Grand Tour of Britain & Ireland

Customer Reviews

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  ann

  · September 10th, 2025
  This trip was absolutely AMAZING! PROS: Tour guide was phenomenal!! Extremely knowledgeable! I would only asked that she would focus on what is going on on that day! Don’t incorporate the itinitery of future days because it can become very confusion! She was extremely friendly and funny; the driver was great, although he could have SMILED a little more. He was simply laser focus on his job; majority of hotels were in the city center or not very far from public transportation and easy access to places of interest CONS; Lousy food except for street food; mediocre hotels, but I was ok with that; Carrying your own luggage 95% of the trip to include up and down stairs; not enough time in great places such as Tramore, Galway and Liverpool! We could have alleviated other places in order to enjoy more time in other places such as Tramore, Liverpool, Killnary, Galway, etc. One of the most important things lacking on this trip was PERSONAL HYGIENE! People could have used better hygiene when sneezing, coughing and even yearning! Because of this lack of hygiene, people were getting sick like crazy! The tour guides should emphasize the importance of hygience in order for ever to enjoy the trip they paid for! I felt so sorry for the elderly people who struggle due to illness and stayed behind multiple times. Please reinforce good traveling hygiene on a charter bus! A lot of time is spent on the bus, but now I understand why. Overall it allowed us all to get necessary REST due to the time zone difference. Even though I have cons, I rated this trip on the overall picture that was worth my money!
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  Trip date: August 2025
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  Gerald

  · September 8th, 2025
  Ok, but poor choices of some hotels and restaurants. Some policies (tipping, bus loading times, and others) seem to benefit Cosmos more than customers.
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  Trip date: July 2025
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  Wendy

  · June 5th, 2025
  Anna, our guide, was excellent. She was very informative, knew her history of the area very well, had a quick wit and a great sense of humor, was so calm no matter the situation and treated everyone within the tour with courtesy and equal. Our driver, Steve, was tremendous and the calmest driver I have encountered, no matter the lack of space at times. Both made this trip a wonderful experience! Thanks for having us on the tour! Wendy/Chuck McIndoo, Canada
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  Trip date: May 2025
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  Robert

  · October 5th, 2024
  Nothing grand about this tour, in no particular order, no meet and greet with others or group leader, major discussion about paying crazy gratuity to guide and driver within an hour of departure, driving way to fast and in my opinion in a dangerous way for the duration of the drivers term even making passengers vomit. The whole trip was one big rush rush rush with only 3 hotels of any quality the rest total rubbish some even without lifts, Only one supplied evening dinner was of quality but was spoiled by the operator as we didn’t arrive until after 8 pm to eat. I could go on but simply say it was rubbish and not recommended to anyone you are friends with.
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  Trip date: September 2024
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  David

  · September 26th, 2024
  This was a great tour and we had a wonderful time.
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  Trip date: September 2024
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  NANCY

  · September 25th, 2024
  Excellent holiday! Well organized and felt taken care of.
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  Trip date: September 2024
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  Steve

  · September 9th, 2024
  Some parts could be improved, such us hotels,excursions. The tour director Stuart and Pedro the driver were excellent.
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  Trip date: July 2024
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  Trevor

  · September 6th, 2024
  We saw everything with variations some within the control of the tour guide some not , it was made up as we went along within the bounds of the general outlines of the tour , over all the rest of the travellers were great with the odd exceptions on various days , this was conducive to alcohol consumption which was used as a pain relief for the continuous narration and DJing by the tour guide who had good days n bad , being 35 he boarded on bullying his captive audience , who by the way were old enough to be his Grandparents or at the very least his Mum n Dad , NO USE OF TOILET ON THE BUS , the to test the theory we will drive for two and a half hours between toilet stops , THIS IS BAD THE ELDERLY ARE SUBJECT YO POOR BOWL AND BLADDER CONTROL DUE TO AGE , being oblivious to this or ignorant of the fact we plowed on from great hotels to cheap rubbish , WITH STAIRS FOR THE AVERAGE 65 yo 80 year old people to manage their suitcases , NOT GOOD ! It became worse as we went on , being filled with our travel guides interpretation of history , but being Northern Irish n having attended 4 Universities ( not sure of degrees obtained if any) there was little he could be told , or discuss , even though his captives the mature aged people on the bus had more life skills in their little finger than his interpretation of history and life , lucky he has room to grow in maturity and age wise , the Bus driver Meirion was highly skilled n kept us safe even to the point of rectifying miss information on meeting places for us to return to the bus a true gentleman , The tour generally covered a vast arena of history and events , so it could be said to be a Glimpse of the UK , history and events , so as a review in stars ( remember the parameters are like your hotel star rating ! Coach n Captain 5 stars ( except the toilet thing) Tour guide . 4 stars ( he did his best for his age ) Accomodation . 2 to 3 stars ( some by the tour guides own admission were pretty rough n not conducive to the elderly people on the trip) Food . 1 2 stars , Generally ok ,breakfasts n some dinners Tipping for service re Tour guide and Coach Captain was a main concern and worry to the HAIR OF GREY FEET OF CLAY brigade , the request was over the top and being reminded of gratuity rewards was only more confronting , do you not pay these people the appropriate reward for effort ? The extra activities on the tour were what’s known as “ kick back activity” except for the ones incorporated in the initial cost . Otherwise the tour was as is its wearing just from the travelling point of view but Im not sure of any other way , to see what we saw Star rating for the trip 3 out of a possible5
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  Trip date: July 2024
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  Donna

  · July 1st, 2024
  The trip was well organised and enjoyable Tour leader Angela was so full of knowledge incredible lovely claim lady as well we enjoyed this tour very much.
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  Trip date: June 2024
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  STEPHANUS

  · June 16th, 2024
  Really great tour, it was well planned and the sights and places we saw were fantastic. The tour guide was really knowledgeable, and he passed on so much information to us, he was incredible. The bus driver too was very good and drove safely.
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  Trip date: May 2024