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4.3/5 - Excellent

Based off 2,243 Reviews

CIE Tours Customer Reviews

Overall Rating
4.3
Accommodations
4
Itinerary
4.4
Professional Staff
4.6
Repeat with Operator
4.2
Value for Money
4.2

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Ratings based off 2,243 reviews about CIE Tours - currently showing 50 reviews with comments only
RE
Robin
Mystical Ireland Days Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on May 15, 2025

The small group tour was terrific. The driver/guide was very knowledgeable, a great driver. I dont believe he could have been better. 

MC
Mary
The Irish Pub Tour Days Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on May 14, 2025

Irish Pub tour was the best CIE tour so far, my third.  Lots of different experiences - very enjoyable.

JM
Janis
Gems of Northern England Days Nights
3.4/5 - Fair
Accommodations
3
Itinerary
3
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
3
Value for Money
3
Reviewed on May 08, 2025

Airport transfers were terrible. Everyone in our tour that used your airport transfers had trouble. It was expensive to book through you and was absolutely the worse service ever! If you actually share this with prospective travelers, they should be aware, it wasn’t just me but everyone in our group!

DM
Deborah
Taste of Scotland Days Nights
3/5 - Fair
Accommodations
3
Itinerary
3
Professional Staff
3
Repeat with Operator
3
Value for Money
3
Reviewed on Apr 28, 2025

One of the places we stayed, an old castle like hotel was not good.  They had french doors that were not placed in a good location and my husband hit his head on them. Also, it wasn't very clean. The other places were fine and the CIE bus operator and tour guide were excellent. 

DC
David
Taste of Italy Days Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Nov 10, 2024

Diana was the best tour guide we could ever hope for. She was incredibly knowledgeable and kind. I will not forget it.

NN
Nancy
Scottish Isles Glens Days Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Oct 14, 2024

The Scottish Isle and Glens tour with CIE was great. We would have liked to visit a few more islands but the schedule was quite packed. There were a number of places that had difficult walking and a woman in our group tried to attend them but had to sit out a lot. I would recommend that CIE rates their tour for activity level and walking/hiking ease (cobblestone streets, hike up rather large hills etc.) Athletic or in-shape people had no trouble, though. Lots of memories were made.

JS
Julie
Taste of Britain Ireland Days Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Oct 11, 2024

Absolutely an excellent experience! Could not have had any more knowledgable, helpful, polite and kind tour guides. They were the best! This was the best value of any trip I've taken and this is the tour I will recommend to family and friends. Actually I already have, it was that good!

EA
Eddie
Scots Irish Tour Days Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Aug 20, 2024

CIE tours provides a Great tour experience.

RS
Richard
Irish Odyssey Days Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Aug 02, 2024

CIE Tours is a top notch operation. Everything about our tour was meticulously planned and executed. No need to look elsewhere.

MC
Mary
The Scots Irish Tour
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Oct 10, 2023

CIE has the best hotels and include so many activities

SP
Susan
Gems of Northern England Days Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Jun 22, 2023

We had a wonderful trip. We were very pleased with the itinerary and the quality of hotels provided through CIE. We would recommend CIE again.

BE
Bernadette
Ireland South Daytripper Days Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on May 21, 2023

Everything exceeded expectations. I couldn't be happier with our CIE tour.

BJ
Belinda
Irish Adventure Days Nights
4.6/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
3
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Apr 19, 2023

We had a lovely tour throughout Ireland. The service and accommodation exceeded my expectations! We were fortunate to have good weather. Ireland is very beautiful and the people are gracious to all tourist!

MM
Michael
Taste of Italy Days Nights
4.6/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
3
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Apr 02, 2023

CIE is a solid company who provide friendly, strong tours. Affordable Tours was a excellent company to book through. Having both companies working together to support us outside the tour then during the tour was helpful. We had a very bad situation happen at one of the hotels when the hotel baggage people misplaced our luggage into an empty room thus we did not get our luggage. The CIE director had the hotel staff search every room until the misplaced luggage was found. This piece of luggage had all my wife's clothes and very valuable things locked in it. If not for the tour director this in issue could have been quite miserable for us. The hotel was not taking us seriously until she stepped in and resolved the problem. She was a strong tour director which helped the tour run smoothly.

JG
Jane
Taste of Britain Days Nights
3.8/5 - Very Good
Accommodations
3
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
3
Value for Money
3
Reviewed on Mar 31, 2023

Good starter tour for someone new to the UK. Use of a Hop on Off in London let's people see more of what interests them. Dinner at the hotel in Bath was excellent.

CK
Charles
Irish Adventure
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Feb 10, 2020

The trip was wonderful. This is our second CIE tour and totally enjoyed both and highly recommend.

IZ
Irving
Taste of Scotland Irelanddays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Sep 20, 2019

Fantastic trip, more than I was expecting.

PA
Pamela
Taste of Scotland Irelanddays Nights
4.6/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
3
Reviewed on Aug 11, 2019

We greatly enjoyed this tour. The itinerary covered a lot of fabulous places to see, the accommodations were excellent, and the tour guide/coach driver was very entertaining and informative. We will definitely consider CIE and Affordable Tours in booking our next vacation. Thanks!

JG
Joan
The Irish Pub
4.2/5 - Very Good
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
3
Value for Money
3
Reviewed on Aug 10, 2019

I expected more hands on guidance in the choice of pubs, more going as a group. However I liked very much our driver/guide, Matt Nolan. His manner was very pleasant, his introductions to the areas we visited and history talks were just enough, and he was skilled driver on the narrow roads. Time on the bus was calm and quiet which seemed to suit us. He managed all the travel details professionally.

TT
Thomas
Taste of Ireland
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Jul 17, 2019

Great tour, Highly recommended!

MF
Michaele
Scottish Irish GoldDays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Jul 07, 2019

Wonderful experience, we are looking forward to booking another tour.

CC
Cherie
Irish Explorer
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Jul 07, 2019

Exceeded my expectations. Wonderful accommodations, very interactive experience with the tour stops.

EJ
Eric
Scottish Supreme
4.6/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
3
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Jun 28, 2019

Price very reasonable. Nice accommodations. Great tours and good amount of free time.

BP
Brian
Best of Ireland South
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Jun 07, 2019

It was a great experience from beginning to end.

PF
Paula
Southern Gems
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on May 26, 2019

I would highly recommend CIE Tours. The tour, accommodations and food were excellent. Our driver, David, was the best!

RC
Ricky
Scottish Dream
3/5 - Fair
Accommodations
3
Itinerary
3
Professional Staff
3
Repeat with Operator
3
Value for Money
3
Reviewed on May 17, 2019

2nd trip with CIE. both were up to expectations. good drivers and guides. good selection of places to tour.

RC
Robert
Best of Ireland South
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on May 09, 2019

This was a great tour with lots of included activities. CIE was very accommodating and helpful.

TM
Thomas
Irish Adventure
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on May 06, 2019

CIE is a very solid tour company. This was our third trip with CIE and we have toured with five other companies, all well known. CIE is not the cheapest, but the quality is excellent and there are no optional excursions. Everything is included in the price. This means they stick to popular tour options. Optional excursions offer the chance to customize the tour or to opt out of some selections. There were no CIE scheduled attractions that we would have left out. Service and organization were very sound as always.

GS
Glenda
Irish Adventure
4.6/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
3
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Apr 08, 2019

Our driver/ guide, Murt, made the whole experience very enjoyable. He had a great sense of humor, provided interesting stories & historical events and gave us the best amount of time each day to see all the events on our schedule.

RH
Raymond
Taste of Scotland Irelanddays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Mar 26, 2019

CIE was great. Tour Director was wonderful.

MV
Marilou
Taste of Scotlanddays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Nov 11, 2018

Our tour director, Gary, was very professional, knowledgeable and very helpful. The itinerary was excellent and thoroughly enjoyable.

KM
Kathleen
The Irish Pub Tour Days Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Oct 27, 2018

Amazing value and excellent accommodations consistent with daily tour itinerary following theme of tour.

SP
Sharon
Irish ExplorerDays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Oct 21, 2018

Excellent in every way! Accommodations were beyond expectations! 5 stars...Amazing!

MH
Martin
Irelands Wild Atlantic Way days night Land Tour
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Oct 19, 2018

This was my second tour with CIE. The drivers were wonderful. Frank was our main driver, and Michael, who provided us service one day, was equally as courteous and informative. Every hotel we stayed at was accommodating, clean and comfortable. A+

BV
Brenda
Scottish DreamDays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Oct 14, 2018

This is our second trip with CIE and we had a great experience again.

KO
Kirsten
Irelands Wild Atlantic Way days night Land Tour
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Oct 08, 2018

Frank was an awesome driver/guide and great person all around. The hotels and provided meals were top notch. Second tour with CIE. Would definitely take another!

JM
Jean
Irish Heritage Dromoland CastleDays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Sep 17, 2018

This is a terrific trip. I highly recommend it.

MO
Michael
Jewels of IrelandDays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Sep 13, 2018

CIE experience along with tour guide was in our opinion could not be improved upon!

AM
Ann
Croatia ExpressDay
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Sep 12, 2018

This tour was everything that I had hoped it would be and more! The guides were fabulous, the accommodations for the most part were wonderful and the scenery was unforgettable. I went with my daughter for this trip - now I want to go back with my husband!! Thanks for an amazing and unforgettable trip!

CF
Craig
Scottish Isles GlensDays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Aug 11, 2018

Richard, you have provided another WONDERFUL trip for us. Everything went well without any glitches. Your extra effort in finding affordable air travel was appreciated. Affordable Tours and especially Richard are great providers of vacations/holidays. We will continue using you and will share our satisfaction with your high level of service with others. Thank you!

BM
Barbara
British Irish LandmarksDays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Aug 10, 2018

First trip I've been on when everything was exactly as promised. We were treated way above average at most hotels. First class service.

VF
Vicki
Mystical IrelandDays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Aug 04, 2018

We loved this tour. Everything was amazing. Tour guide and bus driver were fantastic. Highly recommend. All stops inbetween stops were also Fantastic. Can't say enough.

AS
Anne
Heart of Wales and England Days Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Jul 28, 2018

Enjoyed the CIE tour very much. The director was great!

EL
Elaine
Taste of Scotland Irelanddays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Jul 27, 2018

Wonderful trip . Nice hotels and activities. Tour operators were very professional.

DA
David
Irish Gold Coach TourDays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Jul 18, 2018

CIE did a good job and our tour guide (and driver) were extremely personable and handled everything very well.

AC
Annette
Best of Britain Days nights Tour
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Jul 14, 2018

This was my second tour with CIE and I was not disappointed. I will certainly book my next tour with them!!

MC
Margaret
Irish Gold Coach TourDays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Jul 11, 2018

Professional and just did an all around fantastic job!!

LF
Lynda
Scots Irish TourDays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Jul 10, 2018

This tour was OUTSTANDING! The guides were knowledgeable, very pleasant, helpful and fun. The itinerary was perfect for us. The accommodations were beautiful and interesting. The bus was comfortable. We would definitely recommend this tour to all.

LT
Laura
Scots Irish TourDays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Jul 10, 2018

The tour was superb. I really appreciated the 'all inclusiveness' of it, i.e. the price you pay covers almost everything so there are no surprises as to the cost.

BG
Brian
Taste of Scotland Irelanddays Nights
5/5 - Excellent
Accommodations
5
Itinerary
5
Professional Staff
5
Repeat with Operator
5
Value for Money
5
Reviewed on Jul 06, 2018

CIE was top notch and our Driver and guides went above and beyond. Very pleased with the whole experience.


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