4.6/5

A trip of a Lifetime

Our Tour Guide John Doran was absolutely wonderful. He made sure everything ran well and explained things to us when we asked.

Trip of a lifetime with breathtaking views & stunning historical bulidings

Our tour was beyond my expectations! Our tour guide in Scotland, Alasdair, was outstanding! What a great introduction into Scotland and it's history with humor! So many of the hotels were historical with stunning grounds..even in the rain. I loved the fresh air & breathtaking views, including the hikes Alasdair led during our free time in Pitlochery. Ireland was beautiful and interesting and stunning, historical hotels! I learned so much about Ireland's history from our guide. I especially loved the informal evening with the Irish group in Killarney(it was a smaller setting than our Scottish night, more personal, more interaction, great humor) and the Marine Pub and the Jaunting car in Killkarney with our guide, Michael Ryan. In Galway, Connor led us on a memorable and very entertaining introduction to Galway. Every day I would say,"oh, this is my favorite part" and the next day I would say that again about another place! I will always remember the amazing, attentive staff at the Granville in Waterford. Our guide, Jack, was outstanding !! For booking, I was a little confused about the airfare. I had never booked a tour like this and didn't always know the questions I should ask. in June CIE told me to contact British Airways so I could choose seats so my sister & I could sit together. But British Airways told me I had to wait for CIE to send me the tickets. I waited a few more weeks to receive the ticket email. When I didn't receive it, I called CIE back & told them what British Airways had said. They told me to call them again & be sure to say I was with CIE. If that didn't work to call CIE back. It did work this time, and I was fortunate enough to get 2 of the few remaining seats on the aisle together. Our flight on British Airways in Economy to Scotland was much for comfortable than in American Airlines on our trip home. I appreciated the backpack(it was well used) and other helpful items that were included in the mailing. We had excellent drivers-Paul in Scotland with his great sense of humor & Mick in Ireland driving the new, longer coach. I felt very safe. And that can be said of the entire trip. My one disappointment was our last night at the Clayton hotel in Dublin. Sport teams were staying there so it was full. My sister & I were assigned a room that is usually for wheelchair accessibility, at least the bathroom was..the room would have been too small. But the hotel had to come and clean twice to remove a very unpleasant order in the bathroom-first the shower curtain & then I asked them to clean the entire bathroom which they did. It was an interesting shower that had no place for your soap or shampoo, made a terrible whistling sound when I pulled a rope near the sink to engage something(first step in instructions). Then turned on the water in the shower. It was a raised platform for a wheelchair to roll upon so there was no border to hold in the water so it leaked all over the floor.We also had trouble getting the A/C to work..had to call for assistance again. I guess it was a fitting last night because it didn't make me want to stay there, sadly. I will recommend CIE to others and would certainly use them for any future tours. I posted pictures and summaries daily on Facebook for friends back home and kept a journal too so I wouldn't forget this amazing adventure in my life, like sheep shearing with Neal in Scotland!

Excellent itinerary, terrific Guide and Driver! Scotland is beautiful!

Yes! I worked primarily with Affordable Tours to coordinate this tour. My Travel agent was terrific. I was impressed with how well organized CIE was with sending travel documents and overall responsive to my questions. The tour definitely met my expectations!

CIE was Excellent

Yes, would we recommend CIE to friends and family and, yes, would use them again. We were impressed with the organization. It was a fast-paced tour which was good because we were able to see and do a lot in one week.

I have nothing but positive feedback my experience with CIE booking. Due to a medical occurance I had to rebook my trip. The changes were made without any problems and my trip was wonderful. Thanks

Pleasant, easy booking service.

Booking was handled through my travel agent and no problems were encountered.

Easy Peasy and Great Value!

Everything was handled with courteous, informed customer service rep. I was amazed how much we saved by booking our air and pre-tour hotels with CIE! I will definitely use them again...and again...for European travel.

Overall good tour, driver and guides good. Breakfasts got boring and rarely

Rev yes, buy again maybe.

Ireland's BEST Tour company!

I booked online. I did not like that I could not request Specific seating together that it was randomly assigned by the airline. Booking agent told me I could update to Priority Seating after the tour was booked and get them changed. I did that and everything went as planned.

Great tour of Ice;land which reslted in us getting a real picture of the co

Great service. Tour guide was great and personable.

Delightful, informative, Irish owned

The organization on the tour was fantastic! We knew exactly what was happening. Our driver/guide, Pat Smith (McGowan) was absolutely the best.

Great vacation.

Well organized. Excellent itinerary and tour guides.

Company solved a hotel problem by upgrading guests to a 5 star hotel. Driver/guide was caring, entertaining & always on top of the day’s excursions. Driver did the work of 2 people.

Good hotels; great driver; good director ( tended to talk to much)

Great tour; very good Hotels. Wife broke wrist and they handled it well. Bus should have a first aid kit. Driver was great!

Easy to work with. Rep was happily willing to answer my many questions. I was satisfied withwith finding an itinerary, travel insurance, and flights that met my needs.

Luxury and smooth transitions

The hotels were all luxurious and elegant. Wonderful breakfast. Dominic, our guide, was terrific at getting us in and out with no inconvenience for us.

First our tour guide Tommy O'Reilly was wonderful, so very enjoyable.

yes I would use them again. The were so informative and warm and caring

Our driver and local experts were excellent. The itinerary was well planned.

We enjoyed our tour of scenic Britain very much. One phone call was all it took to schedule our trip and to purchase trip insurance.

Outstanding service

Outstanding trip . The driver/guide ,Simon was fantastic. CIE took care of everything! The hotels were excellent, the food was very good and everyone involved seemed to go out of there way to help. I will use CIE for my next trip!