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.
My Husband and I absolutely loved our tour! We had so much fun and saw so many more things than we expected. We picked to do this tour as we were on our honeymoon and we wanted something that was a lot nicer than the cheaper tours that stay in hostels and this was amazing. All hotels bar one was beautiful. Better than we expected. The hotel in Florence read more was terrible We didn't even have a real bed to sleep on it was a mattress on a blank of wood which was on a box smaller than the mattress. Other than that we loved it. We expected to have a pretty relaxed tour being on our honeymoon but this was very fast paced. We had 6:15am wakes most days and had very busy days. We agreed at the end of the tour that we are glad it was like that as we got to see SO MUCH and enjoyed all of it. We did need a holiday after to just chill out as we were so exhausted but still loved the whole tour.
Nothing I would have changed, except maybe more free time 3
Grand Italy & Sicily
Lucia McKay, Australia, Sep 2013
Thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Couldn't have asked for a better tour guide, driver and a wonderful group of fellow travellers as well. The extra legroom in the coach was excellent. There wouldn't be anything I would have changed with the tour, except maybe more free time to do more shopping. Never have enough time for shopping. I would recommend Global read more Journeys and Insight Vacations to anyone looking for a coach tour.
Tour was really great and we both thoroughly enjoyed 1
Tastes and Sounds of the South
Philip Hayes, Australia, Sep 2013
The tour was really great and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. Unfortunately the American tour director was not very helpful and the driver got lost a number of times. As a result we arrived on a number of occassions late to the hotel and no time to change after sitting all day on the bus. Also the tour director Garry was not very out going and made no read more effort to try and get people to mingle on the tour.
Right up there with the goodies! 1
Spectacular Canadian Rockies with Alaska Cruise
Jon Treleaven, Australia, Sep 2013
We have experienced many situations, good, bad & the ugly over the years we have been touring both in OZ and OS. We need to say the total deal from the first contact with Global Journeys until we walked out of KSA on our return was right up there with the goodies! Thank you Michelle well done!
Tour was good, as we had expected 1
Spectacular Canadian Rockies with Alaska Cruise
Richard Anderson, Australia, Sep 2013
Tour was good, and having travelled with Trafalgar 3 times before, was as we had expected. I thought Global Journeys was great - easy to communicate with, and attentive. Thanks Georgie.
Tour was good overall. Bottled water on the coach was great. Simon and Ivan were fantastic, would like to tour with them again. Had an issue on the first day which has been discussed with our Tour Consultant privately.
This was the best tour I have had - excellent guide in Charlie; the best hotels and food and a great experience of Turkey with the modern and ancient ruins. I would recommend this tour to anyone.
I have an amazing time from start to end of the tour. Our tour director Linda has had a lot knowledge of the the places we have been in to. The coach driver Jose was indeed keep us safe on the road all the way through. I will recommend this trip to all my friends and to all everyone out there. This has now been my third trip with Trafalgar and I will read more keep doing it over and over again.
The tour was fabulous we had a fantastic time. Our tour guide Linda was very knowledgeable and went out of her way to please everyone. There were places we wished we could stay longer but that's with every tour. The pace was hectic but manageable. Accommodation was excellent. The tour gave a great insight to the places visited with local guides in a read more few places. The only negatives I have was I think with the price paid some of the optional dinners should have been included and 52 people was to many. Trafalgar advertise max 49 with average only 40.
A great holiday with some great local tour guides 2
Imperial Europe
Malcolm Small, Australia, Aug 2013
A great holiday, nice and easy with some great local tour guides, Paul is a very good tour guide, organising some really great extras.
An excellent initiation to organized coach tours 4
Italian Elegance
Sue & Peter Haley, Australia, Aug 2013
Italian Elegance Tour was an excellent initiation to organized coach tours. Plenty of variation in places visited and daily activities. Quality of hotels were generally far superior than what we were expecting. Our tour guide Karen Gower was extremely knowledgeable on 'all things' Italian and had the perfect personality for the job. Her organizational read more skills were excellent and she managed to make it all look so easy! Only criticism would be only one choice of meal on offer for the included dinners and some of the optional tours were a bit over priced.
Absolutely loved Morocco 3
Treasures of Spain, Portugal & Morocco
Anthony & Rosina Barker, Australia, Aug 2013
We really enjoyed seeing places we last saw 44 years ago (Spain) and visiting Portugal and Morocco for the first time. The comfort of the coach lived up to Insight's publicity and we appreciated having companionable fellow-passengers and a tour guide who combined efficiency with informality. The only reason for rating the accommodation only 'pretty read more good' is that the hotels in Morocco had rooms that didn't match the splendour of their foyers and were poorly serviced (we had to be very assertive in demonstrating a toilet didn't flush and it was essential to have a new room.) In recommending the tour I'd also have to warn others there were some very long days on the coach: I guess both these reservations were almost predictable and I should add that, apart from the quibbles about accommodation, we absolutely loved Morocco.
An excellent glimpse of what UK and Ireland has to offer 1
Britain and Ireland Panorama
Geoffrey & Noelle Taig, AU, Aug 2013
The very nature of this type of tour means that you're 'on the go' all the time and there is a balance between trying to see and experience as much as possible without overdoing it. For me this tour hit the mark. Reasonably paced, for a coach tour, with a good mix of sights and experiences. There were certainly places where we would have liked to have read more had more time but the time allotted was usually 'adequate'. Tour leader (Anna) was excellent - friendly, helpful and a lot of fun. This was an excellent glimpse of what UK and Ireland had to offer and I would highly recommend this tour.
The tour was fantastic. The tour guide, Miranda, was incredibly well organized and provided the most amazing historical perspectives, wherever we were. The accommodation was brilliantly located, but the quality was lacking at several destinations - including Salzburg, St Moritz and Innsbruck. The food, overall, was very good, and the breakfast buffets read more were excellent. I enjoyed the pace of the tour, but quite a few older passengers found it too tiring, and some less abled needed to be excluded from some of the walking tours. The route was so incredibly picturesque, and the varied modes of transport (boats, cog railways, trains, horse and buggy etc) added extra enjoyment. The optional extras (I did all of them) were, in the main, fantastic. There was a Swiss dinner at the Stadtkeller in Lucerne which was pretty ordinary, but I really enjoyed all of the others. Staying at the Radisson Blu at Zurich Airport was a bonus at the start of the tour - so convenient to reach, after getting off the plane, and so easy with the rail network underneath. So, in summary - I had an absolute ball! I wouldn't hesitate to travel on my own again, and would definitely take another tour - having everything organized makes life very simple. You also know that the bulk of the tour has already been paid for, and only need to factor in lunches and spending money. Choosing the Switzerland & Austria trip also meant that we were in incredibly clean, safe countries. At no time did I feel unsafe or threatened, and didn't suffer any illness. It was all wonderful!
I was, disappointed with the Insight tour of Spain on a couple of counts. One was that the hotels they used. Whilst being described as 'centrally located', with the exception of the one in Valencia, were the edge of each city, (at least 10-15 minutes by taxi or more, for instance Barcelona Melia was 20 minutes from Place Catalyuna by taxi on a Sunday read more afternoon) making it very difficult or even impossible to look around the city by yourself in some (very limited) free time. They were lovely hotels, but inaccessible for tourists to find their own way around a city in the limited time. I would have preferred a lesser hotel, but more accessible to the city we were in, as I came home thinking, I hadn't really seen Spain, I had seen 'buildings', as I had not been able to get the flavour of the places we stayed in. I also feel very strongly about the lunch stops. I am appalled that a tour of the standard we were on, stopped (with two exceptions Peniscola and Toledo), at truck stops for lunch! Food was awful, typical of what you usually associate with a truck stop, not even a decent freshly made sandwich and of course no opportunity to explore the area there either. The facilities at the truck stops were basic but clean but a decent cup of coffee and a nice sandwich would have been much appreciated and time to look around a local town was what I would have expected for a tour of this standard. The tour was described as being 'leisurely' which was completely incorrect, fast paced would have been nearer the mark. It was full on from early morning, till late at night, as most nights there were either included dinners or optional dinners. With the hotels being so far removed from the city there was little or nothing in the area near the hotels to eat, so consequently we felt the only option was to take the optional dinners, which of course added to the cost of the holiday, rather than eat in an expensive hotel restaurant.
Very happy with the tour 2
Treasures of Spain, Portugal & Morocco
Richard Jenkins, Australia, Aug 2013
Very happy with the tour, a very good introduction to the countries visited and the culture and history of the locations, all enhanced by the personal insights of the guides and the tour director (Brit who lives in Portugal). There is room for improvement with the additional optional meals offered. The bus was very comfortable and the windows were cleaned read more daily (good for photos). Most hotels had pools and their locations were good for shops. We look forward to going on another Insight tour in the future.
Well planned tour, comfortable hotels, although Jurys Hotel accommodation not quite up there with other hotels.
I really enjoyed the experience. It was nice not to have worry about connections with trains or juggling maps or worry about finding suitable accommodation, the tour director was really good and we enjoyed the optional excursions.
The Edinbrugh Tatoo was certainly a highlight of the trip 2
Wonders of Britain and Ireland
Suezy Tsalanidis , Australia, Aug 2013
Firstly, Frances was a delight to book with, she always responded to my emails and phone calls quickly and efficiently. What was covered in the tour was very good. The travel director Paul, was exceptional with a great deal of knowledge and insight into all the areas visited. Our bus driver Kevin, showed amazing dexterity and some fabulous reverse driving read more as a result of road works in a very narrow street in Edinbrugh. Unfortunately most of the hotels were below average, some were very dated and dusty. The dinner on the first night was a horrible introdution to the British cusine. Of our dining experiences, I would say only two dinners were thoroughly enjoyable, the one in Liverpool and the one as part of the river cruise in Ireland. The shows were fun however, the accompaning dinners rushed and bland. Smaller shows with better food would have been appreciated. We were very fortunate that the group as a whole, was very positive and upbeat and were able to laugh off some of the poor meals we had. Better choices of retaurants would have made the tour far more enjoyable. The Edinbrugh Tatoo was certainly a highlight of the trip.
A well-paced tour with a good mix of travel modes 7
Contrasts of Switzerland
Peter Croft, Australia, Aug 2013
A well-paced tour with a good mix of travel modes - train, coach, boat - and plenty of time for walking around the cities and towns visited. Tour organisation was very good and flexible enough to handle contingencies (e.g route variation because of railway works) without unnecessary disruption to the schedule.
