4.6/5

This was our first CIE tour and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Can’t wait to go

Booking was seamless and easy. I called a few times with questions and each time the person was very pleasant and helpful. Our trip was excellent as well. Our guide David Turner and our coach driver Dennis were excellent - very pleasant and superb hosts! We loved every stop. Wish we could have visited Windsor Castle which was closed and not under CIE’s control but the backup plan was fine. David adjusted schedules when we faced unexpected traffic or issues, and was very pleasant managing our very large tour group of 43. Dennis was an excellent driver driving us from place to place. Loved our trip! Can’t wait for our next one.

The tour guides never disappoint!

I had no trouble making the reservations and the email response from the company was very good.

Easy to book!

Trouble free trip from start to finnish

My dealings with the booking service were very good. We decided to book our own flights but wanted to include transfers from and to the Dublin airport. They explained how we could do that and the trip went smoothly with no problems.

An unbelievable Tour of Ireland

We did the 2019 Irish Gold Coach Tour 8 days/7 nights in June. We absolutely loved the tour. All 4 star hotels. The meals provided were exceptional. The sightseeing spectacular and inspiring. Our tour guide Lloyd was fantastic along with John our Cronin Coach Driver. They were so interesting and informative. They worked in some extras for the tour. I would wholeheartedly recommend this tour. We plan to book CIE in the future.

My only complaint which has nothing to do with CIE was the transport bus we paid $15 through CIE to go from our final hotel in the morning at 8:00am to the Dublin Airport. The coach didn't show up at 8:00am. Then they called the hotel saying they were 20 minutes late and would arrive by 8:30am. Then at 8:37am they called saying they were right around the corn. By 8:47am they still hadn't arrived. At that point the est. 14 people waiting like ourselves started to take cabs to Dublin Airport. When we left at 8:52am in a cab, the coach still wasn't there. So I would recommend you don't use whoever the service was to transport the travelers back to the airport.

I booked my visit to Ireland through the Dublin office. May 2019 I will always remember discovering Ireland with CIE Irish Gold Tour! The itinerary, accommodations, and food, for me, was great. This was my first solo adventure and your team of Lloyd, guide and Greg, driver added to that with their knowledge and interactions with the questions. They run a smooth CIE Coach. 👍🏻👍🏻 up! Definitely planning a return to beautiful Ireland within the next year.

Tour director & driver were great!

We've booked with CIE many times & they don't disappoint with the tours. Hotel service at 1st hotel was lacking: didn't have room access until 15 minutes before afternoon tour began; no time for freshening up after overnight flight!

Agenda completely fulfilled. Wonderful tour guide.

Yes; extended airfare to allow my purchase

Safe, informative and FUN!

What a wonderful experience! I
Our tour provided the perfect blend of historical information, beautiful scenery and fine entertainment. Our tour guide, Dennis O'Sullivan, was an expert driver, great commentator and fun loving comedian! We left Ireland full of life long memories. I highly recommend CIE.

It was easy and when I had questions they were answered immediately.

Loved Ireland,missed A/C

Problem was lack of A/C in hotels. Trinity College was a missed opportunity to discuss its role in the Irish Revolution. Speaker wasn’t very good. Not too much of Dublin or Belfast seen.

Very helpful in taking care of the details to get us the tour we wanted.

I really enjoyed the CIE tour through southern Ireland. Our accommodations and daily tours were well planned and very enjoyable. Two friends of mine recommended this trip to me.

The Jewels of Ireland Tour is A Real Gem

We called CIE with lots of questions about the Jewels of Ireland Tour and the person we spoke with was able to answer them to our satisfaction. Dara was the person we spoke with and he helped us with finding the best time for us to schedule our tour. Once we committed to scheduling the tour and made our initial deposit, the rest was easy.

We liked the extras provided to us prior to the trip -- the backpacks with info re Ireland, a folding map of Ireland, converters for the wall outlets, rain ponchos, ID tags for our suitcases, etc.

We were very happy with our tour itinerary as it took us to so many places we wished to visit. Most of our accommodations were very good and well located. Our special dietary needs were met at almost all of the places where we stayed, as well as at dinners at other venues.

The schedule was pretty well filled and could perhaps use a little bit more free time, but on the whole, we greatly enjoyed ourselves. Our tour guide provided a lot of background information about each local area we visited, pointing out places of interest, where to find restaurants, etc. We learned some Irish history during our tour and enjoyed our various walking and building tours and tour guides as well.

Every contingency was taken care of and while there were a couple of last-minute minor changes to daily itineraries, they were dealt with to cause minimal disruption.

Tour guide was amazing, knowledgeable and funny. Would take a tour with her

Choice of hotels needs improvement

Each day was well organized. We experienced a lot, but never felt rushed.

The tour guide Di was fanrastic, as was the coach driver Nevil.

It was easy to book. People were available to answer questions. I would recommend CIE and plan to book through them again.

Everything was well organized from beginning to end. Hotels were very good, entertainment and food great. Bob, driver and guide is excellent, knowledge of history of Ireland superb, blarney included. Definitely felt it was more than a
Taste of Ireland and would recommend for sure.

Yes, I would tour with CIE again. My only issue was some of the hotels were not in the city such as in Edinburgh, Scotland so we didn't have much time in the city. Same with St. Andrews.

It was perfect in every way!!