought it was worth a mention.
Our tour director Bernie was excellent and informative. He was very well organised and our tour ran like clockwork. His knowledge and passion for Europe shone through and we felt well cared for and in safe hands. Our driver Claudio was also very competent and the bus was kept spotless. We really appreciated VIP access into many of the main attractions to miss the crowds and queues. We did most of the optional excursions and enjoyed them. We took the Eurostar return option and it was good to get back to London from Paris in 2 hours & 15 mins after sitting on a bus for 21 days.
Accommodation standards varied a little from country to country, but overall the standard was satisfactory to high with the rooms being comfortable and clean. We would certainly recommend travelling with Trafalgar and booking tours through Global Journeys. It was a hassle free trip from start to finish. It was easy to book online, the Global Journeys staff were very efficient in answering all our queries and they also appeared to be the most competitively priced for this tour.
Our tour director Bernie was excellent and informative. He was very well organised and our tour ran like clockwork. His knowledge and passion for Europe shone through and we felt well cared for and in safe hands. Our driver Claudio was also very competent and the bus was kept spotless. We really appreciated VIP access into many of the main attractions to miss the crowds and queues. We did most of the optional excursions and enjoyed them. We took the Eurostar return option and it was good to get back to London from Paris in 2 hours & 15 mins after sitting on a bus for 21 days.
Accommodation standards varied a little from country to country, but overall the standard was satisfactory to high with the rooms being comfortable and clean. We would certainly recommend travelling with Trafalgar and booking tours through Global Journeys. It was a hassle free trip from start to finish. It was easy to book online, the Global Journeys staff were very efficient in answering all our queries and they also appeared to be the most competitively priced for this tour.
