4.6/5

Once in a life time trip.

Aer Lingus airflight was exceptional. Easy to find the CIE representative when we arrived in Dublin. Hotels were 4 star all the way including the food. All of the tour sights were interesting, beautiful and the tour guides were knowledgeable. PJ, our bus driver, was wonderful. It was nice that he was Irish, gave us so much history of Ireland, we couldn't have had anyone better. Also was an excellent driver.
We appreciated CIE working with our travel agency, Burkhalter Travel, and would definitely travel with you again.
Thanks for a memorable trip.

Wonderful Ireland Tour

My wife and I made the 12-day CIE Odessa Tour that included Ireland and Northern Ireland. It was a great time, the coach driver was fantastic - informative and entertaining. The overall value of the tour was excellent. There was a very good mix of local excursions like Keane’s Pub, Farmhouse, Sheepdogs, Apple Farm, and naturals wonders like Cliffs of Moher, Giants Causeway and historic sites `-Kylemore Abbey, Blarney and a host of other castles, and the cities - Dublin, Killarney, Galway and others. This tour as a great way to get a broad experience of Ireland and the Irish people - highly recommend it and wouldn’t hesitate to book the 12-day. We even added a couple of days in Dublin on the front end to round it out to two weeks. Great fun and a great experience overall.

Trip exceeded our expectations.

Efficient well-planned tour. All we had to do was show up when told.

Thorough tour of England

The English Odyssey 14-day tour takes you all over England and to many historical and beautiful sites. It is fast paced, but that is the only way to see so much in a such short period of time. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and very good in getting us to places early, before the majority of tourists arrived. The hotel locations were outstanding, within a few minutes of walking to historical downtowns. All the hotels were top-notch with super breakfasts. The bus was comfortable and immaculately clean, and the bus driver was so skilled. This CIE tour provided all it promised.

Wonderful trip aside from some transportation issues

I loved the tour but we had issues with the transportation department, not only with the airline scheduling but also with shuttle service arriving and leaving. We have addressed these issues in another letter.
I would definitely use CIE again if our concerns are addressed favorably.

Great trip lousy weather

Very good tour

Our tour guide Joe was amazing. The bus was comfortable and we saw such great things! Fun dinners too.

Good but too expensive for children

The tour guides were great and the tour itself was incredible. We stayed on time and smoothly with 44 people. The one downside was the cost to bring an 8yo, the hotels did not accommodate well for children and families. We only paid $600 less for a child and it should have been half price or less. If you are doing a family vacation with kids under 16 I would not do this tour just because of the hotels. The guides and people in our group were incredibly gracious and fun to be around.

Fantastic trip

Our guide was fantastic and we loved Scotland

Very thorough trip of Scotland and Ireland. Guides were excellent.

We had a fantastic experience. The guide was knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. All the hotels were very nice and the staff was courteous and helpful. The activities were well planned. For our first tour, this was a vacation to remember. We will absolutely vacation with CIE again.

Wonderful Experience

Making our reservations for a party of 9 was easy, and the staff was very helpful. No issues whatsoever. We always received excellent customer service, felt respected and honored to be on the tour.

Great value tour that hit all the highlights!

Good use of time and providing regular breaks/changes in pace of activities. Really enjoyed all the stops and our guide was fantastic.

Would choose CIE tours every time!

We had an unforgettable trip to Ireland through CIE tours. All of our accommodations and transportation was taken care of and were top notch! We didn’t even have to worry about any transportation to or from the airport which was so nice. Many of our meals were included in our trip cost and they were all very good meals. Our tour guide/coach driver, Murt, was better than I could have ever imagined. We learned so much on this trip along with making fantastic memories and seeing unforgettable sights. If you want to be able to sit back, relax, and enjoy your vacation, CIE tours is the way to go.

8 day Irish Adventure wasn’t always smooth sailing

Great 8 day tour, fabulous tour guide/driver, awesome hotels, overall. Reason 4 not 5 stars was our arrival to Dublin was 4:50 am. Our voucher said pick up begins at 7am—so exhausted, we waited 2 hours. Then we saw the CIE rep at T2. She smiled and said we now must wait until 8am…not happy. At 7:45am, she told us we have a taxi for our hotel. Once arriving at our hotel, no room was available until 3pm. Had envisioned taking a nap for a few hours before our tour began at 2pm. Wasted hours in their lounge. At 1pm, the front desk got us our room—I kept asking them. Learned the hard way, arrive 1 or 2 days before your tour begins to take care of no sleep and jet lag. Also for my adult son and me, we ordered 2 beds in our hotel room. 4 reservations had us for a double. Front desk person said that means 2 rooms/suite and one bed. It was frustrating. Still, I’d highly recommend CIE.

The tour director was fabulous. He made our trip. Really enjoyed the entertainment both nights, Ploughboy pub and Bunratty castle. Liked the location of the hotel in Kilarney a lot.

The tour, tour guide and bus driver were amazing. I would recommend to anyone visiting Scotland for the first time!

Awesome your company is the best

They were very accommodating we lost a piece of our luggage in Dublin airport and they found it and got it to us

Trip of a lifetime

Service right on point. Every day given updates and itinerary. Best trip ever!

Would book again in an instant ,can’t say enough about Director Frankie , great historian , witty , considerate and as the Irish say Great Craic