Luxury Travel Tour & Trip Reviews
Editor’s Take
What to Look For in Luxury Travel Reviews
Most trip reviews tend to focus on some or all of these 5 key areas, not all of which may be relevant to you: the tour guide, travel company, service level, country or countries traveled in, and the trip itinerary.
Luxury travelers are affluent and tend to have engrained high expectations when it comes to customer service and comfort level. They are a discerning group, prepared to be treated to unforgettable travel, and itineraries that don’t just gloss over things. Small touches and elements that create an elevated experience are not just appreciated, they are expected.
When reading luxury travel reviews, it’s important to consider which factors you place most value on when traveling.
Perhaps the accommodations aren’t what you expected but the guide makes up for it. Or vise versa. Remember that what is a big deal for one traveler - something that caused them to leave a negative review - may not be a big deal for you.
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Tour Reviews
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Zaida Arguedas
Inspiring Australia November 2023
- Value 5.0
- Guide 5.0
- Activities 5.0
- Lodging 5.0
- Transportation 5.0
- Meals 5.0
N&JiM
Nat & Jim in MS
We choose a AerLingus Rail Pkg out of… November 2023
- Value 5.0
- Guide 5.0
- Activities 5.0
- Lodging 5.0
- Transportation 5.0
- Meals 5.0
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L. Cummings
Pleasantly Surprised - wonderful trip November 2023
- Value 5.0
- Guide 5.0
- Activities 5.0
- Lodging 5.0
- Transportation 5.0
- Meals 5.0
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Gary Hapken
Anonymous November 2023
- Value 5.0
- Guide 5.0
- Activities 5.0
- Lodging 5.0
- Transportation 5.0
- Meals 5.0
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Margaret Atkinson
A perfect experience November 2023
- Value 5.0
- Guide 5.0
- Activities 5.0
- Lodging 5.0
- Transportation 5.0
- Meals 5.0
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Diana Geipel
Excellent service & helpfulness in everyday. I loved the entire experience November 2023
- Value 5.0
- Guide 5.0
- Activities 5.0
- Lodging 5.0
- Transportation 5.0
- Meals 5.0
TC
Trusted Customer
Train travel in Japan is a unique aspect of tour November 2023
- Value 4.0
- Guide 4.0
- Activities 4.0
- Lodging 4.0
- Transportation 4.0
- Meals 4.0
TC
Trusted Customer
Anonymous October 2023
- Value 4.0
- Guide 4.0
- Activities 4.0
- Lodging 4.0
- Transportation 4.0
- Meals 4.0
The tours were interesting, accomodation , food and drink were of a high standard.
However, we were disappointed to discover on day 2 of our tour that the tour to Abu Simbel was not included and an option that required additional payment whilst on the trip.
This caused us a great deal of stress as we tried to transfer funds to our travel visa card to pay for the tour.
We weren’t able to do this because the wi fi on the boat was so poor which resulted in my husband resorting to switching his phone onto roaming which was still unsuccessful.
The end result being we missed the tour and have an additional $110 to pay on our phone bill.
This scenario could have been avoided if we’d known that we needed extra funds in our travel card for the tour and if the wi fi on the boat was better. (We were advised by our travel agent that we didn’t need to purchase another sim as we’d have access to wi fi !)
The other main issue confronting us was that we were explicitly told by our Australian travel agent that tips were included in the tour price.
However, on arrival we were advised by the luxury gold concierge who picked us up at the airport that it is customary to tip guides, drivers etc.
We hadn’t allowed funds for this which also affected our cash flow and caused us a bit of stress at times.
There seems to be mixed messaging about tipping in Egypt.
It’s a pity these things marred an otherwise amazing trip.
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Patricia Marchant
Excellent tour, Good accommodation, staff were most helpful. wonderful food October 2023
- Value 5.0
- Guide 5.0
- Activities 5.0
- Lodging 5.0
- Transportation 5.0
- Meals 5.0
Our Travel Concierge Mohamed Taha, was exceptional, and contributed to to making our tour so special. In fact he was the best concierge I have travelled with, and ideally suited to Luxury Gold Travel
TC
Trusted Customer
Anonymous October 2023
- Value 5.0
- Guide 5.0
- Activities 5.0
- Lodging 5.0
- Transportation 5.0
- Meals 5.0
TC
Trusted Customer
Overall it was a great trip. October 2023
- Value 5.0
- Guide 5.0
- Activities 5.0
- Lodging 5.0
- Transportation 5.0
- Meals 5.0
TC
Trusted Customer
Cambodia and Vietnam in Style October 2023
- Value 5.0
- Guide 5.0
- Activities 5.0
- Lodging 5.0
- Transportation 5.0
- Meals 5.0
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Jan Lloyd
Anonymous October 2023
- Value 4.0
- Guide 4.0
- Activities 4.0
- Lodging 4.0
- Transportation 4.0
- Meals 4.0
TC
Trusted Customer
Excellent experience all around. October 2023
- Value 5.0
- Guide 5.0
- Activities 5.0
- Lodging 5.0
- Transportation 5.0
- Meals 5.0
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Leon Miura
Excellent. We will repeat October 2023
- Value 5.0
- Guide 5.0
- Activities 5.0
- Lodging 5.0
- Transportation 5.0
- Meals 5.0

$ 34,570 20-days trip

$ 4,815 10-days trip

$ 3,875 11-days trip

$ 6,895 14-days trip