Trafalgar Tour Reviews

A great way to see a lot of places in a short time. Superb tour guide, comfortable coach and good hotel rooms.

Thank you for your excellent organisation of my Trafalgar tour last July. The weather was not the best for the whole trip (which is to be expected). Bergen in (unusual) brilliant sunshine for 2 days was lovely though. Trafalgar tour not rated excellent because of some issues with non-smoking rooms not being really non-smoking. Asked to move rooms once ...read more due to additional lack of security (outside door to room not lockable) in addition to smoking. Scandinavia has a long way to go to catch up to no smoking conscious-Australia. Coach driver was brilliant. Tour director managed 41 timing-wise well but not always with a good sense of humour. I liked the 'choice' aspect of Trafalgar side-tours and did most of these when they were scheduled out of the cities we visited. Best side trips were Troll's Road and the Norwegian family experience.

Good value for money and as I don't do surveys, obviously the whole experience with you has been rewarding. Thanks.

We had a great time, but some hotels and meals were not the best. Beds very hard and rooms tired. This varied as there were also some nice hotels. Too many hours traveling in the coach on some days. Most of the better tours were extras, therefore added an extra $650.00 plus per person, then on top of that there were the tips that were expected by tour ...read more guides. We had an excellent bus driver. Where I have marked average I would have preferred to be able to mark good.

The planned journey was very good having visited England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland in 16 days. However, visits to Castles and Cathedrals almost daily was a bit too much. Maybe more visits to Roman ruins or archaeology sites would be more interesting. The Coach driver was excellent and the Tour Guide was very good. I thought that having to purchase ...read more the 'optional tours' for the whole tour on the first day was not appropriate though. Passengers should be given the choice of these optional tours the day before the actual option date.

Would recommend this tour, although you need to take the optional tours in the cities to get the most out of it. Venice was a prime example. The included tour was a visit to a glass factory and then we were taken to St Marks Square where we were left to our own devices. Not even a cruise down the grand canal unless you took an optional tour. We saw ...read more it by water bus. Hotels were good except for Venice which was poor. On the two occasions we were travelling at lunch time we managed to arrive at the peak period. It would have been easy to stop at another restaurant earlier and avoid the rush.

It was an extremely well organised tour considering how much distance we covered in such a short time.

So many places and sights that you would not think to go to yourself. Plus of course, all the iconic sights. Our Tour guide Marie was excellent. Very knowledgeable and interesting and very caring of passengers who had limited mobility. She went out of her way to show us hidden gems and extra things and surprises throughout the trip. The meals included ...read more wine and was very enjoyable. They took us out for a short tour of Paris on arrival and a welcome dinner near the Arch de Triumph as an extra treat that was not on the itinerary. What a great start. Accommodation was very good overall. Highly recommend this Best of France Tour above the more budget priced one. ( It is also worth paying extra for the excursions as they were really good.) We did all but one of them. We would definitely do another Trafalgar tour.

Fabulous trip, great value for money and everything worked like clockwork. Service from your firm was terrific, with all the information we needed provided in plenty of time. They always returned my calls within hours and sent me confirmation emails as well which gave a first time traveller like me confidence to travel. Will use your agency again, in ...read more fact we are ow planning Europe with Trafalgar for next May 2013!

My wife and I had a wonderful time on our honeymoon doing the 'Best Of Italy and Greece' tour. It was amazing. We saw the most incredible places and met some really fun people and our tour guide, Simona, was brilliant. I will definitely book my tour with Global Journeys again and recommend it to all my friends and family. Thank you for making our honeymoon ...read more a magical and memorable holiday.

The Best of Italy tour was fantastic. We really enjoyed every bit of it. The Tour Director, Tony, Australian born, fluent Italian speaking man, was the best you could get. His knowledge of the history & cultures of the different regions was amazing. We had 36 on the coach - not a full complement, but we thought it was great. People could spread out ...read more & everybody in our group was on time, so that made our guide & driver happy. The catering for our Gluten Free meals was wonderful - I have not eaten as much Gluten free pasta in 6 months as I did in 2 weeks in Italy. The hotels were great. Some not as luxurious as others but always central. The coach was very comfortable & the driver very skilled, coping with the mad traffic in Italy, especially in Roma! We felt good value for money and the optional excursions offered were very good. We did almost all of them. All in all a great time. I would recommend Trafalgar to anyone. Global Journeys was very good as well - did everything that they promised.

The tour of East Coast of USA & Canada was amazing. It fulfilled all of our expectations. Tour Director, Ella Johnson was excellent & had a good knowledge of the areas we visited as did the expert guides. Our bus driver, Joe Bayly was a very amiable man & well liked by all tour participants. We loved the tour & hope to do the West Coast of USA at ...read more some time in the future.

Our tour of the East Coast of USA & Canada was excellent. An excellent Travel Director (Ella Johnson) with very good information plus insider information made this guided tour one we will never forget. We saw & heard about everything we had wanted & more.

Thankyou for the opportunity to comment on our experience with Trafalgar Tours on our European Whirl vacation in May 2012. Beginning with our booking experience and continuing through the 12 days throughout Europe and ending with our drop off in London we were extremely impressed with the efficiency, friendliness and joyful exuberance of all concerned. ...read more Even the weather and the passengers with us were great - something that tour operators can hardly be responsible for. The Trafalgar office in London was modern, informative and with the added bonus of free wifi laptops for our use and even a 6am start did not dent our enthusiasm with their support. The Tour Guide - Victor Catllin - was humorous and extremely well informed about where we were going and made our first coach tour experience very easy to follow and enjoy. He became each country as we passed through it and told us all the history, geography and social information that was possible in the time and in a way that entertained and informed at the same time. The choices of hotels were wonderful and we had three two night stops to allow a better understanding and view of that city and a welcome chance to get some washing done. Victor even organised a commercial load for some passengers when in Rome - did someone mention Roman Baths? The pace and variety of the tour was well managed and we arrived back in London to weary weather but with joyous hearts. Thank you for making our holiday such a great experience as it was our first time in Europe but definitely not our last time, nor our last time with Trafalgar.

The tour was good value for money, the tour director and the driver were both very professional and went out of their way to help. The tour director was as flexible as she could be given the tight schedule we had to keep to. The bus was very comfortable and having a toilet on board was an added bonus. The tour did not give me enough time to enjoy some ...read more of the places we visited at my own pace. In future I would look at not going on all the optional tours so I can concentrate on just relaxing every now and then. The restaurants the tour chose for us provided us with excellent service and food. Overall the accommodation was comfortable and clean, however, I would have preferred that the hotels were closer to the centres of the cities so I could do more exploring on foot. The accommodation on the last night in Madrid was appalling; it was disappointing to end the tour in such a dreadful place. All in all I highly recommend this tour to anyone who can keep up the pace.

East coast USA & Canada - Great trip. Travelling solo first time overseas and decided to do a tour as part of my holiday. Excellent vacation director - fun, informative, organised. Fellow travellers also fun, open and good to be with. Was able to spend time alone when I wanted and join with others for meals or walks etc. Paid the 'single supplement' ...read more which added to the cost but well worth it. Stop overs and accommodation were excellent throughout. Was a reasonably paced tour but very manageable. Overall, great fun. Would I do a Trafalgar tour again - absolutely. Booking (via the internet with Global Journeys) was effortless and easy. Consultant answered emails promptly and I was comfortable using this organisation.

Tour guide was excellent and a mine of information on the local history. We had plenty of time to explore all areas and her advice was invaluable. The tour group as a whole were fun and interesting and the extra tours, venues & meals were well chosen and good value. Overall an excellent experience for both of us.

Overall an excellent tour, well organised and balanced. Very informative, and for a relatively short tour, we were able to visit and experience many places without compromising personal time to explore, shop and enjoy the attractions.

We had a great time on our tour and loved all the places we were taken to. It was a whirlwind trip and we saw so much in a very short period of time (8 days). We know the trip was a taster to see the highlights and to make us want to see more. It worked! Our tour director Mike was excellent and his knowledge and language skills were second to none. ...read more The next time we would take a longer trip with at least 2 days in each main city. The group we went with were all marvellous and the different personalities and nationalities made for an excellent experience. Thank you for a wonderful trip.

Impressed that we booked into the 'Wonderful France' tour just days before departure as we were already in Paris and decided at the last minute that we wanted to do an escorted tour, it was seamless and all went well. We had a fabulous experience. Thank you!