Trafalgar Reviews
The 999 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.
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There were many highlights in the trip, the one that took the crown was viewing of art collections in the Pardo Museum (Madrid) with the local guide. She did a fine job briefing us with knowledgeable background of each outstanding painting. She convinced us the museum collection is so impressive we stayed behind and spend the rest of the day to follow read more the recommended viewing list she handed to us. One cannot but be moved to share a room wall to wall with master pieces by the like of Titan, Van Gogh, El Greco, Goya, Rembrandt, Claude Monet etc, it was feast for the soul. Also our fare well dinner was in a well-appointed restaurant in down town Madrid. Our tour director arranged three amigo tenors who did many popular Spanish numbers including the 'Granada'---their combined voice matching that of the mighty Plácido Domingo. We sang along and many bought their CD as mementos. Lastly, my salmon main was well presented, very tasty and generous in portion. Thanks for organising the trip for us.
Overall a great trip. We knew it was a pretty fast paced tour and in doing so we visited some great locations. Kees (our tour guide) was excellent. Nothing was too much trouble for him. Thanks again for a great experience.
Thank you for the wonderful holiday 3
Spectacular Canadian Rockies with Alaska Cruise
Keith & Margaret Finley, Australia, May 2014
We have been back a week from our Trafalgar holiday and we simply say thank you for the wonderful holiday it was. Everything worked, the hotels were very good (great beds), great travelling partners, good food, excellent coach driver and travel director (husband and wife). The scenery in Canada was wonderful even if Lake Louise was still frozen. Snow read more was still thick on the ground in some places. We saw an avalanche at Lake Louise, apart from a couple of black bears. There is no doubt that the Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island has to be seen to be believed. The Inside Passage cruise is well worth the time and cost. We enjoyed all the ship life and probably had one of the best steaks I've tasted in awhile. I have a medal for my Ziplining at Ketchikan. A bit scary but worth every minute. We took a flight over 5 major glaciers from Juneau, a bit expensive but worth it. At Skagway we took the 8 hour tour up White Pass: coach up and the train down. It was excellent, the train is an engineering marvel appreciated only by travelling on it. The US border people removed 3 people from the coach who only had ID passes - passports only were the order of the day. We would thoroughly recommend this tour.
We had a wonderful tour with Trafalgar around Canada. The scenery was amazing. Our Guide, Virginia Wood, and driver, Vic Wood, were lovely people and made our holiday great fun and really exciting. I would like to thank you for booking our trip at such short notice. Everything went like clockwork and it was great to deal with you. We certainly read more will come back to you for future holidays. Thanks again for all your help.
Would definitely do another Trafalgar tour 2
East Coast USA and Canada
Garry Prime, Australia, May 2014
The tour was good and very informative, would definitely do another Trafalgar tour.
We had a great time, hotels and night outs were first class, one or two days were a little quiet. We will look at Trafalgar again - the whole tour ran well. Thank you Global Journeys for your help in organising the trip.
We had a fantastic experience with the Grand European Tour. The guide Patrick was excellent- well organised, caring and very knowledgeable. I believe he did things that are not generally expected of guides. The driver Mario was also excellent. A very good bunch of fellow travellers. Thank you.
Optional tours at times were not value for money 2
Best of Italy
Giusppe Simone, Australia, May 2014
The optional mini tours at times were not value for money, considering the initial cost of the tour. This was a much discussed topic among all the passengers.
Absolutely delighted 1
Jennie Tana, Australia, May 2014
I was absolutely delighted with my holiday. Both Global Journeys and Trafalgar exceeded my expectations. I will definitely book another Trafalgar holiday through Global Journeys.
Great destinations and accommodation 1
Jenny & Marcus Arnold, Australia, May 2014
Michelle, thank you for helping us organising our tour. You were very helpful and provided us with some great advice to prepare for our journey. Everything went well, there were no issues along the way, The tour guide and the driver were both excellent, the group we meet were lovely and the destinations and the accommodations were great, I think Marcus read more and I would be happy to book with you again in the future.
We had a very enjoyable tour, made all the more enjoyable and memorable by our tour director Anna Forbes and our coach driver Jamie. This was my second coach tour with Trafalgar and I hope there will be others.
We had a fabulous trip 1
Spectacular Canadian Rockies with Alaska Cruise
Jane & Alan Cosh, Australia, Apr 2014
We had a fabulous trip. We were very lucky with the weather which helped. It was a good time of the year to go if you want to see more snow. Also everyone is fresh as ours were the first coach, train and cruise out for the season. Trafalgar are a great company to travel with, they are very professional, helpful but also bring some nice personal touches read more to their tours. We would definitely recommend Trafalgar Tours, this is the second time we have travelled with them and will do so again in the future. Global tours were very helpful and our trip went very smoothly with plenty of information.
We had the most amazing time. France is absolutely beautiful, and what a perfect time of year to visit. The tour was really well planned and covered so much of France. Obviously there's always going to be places where you'd like to stay longer but time just doesn't permit. Our tour guide, Martine, was fantastic - very knowledgeable and an absolutely read more pleasure to spend time with. What an incredible job she did to keep everyone on time and organised throughout the tour. A major feat when you're dealing with 45 adults! This was my second experience with Trafalgar and, once again, I was completely happy with their service. The coach was new and clean, our driver was very polite and well mannered, and did an amazing job of manoeuvring the coach in some very awkward locations, especially given the width of the streets in France. Thank you for your assistance in organising the trip. Good planning leads to a very happy traveller!
We enjoyed our trip immensely and for the first time I can say with complete confidence that the trip was made all the more enjoyable because of the Tour Director, Brendan Bush of Trafalgar Tours. He managed to completely bond the group, and bond with the group, within the first couple of days. The group remains in touch and we are planning another read more tour together in 2016 - a long time off but I believe that there is a dedication by many to make it happen. The tour itself was busy, medium place and we managed to fit in another couple of special places that were not originally included on the itinerary while still managing to cover the planned visits. Although I am not Catholic, to be present in Rome on Easter Monday and to attend the Vatican whilst the Pontiff was giving his blessing was memorable. My only real complaint of the trip was that it was not long enough. Thanks Global Journeys (Yvonne) for assisting in making the arrangements for this holiday.
A wonderful holiday, made easier by the ability to go through the computer to make inquiries with Global Journeys for any questions we had.
Very enjoyable tour which was very good value 1
Best of Turkey
Bruce & Carolyn Dear, Australia, Mar 2014
A very enjoyable tour which we thought was very good value. I would suggest though that it is a tour for those with a particular interest in the historical aspects of Turkey
I did become a little tired of ruins and mosques. I would have liked to enjoy the hotels and surrounding areas more but our arrival time did not always make this possible -perhaps read more fewer included sights late in the afternoon. Hotels were excellent although, surprisingly, I thought the included dinners were sometimes disappointing, especially the Movenpick. Overall we had a great time and the services of Global Journeys, in particular, Yvonne have been excellent.
I did become a little tired of ruins and mosques. I would have liked to enjoy the hotels and surrounding areas more but our arrival time did not always make this possible -perhaps read more fewer included sights late in the afternoon. Hotels were excellent although, surprisingly, I thought the included dinners were sometimes disappointing, especially the Movenpick. Overall we had a great time and the services of Global Journeys, in particular, Yvonne have been excellent.
I was nervous going on a Trafalgar trip as I had never been on a large tour group before. I was pleasantly surprised. Accommodation was excellent. I enjoyed the itinerary. David was extremely well organised and he managed the large group extremely well. I would definitely do a similar tour again.
I had a fabulous time 5
Pamela McKimm, Australia, Mar 2014
As you can see from my ratings, I had a fabulous time. The tour went to some wonderful places, in particular Celestun and the biosphere, school visit and colonial townships. The tour director Edwin was fabulous with the amount of knowledge, fluency in English and the fact that he was local to the area. Filipe the driver achieved some miracles driving read more the very big bus down very small roads. The cultural information and experience was provided with great depth, the anthropological sites, extraordinary and inspiring. Accommodation, first rate and the haciendas in particular really beautiful. The sisal story was also really captivating. Service from Trafalgar was literally door to door, met at the airport, and also delivered back with personalised service. Made travelling alone really comfortable. Fellow passengers were friendly and suited my age group and interests. Thank you for a great trip. I am sure I will use this company again.
Strongly recommend Global Journeys and Trafalgar Tours 1
Irish Highlights (Winter)
Roland Merhab, Australia, Dec 2013
The booking process and communication with Global Journeys (Michelle) was smooth. The one week Irish Highlights (WRIH) tour was the best part of our holiday. Strongly recommend Global Journeys and Trafalgar Tours.
We loved the tour and all the cities and countries we saw 4
European Whirl
The Ball Family, Australia, Dec 2013
Our tour guide Howard was fantastic, so informative and organised...excellent. The food on the other hand was average, some of the restaurants were well below average and most we spoke to on the tour agreed. At our welcome dinner they gave us microwaved fried rice with sweet chilli sauce squirted around it and said it was traditional netherland food read more .. we all shook our heads at that one. Our farewell dinner, which the restaurant had been advised of our orders 4 days before by Howard, didn't have one of the desserts and had no soft drinks for the kids. Well that was until Howard got up them and suddenly Pepsi appeared but no Lemonade. I was embarrassed for Howard as he had made every effort to make our trip memorable. So I would suggest Trafalgar look into a few of their restaurant choices, ie Amsterdam, Venice, Rome and Paris. Nevertheless we had a ball, we loved the tour and all the cities and countries we saw. I think the fact we had a great bunch of people on tour and a fantastic tour guide in Howard, this made our trip really great. Thanks to you too Yvonne for being so helpful in organising this most memorable trip.
