4.6/5

Trip of a Lifetime

From the sights, to the food, to the pubs, to our awesome tour guide, Michael, it was a trip we’ll never forget.

My initial booking was through CIE but was transferred to Vacations to Go because VTG was willing to give us a discount that CIE office was unwilling to do. But the CIE staff was informative and helpful.

A Great Sampler of the Emerald Isle

I have wanted to visit Ireland since I was little, and I chose this tour because it offered many of the places that I wanted to see. It was a very packed itinerary, felt like we were on the go all the time, but in less than a week I was able to cross the Halfpenny Bridge in Dublin and stand atop the Cliffs of Moher and enjoy fish and chips in many different pubs. It was a relief to have someone else take care of the driving and the hotel arrangements and most of the meals. Our tour guide, Jim, was informative and entertaining. I fell in love with Killarney and Galway, so now I just need to find the time and money to go back.

Very relaxing, great scenery, great guide

Easy to do and staff very helpful during the process

It was disappointing that the pre-trip information (packsacks) were not sent to us in Canada.
The driver and guide were excellent.
A great trip and covered a lot of Scotland. We would recommend it.

I'm ready to go back to Ireland.

They listened to my individual requirements and made it happen.

Top rate travel

My agent was friendly, professional and reassuring with great follow through as promised in planning our trip.

What was good - the tour - variety of things to see, a very good tour director/bus driver, pleasant group of fellow travelers. Needed - a map of Dublin that showed the downtown & the first hotel on the same map, with distances, plus some info on how to get downtown & bus routes - we almost killed ourselves trying to walk there the first day. Also, and i think I have already said this, I would have preferred to have you charge us a higher fee and pay the bus driver more money; I don't like having a "mandatory" tip. We are not shoppers, so we thought the tour was a bit heavy on shopping, but we understand why you do it.

CIE Service was excellent from the booking of the tour and throughout the entire tour!

Great Scotland, good Ireland

Booking was by phone and went well. But no documents received until I called 4 weeks later. Our driver and tour guide in Scotland were exceptional. They were always in the lounge and dinning area in the evening to help in any way. They made the effort to engage anyone who sat by themselves. We couldn’t have asked for better. Pat and Danny were delightful. Our driver and tour guide in Ireland were adaquet and polite. But they were not as personable nor as engaging as Pat and Danny. They did ask questions but were not about in the evening .

Great trip with excellent guide/driver

It was very easy to book myself.

WONDERFUL

From the experiences to the people( Brian) our bus driver and (Peri) our to guide we had an AMAZING trip

Great places to stay, and an awesome guide

Wonderful experience!

A travel agent booked for us.

Our tour guide & driver had great personalities & were very knowledgeable about everything on our trip. The trip was well planned out & the meals were excellent at all the hotels. We would definitely do another CIE tour. Also the weather was just about perfect too. :)

Easy to work with. Knowledgeable and readily available.

Amazing Scotland!

We booked through a travel agent.

Excellent trip all around

The entire trip was very well planned. The staff's at each hotel were very friendly and the tour guide was amazing

Exceeded expectations

Fast, friendly and extremely responsive. No question too big or too small.

Done online; relatively simple. Later questions by phone handled well.