4.5/5

The service actually came from Sue Collins at Avoya. CIE booked airfare for my wife and for me. My name was misspelled on my booking which then required a new reservation; thus, my reservation was no longer connected to my wife's.

Amazing trip

Our driver, Denis, was amazing. He was so knowledgeable from history to things to do, anything we asked he had an answer to. He was friendly and outgoing. All of the stops we did were great, the amazing weather helped but we saw everything we could've wanted to see. And had some great people on the tour to join us.

Better The Second Time Around

This was my third trip with CIE tours and the second time of taking this particular tour. My friend Diane wanted to go to Ireland and knew how much I love it. I said this tour gave her the most for her money and more places to see. Brian our tour guide was my tour guide before, He certainly makes the trip sound and feel real. The hotels were great and service was excelent. The only complaint was Beef and Vegtable soup, which is delicious was offered by every hotel we stayed at.

You have to CIE

This was my first experience. It was absolutely fantastic, the driver/tour guide was local and knowledgeable and amazing, and just fun to be around and made you feel very comfortable. The tour buses were very clean. The tour itself was very structured and organized, but allowed for, personal time to get to tour each location as well. I love that for each location that had a guide. Those people were also local and very well-versed and knowledgeable and engaging.

See the best of Italy over 9 days

If you ever wanted to see most of the major highlights in Italy, take this tour. Granted it doesn’t cover the whole country but I am still processing everything I saw and did. Like Venice, I fell in love with that city within four hours. Pompeii was a huge sell for me and I can’t even begin to describe it. Seeing the Vatican right before holy week was special too. The Coliseum, Murano glass factory, and on and on. Some incredible Italian food.

Knowledgeable and entertaining driver. Kept to our schedule well and made the overall experience better. Went to visit some nice places. No complaints except the weather.

Good value for the money.

Loved our driver/tour director Phil! He was very knowledgeable in Irish history. He talked about the area and points of interest too!

Our tour guide - Murt - was fantastic. We were busy every minute but we never felt rushed. It was a perfect trip.

Suburb Tour!

The CIE experience was absolutely fantastic! The guides knowledge and driving were suburb! I saw everything I wanted to and more!

Some good, some not so good.

End of february 2024.
This was our third trip to Ireland for my wife and I, and the first one for my father.

Contrary to our other trips, the backsack kits was sent to our home in Montréal,
instead of being given to us on our arrival in Ireland. A pleasant surprise.
The Dublin airport reception was very good, the lady, can't remimber her name,
was very nice and helpful. We were scheduled for a bus group transfert but finally got a private taxi transfert.

We arrived much too early at our Dublin hotel, couldnt get later flights from Montréal.
Flights were bought through CIE.
I had asked directly to the hotel for an early room access 5 days before our arrival.
There was a big rugby game the evening before our arrival, bad timing.
We did get an early access from 11:30.
Thanks going to the staff of the Clayton Hotel Ballsbridge.

Our guide/driver Lawrence was a real Irish no non-sense character that we really liked.
The group wasnt very energetic/interactive but was getting better on the last two days, not CIEs fault though.

The coach was very confortable, clean and recent with good wi-fi.
We had an early flight out on our last day.
I had to personnally ask the hotel manager for a takeout breakfast the evening before.
We would of though that CIE had already asked for this, since they knew our flight time, not so.
Thank you.

Murt was outstanding!

Outstanding! Tour guide Murt elevated an already great experience with his knowledge and wit. The tour was very well organized - beautiful sites, great accommodations and food. Would highly recommend it!

CIE Tours made my goal of touring Ireland easy to accomplish!

Everything was well run and organized! The person who helped me book the tour was very helpful and quickly responded to my emails/phone calls.

Noel was a fantastic driver and guide! Funny with dad jokes galore. Very knowledgeable, organized, punctual. He even went over his hours when his relief driver was unable to make it and he brought us to our Irish Night dinner and show. Hotels were beautiful except Clayton Ballsbridge was far from the Hop on Hop Off bus stop. It really was a taste of Ireland but did cover a first timer's list of must-see attractions. Great restaurants and food.

Great Trip To Ireland

We were well taken care of by our guide, Leslie. he was very knowledgeable. I was happy that we got around to see a lot of beautiful Ireland.

Would definitely recommend

It was a wonderful trip. Loved our driver and guide Brian H. He gave us so much history of Ireland it made the trip all the better.

The guide and bus driver were good. We could tell that we were the first tour of the season. Some things were not communicated to the group and parts of our tour were cut out without anyone on the tour knowing.

Our bus driver/tour guide Brian H. was incredible, he was very organized and knowledgeable. With having just 7 days to see the whole country of Ireland we had a wonderful group of people to travel with. We were able stay on our tight schedule. We would probably need a day or two added to the trip, but we would have liked to go inside more attractions other than seeing the outside or have more time at the Famine Ship.
We really enjoyed the St. Patrick's Day Dinner and entertainment at the Pub. Would it be possible to have more entertainment included with other included dinners?
The accommodations were great. I need a walk-in shower and that was no problem.
We really enjoyed this tour. It was our first time out of the United States.

Encourage others to take this tour.

Our guide and driver Brian was the best, he explained so much of the history of Ireland. The meals were great, the stops were exactly what I wanted to see. Brian kept us well informed the entire trip..

Amazing experience!

Our tour director/driver Brian was awesome! He was so knowledgeable about the history of Ireland and all the places we went he gave us background information. He would sing, site poems, tell stories and more. Seeing all of the locations was relaxing as we let the driving to someone else to do. Amazing experience!

Our tour guide, Philip, was amazing. He was so informative and made each day an adventure. We were well prepared for each place we visited. The hotels were lovely, the food was great.