4.6/5

Travel with CIE You will Discover so Much!

We booked directly with CIE Tours and the service was exceptional (with the exception of information about in-country COVID testing which could've been more thorough).

We'd travel with CIE again!

Friendly, knowledgeable, helpful, fun!

Helpful , efficient

Met all our expectations of 'Taste of Britain & Ireland'

Good tour guides, nice places to stay, desirable stops and places to see.

The pandemic made a mess of trying to schedule this trip — thé orignal date was May 2020 and it was rescheduled four times (including flights). On top of the pandemic, my original plans had to be modified from double occupancy to single because my friend backed out due to illness. The CIE reps were fabulous in handling all these changes, significantly reducing my worries and concerns.

Booking was simple; we were able to do it ourselves online. In the past we were required to go through a travel agent.

efficiency

The tour itself was great; however, my wife caught a breakthrough case of Covid. Our tour guide, John Doran, and CIE representative, Saoirse Lyons, are to be commended for their assistance to my wife and me. Without their help, it would be challenging to coordinate the proper response to address the situation. My wife and I are forever grateful. CIE has two amazing individuals representing your organization.

Purchased through an agency. Every facet of the tour was handled thoroughly and professionally by CIE- Airport pickup, attraction entries, hotel check in, COVID required testing, etc. Fantastic tour. Driver/guide Sean Gray IS the best. Sean made this Irish Odyssey tour a 5 star trip. Thanks CIE for great service and again thanks Sean for making the trip truly memorable.

EXCELLENT TOUR

The guide/bus driver was awsome. He was knowledgable and pleasant throughout the trip. The location speaks for it's self.

Very well organized trip

Our travel agent Cathy Rowland was awesome! Always responded very promptly with any answers to questions or concerns.

Our driver/guide was phenomenal. Hotels very nice. Meals were delicious.

This was our first trip with CIE. We would definitely travel with them again.

We used a travel agent. The travel agent did the booking. We loved the trip, but went through a travel agen rather than booking it ourselves.

The core of this tour was very good.

This review is somewhat qualified in that the disruptions were likely COVID related

Very easy to work with, especially with all the Covid changes. Only four stars because sometimes the hold time was very long.

We traveled through Ireland with the Irish Odyssey tour. Our driver/historian was John Callahan (not sure of the last name). He was entertaining, informative, helpful, patient, fun, and a GREAT story teller.
We were traveling during the Covid horror, so some of the restaurants had some difficulty with new staff, so judging that would be unfair. But given the circumstances, we had excellent service. Food was great.
One of the best experiences was the farmhouse, with tea and scones! That family is AWESOME!

very well run tour

Everything was fine, our tour bus driver Dominic was so wonderful and made the trips so much fun, he was so knowledgeable and an extremely great driver on some of those very narrow roads. I do feel that Ireland was definately not covid ready as one of our stops was in Northern Ireland and we could not get off the bus which was disappointing.

sometimes slow to answer the phone.

Booking was easy and calls were returned quickly

Yes we loved our trip to Ireland through CIE Tours. Keith Williams was an excellent Director/ Driver. Felt like family being with him the 5 days.

Great tour

Terrific tour guide. Good choices of sights.