4.6/5

Solid

Solid bus tour company. Well organized, all hotels and activities pre-booked as part of a package.

Awesome Tour of Ireland

Everything about the tour was excellent. From the locations we visited to the meals and stop overs. But the best of all was our tour guide/driver Brian, who made everything fun and interesting.

Same guide from beginning to end of tour and he was excellent. All accommodations were very good.

They were helpful with booking our tour and when a problem arose about size of bed in room they called and made the correction with the hotels.

Excellent Company - Excellent Service

Because they handled EVERYTHING. All my husband and I did was sit back and enjoy. For us, it was the trip of a lifetime and having the excellent service of our CIE drivers and guides with us just made it a fantastic trip!

Tour was as advertised. Always on time. Patrick was perfect, made an effort to keep everyone happy.

The trip of a lifetime

The guy who booked my trip was so nice and found us the best deal. We were taking a trip for my fiancés birthday and was the most memorable trip!!

Great vacation

The tour was great. Refine, our guide, is extremely friendly and knowledgeable. She was always available to answer questions and help in any way. Our driver, Raymon, was equally wonderful.

CIE Tours is class..

Everything was simple and perfect. I've had the pleasure of using CIE Tours on 2 trips to the emerald isle. Both trips were flawless.. love it!

I had a travel agent set up my tour for me. When there was a change of hotels, they let the agent and myself know by email. And the replacement hotel was amazing!!

Excellent Vacation!

Easy to book and very helpful representatives to guide you along the way.

Taste of Britain - 7 Days/6 Nights

Nothing short of a wonderful trip!

The Irish Pub Tour - 9 Days/8 Nights

Everything was SO well taken care of. Our driver and tour direction, John Dalton, was a wonderful man - he gave us so much information in a droll way, making it fun to learn about Ireland. The hotels were good, the activities fun (especially the dog-herding show), and the food and drink were very good. I would definitely refer this journey.

Scottish & Irish Gold - 15 Days/14 Nights

I was very excited for this trip and to spend time in 2 countries I love. Scotland started off well, it didn't feel too rushed at each location. The tour guide and driver were wonderful. I learned so much about the country's history and culture. The tour guide was able to adapt to certain closed areas (thats what happens when you travel before the tourist season kicks in) and I felt well informed each night.

Unfortunately I did not know that the one trip I booked was actually 2 trips squished together. It felt a little jarring to change tour guides and bus drivers in the middle of the trip, part ways with some guests, meet new guests, and to spend a day "killing time" before arriving in Dublin. I would have much rather made it to Dublin in time to meet the new tour group, have some time in the city, and go for the welcome drinks, instead of meeting them on the bus the next day.

The Ireland portion was much faster paced. It felt like we were constantly moving and did not have enough time anywhere to fully enjoy the sites. The tour guide and bus driver were very nice and knowledgable. I wish we were able to vote on attractions we wanted to stay longer at. It also had a shopping focused day, which seemed out of place and was at a location that was very high end, if we could have opted out of that it would be nice. The music was wonderful wherever we went and Ireland had a lot more "included adult beverages," if you like the Irish coffees.

Just a big note if you are traveling with food allergies/restrictions - these were not always accommodated at each location and often I had to order off menu to receive food that could work. Since the allergies & restrictions were provided in advance, I assumed they would be taken care of at each meal (with maybe just a quick double check). I was often served food with an allergen or there was no record of my restrictions when arriving at each location. I spent a lot of time visiting grocery stores to supplement my food. It would also be nice to have protein options for vegetarians rather than big salads.

Overall I am glad with all the history that I learned, the landscapes that I visited, and the folklore provided by the guides.