Travelmarvel Tour & Cruise Reviews

We have just done a Xmas Travelmarvel Diamond Trip from Amsterdam to Budapest, the trip was well organised and the airfares done by Georgie went really well. The staff and Captain made you feel like family with anything you wanted. Meals and excursions were excellent, only thing we missed was snow on Xmas day but managed to get some in Prague. Overall ...read more a great trip and can highly recommend this trip. The tour director on the ship was always helpful and just made the trip that much better. Many thanks Georgie for arranging a unforgettable trip and experience.

From the original inquiry and booking process through to the ticketing the effort from Global Journeys was very professional and always on time. The contact when needed or requested from Hannah was always handled correctly. The trip it self with TravelMarvel was very professional and could only be described as excellent value for money. The Tour Director ...read more that we had for the entire trip was just the best and his tour guides along the way were a credit to themselves and the company. Ha Long Bay is a must to do and the Mekong cruise was a major highlight. We upgraded to a suite on the Mekong cruise and it was worth every cent, just do it ! The entire trip thru Vietnam & Cambodia was on time and operated in a very very professional approach for all concerned. Do this trip and you will see this part of Asia in a relaxed yet well understood manner. We could only recommend the whole process that we have just completed. We are now planning a trip to Myanmar on the Irrawaddy River for our next sojourn as a result of this most enjoyable hassle free experience with both Global Journeys and TravelMarvel.

Overall the trip was very nice and enjoyable. Lovely boat and the hotels were in good location. Tour guides were excellent and had really good sense of humour. Great choice of food on the boat. This was my first cruise and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you Travelmarvel and Yvonne, I will certainly book my next holiday with you.

Overall the experience was very good however there were a couple of things that could have been better considering the cost of the cruise. I was told that sparkling wine would be included in the cost however this wasn't the case except they did have a bottle at breakfast. The red & white wine supplied was not of a high standard. Andrew our cruise director ...read more was fantastic, and very knowledgeable. Our regular waitress Sonya really looked after us and gave us great service. We have recommended this cruise to our friends, and would definitely do another cruise through Global Journeys.

This was a well planned trip, giving comprehensive information about Vietnam and Cambodia. The accommodation, both on the water and on land was excellent, with particular praise reserved for the Shinta Mani resort in Siem Reap, which is perhaps one of the best hotels we have stayed at in the world. Our tour guide, Han Nguyen, was exceptional and considerably ...read more enhanced our travel experience with his knowledge and good humour. We would definitely travel with Travelmarvel again!

From obtaining a quote from Georgie at Global Journeys and booking the cruise everything went smoothly. Our travel documents arrived in plenty of time. Flights were organised according to our plans. The cruise was excellent. Food, shore excursions, entertainment, our cruise director Arno all exceeded expectations. Because of the low water level ...read more on the Danube quite a few ships were having to unload passengers and their luggage and coach them to the next port. The Sapphire was able to cruise the whole way. We have booked with Global Journeys before and would not hesitate to use them again. Would highly recommend Travelmarvel.

Thought the tour leader on the river cruise wasn't as good as we had on Avalon! Hotel in Siam Reap was one of the best run hotels we have ever been to anywhere in the world.

Excellent holiday, although too many very early morning starts. All meals were brilliant. Tour was well organised with plenty of stops.

Was an awesome holiday. The tour guide and bus driver we very good also. We were really looked after. The tour was really good and I think it was well worth it as if we had gone by ourselves we would have missed out on a lot as we would not have known where to go and what we were looking at unless we had done a lot of research and that means a lot of ...read more headaches!

A very enjoyable trip, the tour director and coach driver were great. Accommodation good and lovely meals. would travel with APT again. A farewell dinner would have been good, a nice crowd on tour.

We loved the cruise, and enjoyed every aspect of it. The tour director was excellent, so friendly and helpful and always gave 110 percent. The cruising director and staff were also excellent. My husband suffers from moderate dementia and because of the consideration of staff and passengers we both had a wonderful cruising experience. We will highly ...read more recommend this cruise. Thank you.

We loved the cruise, and enjoyed every aspect of it. The tour director was excellent ,so friendly and helpful and always gave 110 percent . The cruising director and staff were also excellent. We will highly recommend this cruise. Thank you.

The tour was in two parts with the first being China. The group size was 34 which was about optimum size as some buses utilised had only one door exit. The group was comprised of 2/3 Australian nationality however there were 3 couples who had emigrated from the UK. It was interesting that there were about 4 couples who winged about the lack of non Asian ...read more food options which we thought strange as it was obvious that we were touring an Asian country. There were some who also complained about the constant on the move requirements of the tour which again we thought it demonstrated a lack of understanding of the itinerary. We loved the the fact that we were able to experience a wide and diverse slice of China and certainly liked the fact that we were on the go.

In particular our tour leader ( Tony) ensured that we we had a wonderful Great Wall experience venturing to a point involving a 1 1/2 hour bus trip necessitating an early departure. A great call on the leaders part as we were one of the first to arrive at this section of the wall. There were grumbles from some tour participants about an early rise, quite unjustified we believe. The Yangtze cruise was excellent but would recommend that all of your future clients be advised of the need to have the upgrade as this is money well spent. The surprise extra on this part of our holiday was the water town that we stayed at which is about 2 hours from Shanhai. We were impressed with our Travelmarvel tour leader who demonstrated a very professional and caring approach to all tour members despite the aforementioned wingers.

We thoroughly enjoyed the Vietnam and the Mekong cruise to Siem Reap. The ship was superb in all facets but again you could not be on the advertised 00 deck. We upgraded to deck 1 which would be the minimum to really enjoy the cruise. The elements of the cruise that stood out was the food, the staff and the on shore experiences. The Mekong cruise was special! We should also mention the accommodation in Siem Reap (Shinta Mani) I was moved to write a very favourable TripAdvisor review. In particular we had an airport pickup from the hotel/ resort at 3 pm along with 12 others, all guests were offered a checkout of 3 pm. I have written to Travelmarvel to say how much we appreciated this gesture by the hotel/ resort manager.

Tour guide and driver were excellent! They were very upbeat and made the trip run smoothly. Michelle at Global Journeys made everything so easy I would definitely recommend her/them.

Overall everything was excellent. Just a couple of things which may help. The shopping time was very short, 15mins, except in the grand plaza Phnom Penh which was about 45-60mins. Early morning Tai Chi or Yoga classes on deck would have been great. Or one which relates to the area that is being visited. I was aware that extra accommodation could be ...read more arranged either side of the cruise but not tours, so additional information on that would have been great. I do think the staff on board are over worked and are expected to work very long hours with 10-11 month shifts, I know that it is considered a privileged job with good pay but I would also feel comfortable knowing that they do receive free time to visit family and relax. With the name tags each person should be asked their preferred name, my husband hasn't been called Gregory for 50 years. I noticed some people had preferred names, perhaps I overlooked that question so apologies if I did. I will definitely consider travelling with Travelmarvel again.

Very good value for money. Enjoyed our holiday immensely, however shore excursion were all divided into four equal groups with one exception where there was the opportunity to go 'fast walking tour'. This was excellent for us and similar active guests who found the other tours slow paced. This option should have been available on all excursions. There ...read more was also not enough room in the lounge for everyone to sit comfortably.

We were under the impression that all optional tours were included. But we went on a few they were great. Tour Guide Petra was amazing. Her enthusiasm and her Bing Bong Ding Dong got every one involved. Even when they thought we couldn't go down the Danube because of a stuck freighter she kept our spirits up. All went well and we had a marvellous t ...read morerip.

Excellent trip which gave us a "feel" for each location. We would have liked to spend more time at some of the locations and will endeavour to do so in the future via a coach trip or a self-drive holiday. While the ship, staff and overall management of the cruise was excellent, we were slightly disappointed with being unable to access the sun deck for ...read more 5 of the 15 cruising days. Also, some of the mooring and hotel locations were away from city centres which made it hard to arrange something worthwhile to do during free times. Our travel agent (Georgie) handled our booking in a very professional manner such that we would not hesitate to use her Global Journeys again sometime in the future.

Everything was great, accommodation in 2 hotels and on La Marguerite, staff were friendly and helpful, and keen to exercise their English, guides were very knowledgeable and amusing. Weather was hot and humid but we expected that in the rainy season. Overall, a most enjoyable trip.

I thoroughly enjoyed our holiday cruising the Rhine, Main and Danube. A very well organised and relaxing experience our cruise director bought invaluable experience and organizational skills with a choice of interesting day excursions.