3,986 Luxury Travel Tour & Trip Reviews

Luxury Travel Tour & Trip Reviews

3,986 Reviews
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4.8 Lodging
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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

ZA

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Inspiring Australia November 2023

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
Wonderful and fun experience

N&JiM

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We choose a AerLingus Rail Pkg out of… November 2023

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
We choose a AerLingus Rail Pkg out of Boston. Flight an hour early into Dublin. Six nights in four star hotels. Yes we had to figure logistics to rail stations. Great to go our own pace for almost 80 year olds. We went to Cork and Killarney. Took a Viator tour of Ring of Kerry, extra but worth it. November 1-8, 2023. Great value
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LC

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Pleasantly Surprised - wonderful trip November 2023

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
Despite anxiety over reading poor reviews about Aer Lingus Vacation store, our entire vacation to Scotland was perfect from beginning to end with no problems at all. The Market Street Hotel exceeded our expectations, our hotel transfers were prompt and the drivers were helpful and very informative, all of our chosen activities were great, the trip vouchers were all accepted, our airline seats were fine, and that would be the only advice I'd offer, after AerLingus airlines established our confirmation/number, a few days after booking through the vacation store, I called the airline directly, they looked up our locater number and they were able to assign us seats next to each other on our main flight and our connecting flight- and although we couldn't pick a specific row, she told me what seats were together, that were available to us, there were a few, and she let me choose from that- so we had alittle say in that and most important, we sat together- you just need to plan and be proactive- if you dont do this, you will just randomly be assigned to any available seat.
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GH

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Anonymous November 2023

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
overall service and support was great

MA

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A perfect experience November 2023

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
Exceptional service from first to last minute. Very efficient and easy to navigate

DG

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Excellent service & helpfulness in everyday. I loved the entire experience November 2023

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
Yes The anticiapted our needs & were so accommodating.

TC

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Train travel in Japan is a unique aspect of tour November 2023

4.0
  • Value 4.0
  • Guide 4.0
  • Activities 4.0
  • Lodging 4.0
  • Transportation 4.0
  • Meals 4.0
Enjoyed the train travel between cities, but didn't realize how much time would be spent on the bus transport. An estimate in advance would be helpful and a bathroom on the bus for periods over 2 hrs. Hotels were very nice in general except Kyoto in the train station which is very worn and placement in the Imperial Hotel in Tokoyo which you could hear the trains all night long. Welcome dinner and final dinner were not good. 3 hours for the final dinner was too long better spent at the Kabuki theatre or other cultural event. Our guide was lovely, but difficult to understand at times. Hiroshima survivor is a wonderful resource. Presentation was terrible. He read his script in Japanese, our guide translated. Would have preferred to ask him questions after a short introduction. Presentation was too long. Hiroshima museum was packed and we were not able to see the exhibit. Would be nice to visit at a less busy time. Missed Mt Fuji by tram due to miscommunications and weather which was disappointing. Weather did clear and we saw from a distance. Would have liked more guidance on where to go for meals on our own. We often arrived very late and scrambled for a place to eat. Overall a good trip, Japan did not disappoint. People are lovely, respectful and the country is so clean.
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TC

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Anonymous October 2023

4.0
  • Value 4.0
  • Guide 4.0
  • Activities 4.0
  • Lodging 4.0
  • Transportation 4.0
  • Meals 4.0
Overall we really enjoyed our luxury gold tour of Egypt.
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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PM

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Excellent tour, Good accommodation, staff were most helpful. wonderful food October 2023

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
Would travel with Luxury Gold again. This was my 8th trip with TTC. 4 with Insight, 2 with Uniworld Cruises. and my second with Luxury Gold.
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
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TC

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Anonymous October 2023

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
Everything was setup up perfectly! Our private Concierge took care of every little detail.

TC

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Overall it was a great trip. October 2023

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
Trip was planned meticulously. The tour guide was excellent. Need extra day in Cambodia - too many to see in one day. Add an extra day for Halong Bay - not enough time to enjoy such a beautiful place.

TC

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Cambodia and Vietnam in Style October 2023

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
Enjoyed the trip and learned a lot about these countries - the people, the history, the food, and their way of life.

JL

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Anonymous October 2023

4.0
  • Value 4.0
  • Guide 4.0
  • Activities 4.0
  • Lodging 4.0
  • Transportation 4.0
  • Meals 4.0
We were well informed at all stages of our tour. Our group was smaller at 21 so had more of a family atmosphere. Would definitely join a smaller group tour again

TC

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Excellent experience all around. October 2023

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
First class bus and driver. Group leader, Dom, was a real personality. He was excellent in all cases. Local guides were knowledgeable and were very understandable. Hotels were first rate.

LM

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Excellent. We will repeat October 2023

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
Excellent travel advisor (Dominic); he was 90% of the success of our tour. Most hotels had excellent facilities and service

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