4.6/5

Great tour guide - Anita. Terrible first hotel (Glasgow) - construction

Love tour guides born in country - better perspective of people and their lives. Anita had great command of the history. Would recommend her to anyone. He should not have stayed at Sandman Hotel in Glasgow. Not complete, one elevator operational - had to carry luggage down stairs. Poor design on this part.

Phenomenal TripThrough Scotland and Ireland

The service was phenomenal, we so enjoyed our tour of Scotland and Ireland. Everything is thoroughly explained so you will be prepared for each day's itinerary.

Like living in a fairy tale!

Our tour was about as perfect as we could imagine! Not only was it well-organized in ways that allowed us to maximize the diverse, incredible sites and events each day, we were also blessed with an outstanding tour guide -- Linda -- who provided a wealth of knowledge about Scotland and kept us spellbound and laughing each day! We're still amazed that 24 strangers from all over the U.S. (plus Australia) could spend such concentrated time together with absolutely no conflicts and feel like old friends by the end of the tour! Our AAA travel agent said CIE Tours is her favorite group to work with and now we understand why!

Great trip. Food choices could have been better! Deserts were excellent though!

Trip of a life time

Our guide Phillip Duffy was very knowledgeable and made the trip a delight.

Very well planned and organized. Outstanding tour guide/leader and knowledgeable.

The tour was very good. Hotel in Adare was lovely. Food at hotel was very good. Didn’t like the location of the Aloft in Dublin. Phillip our driver/guide was excellent. Great stories.

They did everything well. Hotels were good except for second Clayton Hotel. I paid for 7 people to stay there and I got a cracker box size room with a 3ft. Diameter post in the room, no mirror in living area to do hair, as that was only place plug would work.. Bathroom very cramped. When on toilet and getting off the seat your head would touch the shower glass. Asked for different room, could not accommodate me that night. Next morning I insisted a room change and by afternoon I had a very nice size room. Some things needed repair.

The tour guide Becky was awesome, very knowledgeable and answered all our questions. The driver and second guide, Colm was awesome also, very personable, knowledgeable and made the trip fun. The overnight accommodation were excellent and the meals were location sensitive giving us a flavor of the countries.

A Taste of Ireland and a trip of a lifetime.

Extremely organized. The Seat Rotations on the bus, the good food at the restaurants and stay at top notch hotels, the Ferry Ride, Cliffs of Moher, kissing the Blarney Stone, The Sheep Farm, The Medieval Castle Dinner and entertainment, Step Dancing and Group Singers at the Merry Ploughboy, the diversity, and all of the other historical information, landscape and scenery were all great and enjoyable. Will definitely travel with CIE again. Love my three sweaters, and Claudaugh Ring I purchased.

It was awkward traveling solo.

Great tour, great driver. Pleasant companions but I felt weird traveling alone.

When visiting Ireland, go with the Irish experts, CIE.

Our guide Colm was fantastic. The only issue was that 2 hotels were not A/C. Fans would have helped circulate air.

Loved our tour!

This escorted tour was the best we have ever taken. Your tour guides made the trip awesome!

A wonderful view of Irish culture and landscape

Best tour for the money, covering the entire island

Top notch driver/guide Murt O’Shea was an invaluable source of information and made sure all on his tour passengers was taken care of, no matter their needs!

Loved it all!

Our tour guide, Damien McKenna, was one of the best things about the trip. He was knowledgeable and hilarious! I enjoyed all of the stops on the Scots Irish tour. Alot was packed into a day and it was exhausting but so worth it. Many memories were made I highly recommend this tour and CIE.

Third time traveler.

Third time traveling with CIE. Wish there were tours for repeat travelers. Didn’t get enough time in Galway. Tour director was knowledgeable and helpful. Would have liked more recommendations on places to eat for dinner. Good recommendations for lunch. Coach was always cold even after asking the driver to turn the heat up which he did daily. Bought a blanket. Skipped the walking tours. They need to be looked at. Too long standing in one place.

Absolutely loved Irish Odyssey tour. Visited so many wonderful places and tour guide, Dermot, shared his love of his country.

The best time I’ve ever spent with a tour.

The best part of our tour was Pompeii and The Colusseum. Diana was an awesome tour guide and very knowledgeable about all the sights and places we went. I would recommend her for all my Italy tours.

I had an enjoyable trip.

The tour guide/driver was great. Some of the accommodations weren’t so good.