4.6/5

We booked through a travel agent.

Loved the whole two week trip! Loved the history and all the places we were able to see. Mark Tyrrell(Spelling?) was the greatest guide and bus driver. He was informative and humorous.
A couple items that I would have liked ahead of the start of the trip: It might be nice to have the meeting with all of the tour before it actually starts. For example: We had a tour guide right away for the Dublin city tour. (We had the meeting in the evening after the tour) We did not have our tip money ready for the guide--thinking she we would be seeing her again--but it was the only time we saw her.
The other information that really was very important to get through the airport in a speedy manner was using the VeriFLY app before we arrived at the airport to depart.
Other people from our tour that left earlier, called to tell us to use the app--otherwise we would not have known about it. IT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW FAST WE WENT THROUGH THE AIRPORT CHECK-IN! It would be nice if CIE or the airlines would give the link to the app before leaving for the trip to use on the return trip.

Great trip

Great trip. We have done several CIE tours and this one was very good. The tour guide, Marty, was excellant.

We went through a travel agent who took care of most of the booking but it seemed very easy.

Overall good experience

Booking was easy. However, due to Covid we has to re book 2x. That was easy as well. However, when we got closer to the trip It was impossible to talk to someone. long wait times ( more than an hour) to speak to someone.

Teriffic Tour. Highly recommend the CFI tour. Even better if you have Brian

Great tour. All reservations, plane, hotel, food, sites visited, were made by CIE. everything on the scheduled was well planned and Brian our tour guide was exceptional. Many great locations were on the schedule to visit.

Great tour of Scottish castles, the Highlands and Skye

We have used CIE tours before and they provide really good tours. The Scottish Clans and Castles tour guide Graham Bruce was excellent! So knowledgeable and organized -- I would book another tour just because of him. The location of the last hotel on this tour was a little disappointing. The hotel was great but the location was far from the tourist locations. CIE should have provided transportation to the city center or given us more detailed information about how to get from the hotel to Edinburgh .

Best value for your money

Every thing was top notch from hotels, meals, Coach, Tour managers to places we visited. Very flexible. I will recommend to my friends.

Dominic was a fabulous tour guide! Wealth of knowledge, very entertaining, great communicator and very patient. We travelled with a great group of people. All of our hotels stays were wonderful. The food was good, but redundant.

Busy, but excellent itinerary.

Yes I would definitely recommend CIE Tours.
There agents and customer service were excellent before we left Canada on our vacation.

We went through our travel agent. Had no problems booking. Our CIE travel packs were received within the week.

Working to book and reschedule our trip was very easy and the service was very professional.

I would highly recommend CIE. They have a excellent, knowledgeable staff
From booking the reservation through our Ireland tour
Thanks for the memories

The entire experience was great!

The booking service was very friendly and helpful. I had to rebook due to Covid but everything was handled without any problems.

Very customer focused.

Would have given you five stars except for transfers to and from airport.

Our tour guide and bus driver were first rate. Lots and lots of information, interesting places to see and frequent stops when needed. Most of the hotels were fine but the Handpicked hotel in Scotland was the absolute best.

Very happy with the itinerary and our tour guide Dermot was excellent!

The tour guide (Colm) was amazing and went out of his way to make sure ever

Yes, it was very easy to book the trip.

Booking the trip and flights was simple and easy. We did it over the phone. The staff are very helpful, and I greatly appreciate their patience with me. It was my first trip overseas and I was so worried about everything being right! No issues at all :)

Good Trip!

Good Tour Leader. Good Bus. Good Hotels. Things worked very well and we got a lot done in 10 days.!