Grand Tour of Britain & Ireland

Customer Reviews

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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.
  Trip date: September 2024
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  NANCY

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

  · May 28th, 2024
  Amazing trip,great people and very well organized BUT bring your patience with you its a long day on the bus ..
  Trip date: May 2024
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  Craig

  · July 9th, 2023
  Well organised with great driver and director.
  Trip date: May 2023

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  Anonymous

  · July 6th, 2023
  Places that we visited were extremely beautiful.
  Trip date: June 2023

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