Travelmarvel Tour & Cruise Reviews

Great trip through China, Cambodia and Vietnam. The local guides were fantastic and provided us with so much information in such a friendly and cheerful manner, accomodation was good and the river cruise ships were all so professional and well presented. Would definitely recommend this as a good way to see Asia.

This is the second trip we have booked through Global Journeys and once again it was hassle free everything was organised online and our consultant Emily was fabulous every question answered within 24 hrs. This trip was through Travelmarvel I cannot recommend them enough we did not have to worry about a thing, picked up from the airport delivered to ...read more our hotel everything was explained daily and notice boards advised information if you didn't write it down or forgot. The standard of the accommodation on this trip was 5 star from the hotels to the ship La Marguerite. The staff at all the hotels and especially La Marguerite were amazing nothing was to hard and so friendly with lovely smiles to greet you any time of the day or night. The tour director Pani was so knowledgeable, as were all the local tour guides and what we liked was they shared their experiences of life in Cambodia and Vietnam. The excursions which most were included are well worth doing usually one excursion in the morning and one after lunch. I would recommend this trip to most however if you have trouble walking you may find some places difficult as there are lots of uneven paths and steps.

Travelmarvel's river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest was in our opinion pitched at the right level, the comfort, cleanliness, quality and variety of food and beverages were all excellent. The friendliness of all the staff from Captain to cleaner made us feel so welcome and at ease which undoubtedly added to our enjoyment of the holiday. Would not ...read more hesitate in using the Travelmarvel brand again should the opportunity arise.

Travel marvel was the operator of the tour, a pretty good operator, the TD was excellent, his name was Felip. We booked the trip through Global Journeys as we had done with previous trips and found the service good. The weather on the trip was fantastic, we always travel spring or autumn. In July we found we did not need a lot of warm clothes. Aussies ...read more don't feel the cold like the locals, however we found the hotel rooms to hot. In saying that generally the accommodation was very good, a few problems but got sorted out, don't get a room near the lifts or top floor. There were 18 in our group & only 4 men. All got on well, although the walking pace was a bit slow. Not always a lot of time to shop. Chile and Argentina ticked the boxes but Rio, the Iguazu falls and Peru were great.

The group only consisted of eleven who mixed well. Pam & I (83 & 81) where the eldest. Did not consider the great distances between overnight stops and found that arriving late of a day did not allow much time for looking around, although there is not a lot to see in the Pilbura such as Tom Price village. Our disappointment was to travel 596 kms to ...read more see the Tom Price mine only having to leave without a visit due to heavy rain overnight to prevent flooding over the roads. Also had to leave Exmouth for the same reason. Would have liked to see the Iron Ore Trains unloading at Port Headland and the ore being loaded onto the ships instead of only observing the latter from a distance. We were not advised that it was necessary to walk in the small waves to board the glass bottom boats at Ningaloo Marine Park and to enter the water at Monkey Mia and we had no appropriate clothing. However despite the vast distances we did enjoy experiencing the size of this great country and catching up with old friends in Perth. At our age we would now prefer a holiday where we only unpack once without early morning starts.

Just home from another trip of a lifetime. This time we travelled across Canada on the Complete Canada tour with Travelmarvel. The tour guides and bus drivers were excellent and full of fun and knowledge. All the accommodation was of a very high standard with a number of 2 night stays which keeps the pace about right. The Rocky Mountaineer silver ...read more leaf service team made us feel like royalty and the food was delish! Everywhere we went the scenery was picture postcard perfect. The last 7 days cruising the inside passage was the perfect ending to a fantastic trip! Thanks Yvonne for the wonderful service answering all my questions and helping us select the perfect tour and thanks APT for an excellently organised trouble free tour!

We've just returned from a beautiful holiday in Canada and Alaska booked through Hannah at Global Journeys. We had a wonderful time experiencing all the splendour of the Rocky Mountains on The Rocky Mountaineer Train. Our cruise into Alaska on The Volendam was excellent, and our tour guides ensured we had a hassle free, informative holiday. We travelled ...read more with a lovely tour group. All of our accommodation was beautiful, but The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise was exceptional. We can thoroughly recommend this trip as a once in a lifetime experience. Thank you Hannah for organising it all for us.

I would recommend this holiday, the tour company was excellent as was our booking agent at Global Journeys who went out of her way to accommodate my requirements.

The whole trip from start to finish was just brilliant. Small enough for it to be very personal. I needed a gluten free diet and that was extremely well catered for by everyone on staff. The included tours were great and due to our trips timing we did the extra tour to the tulip gardens and that was excellent, also the Vienna concert was well worth ...read more it. As we were early in the season (April & May) it wasn't as busy as later on and even though the weather was cool at times it was great. Food and wine were exceptional, staff great and Marion was so good at keeping everyone on track.

Very good experience. Booking through Emily at Global Journeys was a pleasure. The Tour Guide was very helpful & knowledgeable & kept us well informed about the countryside & attractions as we progressed through all the areas. The Coach Driver was also very helpful at all times & took wonderful care of our luggage & assisted the hotel porters to get ...read more it to our rooms in a timely manner.

This was a fantastic vacation, it doesn't get the highest rating as it was very cold in Alaska and lot of activities still weren't running. We recommend Travelmarvel and global journeys as everything went of without a drama as was as beautiful as expected. We will use Michelle from Global Journeys and Travelmarvel again.

This was a tour suitable for over 55's but not disabled. It was a sightseeing holiday, not an exploring tour. It benifited from 3 days where we were free to do what we liked when we got to our daily itinerary destination. It lacked a visit to a sugar mill, though there were many we passed on the tour. 14 days touring would have been better than the ...read more 12 scheduled, but we enjoyed the trip.

Travelmarvel's organisation was excellent and the tour director (Son) did a great job. The cruise in Halong Bay was great and both the ship and crew were very accommodating. We also had an excellent cruise on the Mekong River for 7 days and the crew was very efficient and friendly. The food was great and plentiful. Global Journeys handling of our ...read more booking on behalf of Travelmarvel was done very efficiently and we were very satisfied with the outcome.

Tour Director Wally and Driver Andrew handled all the details with ease. They were helpful, friendly professionals who worked hard to exceed expectations. This itinerary unravels the best of South West Australia!

The whole experience with Global Journeys & Travelmarvel was very good from the booking experience to the finish of the Tour. Travelmarvel is tremendous with their separate Tour Director & Coach Driver who really know how to inform you about the history & sights of the country side. I would have no hesitation in recommending Global Journeys & Travelmarvel ...read more to anyone for their holidays.

Our Grand Tasman tour with Travelmarvel was excellent in all respects. Firstly, we had an extremely experienced and knowledgeable tour director Warren who was a fount of knowledge about Tassie, and had everything organised for us before we reached each destination. Warren and coach driver David were a great team who knew each other well. The coach was ...read more very comfortable, and views from all seats were excellent. All hotels were of high quality, as were meals at all venues. The various places we visited were expecting us when we arrived, and everything worked to clockwork. Highlights were many, but Port Arthur and the Gordon River cruise out of Strahan stood out. We also loved the history of so many of the towns we visited. Overall, it was a great tour which we considered to be value for money, and which we would happily recommend to anyone.

20 days, 4 countries, 12 flights in South America. Simply too much! Although with a group of 32 from Australia and the UK and with continuous stimulation, there were no hitches, but improvements could be made. Excellent but often remote hotels - rather hotels should be close to the CBDs so during free time could walk around and get the feel of the place. ...read more More time in cities Santiago, Buenes Aires, Rio & Lima less in country side Peru. This would also mean less travel time which was ridiculous eg. from Cusco to Puna.

Tasmania is a spectacular place to see and worth visiting. We did the 10 day tour with Carol and Coach Driver Simon and a lovely bunch of Aussies, English, Scottish, Kiwis and Dutch tourists. The weather in Feb was great, the interaction of the passengers was fantastic. We were always on time to board the bus. Carol and Simon had great personalities ...read more and their knowledge of the places we visited was top rate. We started and finished in Launceston . My sister and I had a great time. Most of the accommodation was comfortable. Straun was the highlight for me with its lovely Macquarie Harbour, the trip up the Gordon Franklin River to see the pristine wilderness and the Huon Pines on the riverbank- a must see for the Bucket List. A well organized no worry trip from everyone concerned with booking and execution.

This was a wonderful trip. We learnt so much more than we ever knew about the Vidtnam and Cambodian wars. The tour guides were inspirational and so knowledgeable and they spoke such good English as well. We couldn't have asked for better. Our main complaint would be embarking the La Marguerite. Just so primitive with no hand rails scrambling down ...read more the river bank. Surely Travelmarvel could improve this and other spots we had to get on and off throughout the trip.

First I would like to point out that I was a little bit hesitant before this trip as I did not know what to expect and had heard all kinds of horrible stories about not drinking the water, not eating this and that and people questioning our choice in general. All I can say now is, WOW!! We survived all the so-called horrors and thoroughly enjoyed the ...read more whole trip. We stayed safe by only using bottled water and only eating on the boats, hotels and recommended restaurants. Travelmarvel even supplied us with cold bottled water on the buses during excursions and it was supplied in the hotels too. I can only congratulate Travelmarvel for its high standard of employees, from our tour director (Yee) who stayed with us from start to finish, the local guides who gave us their own personal knowledge to the bus drivers and helpers on the bus who made sure we got on and off safely with a helping hand and cold face wipes and antibacterial hand gel on our return to the bus. At every moment we felt safe and protected and well looked after. We will definitely travel with them again and recommend them to our family and friends. The 3 hotels were very grand and beautiful and central to everything. The "junk" and La Marguerite were also great as were the staff on board. I cannot recommend this trip highly enough, but be prepared for the heat. We would also like to thank Global Journeys for their easy and efficient booking for us, no problems at all. We will be returning customers.