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.
Amazing. Fulfilled all of our expectations 1
East Coast USA and Canada
Jeanette Leeson, Australia, May 2012
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 some time in the future.
Travel Director made this guided tour one we will never forget 1
East Coast USA and Canada
David & Jeanette Leeson, Australia, May 2012
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.
I highly recommend this to anyone who can keep up the pace 1
Best of Spain
Jane Whelan, Australia, Apr 2012
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.
Would I do a Trafalgar tour again - absolutely 2
East Coast USA and Canada
Gillian Bridgen, Australia, Apr 2012
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.
So much better than what I expected!
An excellent experience for both of us 1
Amazing Britain
Michael & Mary O'Dwyer, Australia, Apr 2012
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.
The whole experience was like a dream 3
European Grandeur
Jyothi & Vasu Sarpeshkar, Australia, Apr 2012
It was a great experience booking our tour with Global Journeys - Yvonne was great giving us all the required tour information. Touring with Insight was a wonderful experience! Everything was arranged seamlessly - the wake up calls - baggage collection - breakfasts (yumm.. yummy!) - bus journey - comfort stops - local guides - great locations - super read more dinners - well thought off locations and various modes of transports and above all very imaginative tour director Mr Lampard and incredible bus driver Maritzio. The whole experience was like a dream and each day was like a silken thread - smooth and effortless. We have already started saving money for our next Insight Vacation.
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.
Very well organised tour. Perhaps the itinerary could be varied to include some nature parks if possible. Guide was really first class with her personality and knowledge of the cities visited.
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!
From start to finish the tour was simply amazing 3
Real Britain (Winter)
Chrissie Williams & Denny Wilbow, Australia, Jan 2012
This was the first guided tour we had ever been on. We usually just plan our own activities and go where we want to. From start to finish the tour was simply amazing. Everything was organised for us, and we got to see way more in one day than we could ever organise ourselves. We saw so much of England in 6 days it was amazing. We will definitely be read more travelling with Trafalgar again. The tour director and driver were amazing guys who made everything fun and educational. Hotels and food included was excellent and value for money was superb. Yvonne from Global Journeys organised our booking and provided assistance whenever we needed it. She also gave us helpful hints. Thank you for your excellent service and assistance, we will be booking with you again in the future.
70 people prayed for snow and snow is what we got from the 1st morning of our tour, it was amazing. We had the best historian and orator as our tour guide - Vincenzo. A winter wonderland in all its glory. My only complaint was that a couple of the motels would only be rated as 3* and the food on the last night in Offenbach was terrible. Our driver and read more the tour itself - fantastic.
VERY happy with the overall experience 4
Winter Wonderland
Alan & Valerie Jennings, Australia, Dec 2011
I'll bullet point the comments to make it easier to read, but please dont think we were disappointed with the tour, we were VERY happy with the overall experience. The poor points were really disappointments relative to our expectations after reading the itinerary blurb.
Its called a 9 day tour, its really only 7 days the first and last days do not read more contribute to the tour very much at all.
The tour director and driver were very good, helpful, talkative and we always felt safe. I suspect that the tour directors each have their own interest/expertise, ours was history and while we learnt a lot about historical events, we would have liked a bit more information about our surroundings at the time.
The included dinners were poor quality, the welcome meal at the Sheraton Hotel was particularly bad and we actually complained about it at the time. The 'Highlight Dinner' was very average, more like a pub meal and I wont mention the very poor (house) red wine served! This was inconsistent with the 'Business Class' touring style Insight portray.
The Sheraton & Hilton hotel experiences were very good, probably better than expected actually, whereas we stayed at a couple of other hotels that were quite disappointing, surly and unhelpful staff and small/hot/noisey rooms.
The coach was very airy and spacious and quiet, with plenty of legroom (I'm 6' 4')and the driver managed it extremely well particularly in tight spaces/parking.
The tour pace was very good, casual and generally unrushed with the optional tours generally well recieved by everybody on board.
We were disapointed by the cancellation of our chairlift ride up into the mountains in Lucerne (due to poor weather, high winds) and can accept that these things happen, however, there was no alternative offerred, not even a drive up into the mountain villages. Hence we had way too much time in Lucerne just shopping/walking around and felt that there should have been a backup plan for bad weather.
The exposure to the Christmas markets was very good, every one was different in its own way.
A general observation we made (not just on this tour, but everywhere we went in UK/Europe) was that visiting popular places at weekends is to be avoided! We could not believe the crowds, and Valerie actually felt claustrophobic battling our way through the christmas markets on Sat/Sun (she is 5' 2').
Global Journeys (Yvonne) was very supportive and helpful (and patient with all my questions!), particularly when our tour date was cancelled while we were already travelling, she managed to make the new arrangements quite painless for us.
Its called a 9 day tour, its really only 7 days the first and last days do not read more contribute to the tour very much at all.
The tour director and driver were very good, helpful, talkative and we always felt safe. I suspect that the tour directors each have their own interest/expertise, ours was history and while we learnt a lot about historical events, we would have liked a bit more information about our surroundings at the time.
The included dinners were poor quality, the welcome meal at the Sheraton Hotel was particularly bad and we actually complained about it at the time. The 'Highlight Dinner' was very average, more like a pub meal and I wont mention the very poor (house) red wine served! This was inconsistent with the 'Business Class' touring style Insight portray.
The Sheraton & Hilton hotel experiences were very good, probably better than expected actually, whereas we stayed at a couple of other hotels that were quite disappointing, surly and unhelpful staff and small/hot/noisey rooms.
The coach was very airy and spacious and quiet, with plenty of legroom (I'm 6' 4')and the driver managed it extremely well particularly in tight spaces/parking.
The tour pace was very good, casual and generally unrushed with the optional tours generally well recieved by everybody on board.
We were disapointed by the cancellation of our chairlift ride up into the mountains in Lucerne (due to poor weather, high winds) and can accept that these things happen, however, there was no alternative offerred, not even a drive up into the mountain villages. Hence we had way too much time in Lucerne just shopping/walking around and felt that there should have been a backup plan for bad weather.
The exposure to the Christmas markets was very good, every one was different in its own way.
A general observation we made (not just on this tour, but everywhere we went in UK/Europe) was that visiting popular places at weekends is to be avoided! We could not believe the crowds, and Valerie actually felt claustrophobic battling our way through the christmas markets on Sat/Sun (she is 5' 2').
Global Journeys (Yvonne) was very supportive and helpful (and patient with all my questions!), particularly when our tour date was cancelled while we were already travelling, she managed to make the new arrangements quite painless for us.
Plenty of time at the sights to do own thing. The guide was very knowledgeable. Very mixed group of tourists but worked well.
Absolutely nothing to complain about 1
Best of Spain & Portugal
George & Kathleen Crank, Australia, Oct 2011
The tour was a great success. Previously I had driven around Spain and Portugal, but being driven by an expert who knew all the best routes and having hotels and meals arranged was much more relaxing. Having to give up complete freedom for an organized tour was well worth it. The tour was well organized with a brilliant tour guide (Mark) who supplied read more us with information from his lifetime experience of these countries. It was constantly interesting and informative. We were taken to out of the way places which we would not have known about on our own. The bus was comfortable with lots of room to relax. As well as the organized parts we were frequently left on our own to wander around interesting places and find shops and cafes. All the hotels were really good, some much better than we normally choose. Breakfasts and dinners were very good. I can think of absolutely nothing to complain about in the whole time of our journey.
Very pleased with the way tour was conducted 8
Splendours of Italy
Peter & Jackie Eldred, Australia, Oct 2011
We were both very pleased with the way in which the tour was conducted and the places that we saw. We thought that we would be 'in' some of the places. ie in Rome city however it was possibly best that we were located outside of the cities. I just think that needs to be better understood prior to the tour and obviously the reasons why you would not read more want to stay in the heart of some of the bigger cities (apart from the additional costs). The tour guide and the bus driver were both very good. The tour guide obviously has to handle a lot of different personalities including ours, and she handled this really well. We felt that there were some people within the group that should not have been on this type of tour as they had real difficulty with walking. Once again the tour guide assisted them quite well but it did annoy ourselves as well as other members of the group as it was very well spelt out that walking would be required with the tour. The tour guides knowledge was exceptional, she provided us with a lot of info not only on the guided tours but as the bus was driving. Some of the meals at some of the hotels were very basic, the best meals were where we paid extra and they ended up being great nights. Personally we would pay a little more to get a better evening meal. A couple of the hotels were located in areas where you could not go out and shop or buy anything, nothing wrong with the hotels but you could not do much else in these locations. Might sound as though we are complaining a lot but this is not intended, as stated we really enjoyed the overall tour and the people that we met. It was a very good group. I found Yvonne to be extremely helpful with providing all details re the tour and also with a number of questions that I had. We got a response very quicky and it made the tour hassle free, thank you. We would definitely recommend using Global Journeys for anyone going on a tour, very professional.
I was very sceptical about booking through an online agency but was very pleasantly surprised by the prompt service and suggestions. My holiday was booked very quickly and without any problems and I was happy that I could take advantage of the special Trafalgar offer. I've sent the Global Journeys weblink to all my friends and family and have inspired read more them to take a similar trip. My Portugal tour with Trafalgar was incredible and being an avid traveller, it would be the best tour I have taken. The Tour Director obviously had a great of input in designing the trip, and his expertise, enthusiasm and knowledge of his country was very much appreciated and enjoyed. The hotels were superior and the included food was excellent. The optionals were great and I thought the whole tour package was excellent value for money.
I had a wonderful time and I couldn't praise enough the whole experience. Georgie from Global Journeys was extremely helpful, courteous and very efficient with her help to me with my all my queries and needs. She followed through with every request with promptness and friendliness. Thank you Georgie for your wonderful service. The whole procedure for read more me, a total novice at the computer and booking things on-line was so simple thanks to you. The tour itself was amazing. The tour guide, Steen Harris was both professional to his toes, but with a very warm wit and amazingly good knowledge of his surroundings. It was a pleasure to hear his recounting the information regarding the places we visited, as well as his very up to date knowledge of all that's happening in the UK, unlike a previous tour taken many years ago, when the guides voice was a drivelling self indulgent monotone. The hotels that we stayed at were of an excellent quality and very good food was offered at each meal. The coach was comfortable and kept spotless by the extremely good driver, Shane. So all told, a pure joy to experience and highly recommended to anyone wishing to do this or a similar tour with Trafalgar. It offers value for money and extremely good service throughout.
