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Excellent tour director and driver. very nice locations and hotels. Food very good

Everything was wonderful. Thank ou GVV.

Every representative was friendly and professional. They were thorough and helpful. I will definitely book with them again!

This was our first time in Ireland. We loved the accommodations and everything about Ireland. The itinerary and experiences were exceptional. Our only comment is that there was a lot of driving to the sites and locations. We would definitely recommend the 12 day. We were unable to see some recommended sites because we had to backtrack. We will be booking another vacation through Great Value.

This is one of several times I’ve used Great Value Vacations to travel and have not been disappointed once. I took my mother and sister to Ireland for their first time and they had the best time. Thank you!

Great communications before the trip with email reminders, upgrade options and important info before leaving the country. All accommodations were great with fun variety across the country. The rental car agency was fantastic to work with. Would definitely book a package with Great Value again!!

We had a terrific time and all the arrangements were done incredibly well. It was wonderful to have some time in organized activities and other time just free to explore. The only mild criticism is that if you request an ocean view and pay extra for it, be sure to ask for a full ocean view.

Our entire trip was flawless. The B&Bs were all very nice and well equipped. The rental car was the right size and performed well. The sights were breath taking. The culture and cuisine were fabulous. We would take this trip again.

Everything went smoothly. Transfers and vouchers were in place. One hiccup with one of the hotels on twin beds but the corrected/accommodated us. I would definitely use your company again.

Trip very well planned.

The reservations, car rental, and hotel reservations all worked well, with no issues. The additional tickets to attractions also worked well. We really enjoyed our time there and would love to go back one day. The value for the trip was great. Now, on the not-so-great side was that two of the 5 hotels were far off course from the route we wanted to take and were not in synch with the attractions we purchased as an add on. Celtic Ross and Ocean Sands hotels were a bit far removed from our preferred route that we would have liked to have taken and not feel rushed. These two hotels, although nice, were nowhere near any of the attractions and cities we wanted to see (Cork and Galway), but we were forced to adjust our scheduled to hit the attractions and make it to the hotels. This made for a couple of days where we had to drive great distances ,in the rain and in rural Ireland, to make it to the hotels. We made friends from a couple from PA that made the same exact trip to Ireland with GVV and they were unable to see the Cliffs of Moher attraction because they just didn't feel like they could make it due to the extended drive ranges. I called in to GVV home office before we left USA to see if I could adjust the hotel arrangements to make the tour more enjoyable but was immediately told that I could make no adjustments to the itinerary. Hotels in Kilkenny and Limerick were both awesome and right in the heart of the city and easy to get to. The last hotel in Swords was nice because it was close to the airport for final trip back to the airport. So, to make this Ireland trip more enjoyable, the hotels need to be closer to the attraction packages you guys sell so as not force a huge amount of driving to see them and make it to the next hotel. Overall, we loved the Ireland trip. I am surprised they let us Americans jump in a car rental and drive on their opposite side of the roads (left). PS; Wild Kerry Tours did an awesome job as well, but the start point of the tour was a little challenging to find in Killarney.

We loved Gate1 until our flight that we booked through them was cancelled. We have gone on 5 trips and loved them all but we learned the hard way about their policy. They own the flight until the flight. If flight is cancelled, they simply cancel the flights for the entire trip and rebook at last minute rates. They called us to tell us it would be $2200 more and we would need to arrive a day early (meaning lose another day of work) and pay an additional $220 for hotel. This became no longer an Affordable Trip to Italy. You will be sitting in the last row of airplane next to the bathrooms if Gate 1 books your flight.

The customer service was horrible. I sent multiple emails, called multiple times and maybe got a response once. Outside of that my trip was good.

Excellent flights to and from Dublin. Some issues with obtaining car insurance at the rental agency (it is required to purchase extra before they release the car to you). Only one out of the 4 hotels was a true 4 star hotel. The rest were closer to 2-2.5.

My spouse and I did the Affordable Amalfi Coast & Rome this last week and I will say we had a WILD ride. Upon arrival we were first told our rental car wasn’t ready when we arrived and that we could pay 100 euro to get one now. On top of that we were paying a 80 euro fee for dropping off the car at the end of the trip in Naples. Now great value vacations planned it that way and they did not cover the cost of dropping off the rental car although the trip was planned by them. The hotel we got for our Rome part of the trip was 35 minutes outside of the city and we had to Uber into the city to do anything. Driving in Italy is no small feat, so make sure you prepared in advance to know traffic laws. We drove to what we thought was Sorrento where our great value vacations itinerary told us we were staying. No, wrong again! We were staying 45 minutes from Sorrento in the very small town of Castellammare Di Stabia in the bay of Naples. Now I will say the hotel was lovely, but the surrounding area not so much. It felt like a run down downtown LA, and not in a good way. There was nothing remotely interesting to do in this town other than eat. You could visit Naples(30 minutes) away or Pompeii (20 minutes). We ended up paying for a tour of the ACTUAL amalfi coast because driving there was so stressful and too far from our hotel. Overall we had a nice time, but this will for sure be our first and last time ever using great value vacations.