Irish Tourism  Bewertungen 1’017

Working with Nuala was a joy! She accommodated all of our wishes into an amazing trip to Ireland. I would book through Irishtourism again!

My wife and I recently returned from a two-week trip to Ireland arranged by Irish Tourism. Our agent, Niamh Butler was delightful to work with, always available, and very responsive to questions and concerns. The itinerary was executed flawlessly and the trip exceeded our expectations. Our accommodations were exceptional. The Imperial Hotel Cork was a classic beauty with very attentive staff located close to the English Market. Coffey's Loch Lein House Hotel overlooked farmland and the lake a few miles from Killarney. At the Ballinalacken House Hotel, our room was located at the base of Ballinalacken Castle near Doolin, and the Cliffs of Moher were visible. The owner provided tours of the castle. Finally, O'Callaghans The Green Hotel in Dublin was located across for Stephen's Green and within walking distance of the National Museum, Trinity College, The Irish Whisky Museum, and the Temple Bar area. Meals at the locations were all terrific and reasonably priced. Irish tourism hired our chauffeur through Kinsale Executive Travel. We are glad we chose that option as it relieved us from having to drive on the other side of the road on unfamiliar and often narrow routes. Our experience driver, John Murphy, drove us in a Mercedes van. John was a retired policeman with an extensive knowledge of the countryside and its history. He suggested visiting locations that we would not otherwise have considered, and his expertise greatly enhanced our enjoyment. This was a dream vacation made possible by the professionalism of Irish Tourism. I recommend them without reservation!

If one needs to explore Ireland, look no further and opt for the services of Irish Tourism. We had a custom itinerary prepared for us according to our needs. Niamh and all the team were always very prompt in replying to any queries and they even followed up during our stay. The choice of accommodation was superb and the suggested itinerary was of great help in visiting Ireland's main sites. Very professional service indeed! Thanks to all!

Nuala Sheedy of Irish Tourism (irishtourism.com) was very communicative and accommodating. She formatted our 10 day train tour to our time frame and sent along explicit instructions for our daily events. In addition, she provided a 62 page summary in pdf form highlighting the many places we visited so we didn't have to carry along any bulky tour guide books. We were able to choose the quality ratings of our hotel stays and we were very pleased with those provided. The full breakfasts and various tours were lovely as well. Overall, we'd highly recommend this company for your consideration.

Exactly as advertised! Very reliable. Everything went off exactly as planned. Pretour service with many questions answered by Niamh Butler was done very promptly, often by return email.

Since this was a knitting tour, it included at least six opportunities to buy Irish yarn, which was very important. I was unable to participate in at least two workshops, due to my own shortcomings, but I thought the number of workshops was about right, too.

My husband accompanied me as a non-knitter and was made to feel very welcome and part of the group. There were two other husbands along also. He enjoyed the three factory tours and the visit to the alpaca farm.

All the hotels and the provided meals were fine, particularly the lunch at Bushmills Inn. If anything, the experience of traveling to Inis Mor and being there was a little disappointing. Outside of driving around the island for a short time, visiting the ruins of a church, and visiting several knitwear shops, I don’t recall seeing much else. I thought there were some castle ruins there. My husband missed seeing them.

Our coach driver, Dan, was wonderful—very accommodating—always helpful. The man who picked us up at the airport in Dublin and returned us there, John Lamb, is just great and a wonderful welcoming host for Dublin. Hopefully you can use these two as often as possible.

We have participated in many group tours over many years and have rated many tour directors. The tour director on this tour, Freda O’Dea, did everything right, and we had a very good experience; but at times it seemed she had trouble staying organized, and I cannot give her the highest possible mark—close, but not five stars.

I can only offer one comment for improvement. I don’t know if people gathered to knit together after dinner or not, but it would be nice to have a small dedicated
lounge area where the group could gather, as some hotels are not enthusiastic about a group if women knitting and chatting in their main lobby area and probably not ordering anything from the bar.

"Local | Flexible | Trustworthy" is Irish Tourism's calling card and an apt description of the service that they provided for us. Irish Tourism made the effort to understand what we were looking for in a road trip through Ireland within the confines of our budget. We quite enjoyed our trip to and through Ireland and were pleased with the itinerary and accommodations that Irish Tourism recommended and arranged.

Maria was very helpful with all of my questions and concerns from the start. She set everything up the way I wanted . There were no problems at all. We are very pleased and will use Irish tourism when we return to Ireland in the future. They are the best!

When I contacted Irishtourism.com to help plan our family trip to Ireland, I really had very little idea beyond we weren’t a family who wanted to do a “group bus tour”. Niamh helped me to plan a wonderful self-guided driving tour of Ireland. After many emails and phone conversations (she was very patient!) a route was set. Prior to our travels, Niamh sent vouchers for every reservation with detailed directions along with a comprehensive guide that outlined suggested places to stop along the drive. Because everything was so well communicated and planned, it allowed us to focus on the beauty of Ireland and not on the stressful minutiae usually associated with travel. I cannot recommend Niamh and Irishtravel enough!

The accomodations were amazing and the staff at Irish Tourism worked diligently to accommodate some last minute updates. They were courteous and helpful at all times and helped me work within a budget. They were also most helpful selecting just the proper automobile for our travel needs.

I highly recommend Irish Tourism.

Good information and communication

Stephanie good day,
The trip was simply amazing. The most important was the fact that it simply accomplished the goal for my wife and I to have the experience we ere looking for visiting Ireland. On that end the trip that you put together definitely accomplished this. Everywhere we went and everyone we met were so nice and joyful, it was hard to leave. Well my wife wanted to have an our dogs shipped over as she wanted to move and live in Ireland moving forward…..lol. Our only regret was the 1 night we spent in Cork at the Imperial Hotel, this we would not recommend for future travelers. We know it was not a hotel you had suggested as it had been by our friends, so no bad notes for Irish Tourism.
For sure we plan to return and may do it as soon as next summer as there is so much we have not seen.
Thank you again Stephanie and Irish Tourism for the level of professionalism and hospitality.

We had a great trip, superbly organised by Niamh from Irish Tourism.

The organisation of the trip was faultless and the communication excellent.

Follow up queries were promptly and clearly dealt with

We couldn't have been happier with Irish Tourism

Being unsure of how to secure a suitable itinerary and bookings for our trip to Ireland, I searched Google and came across the ITB range of trips. Contacting them, I was fortunate to meet a consultant (Niamh) who provided friendly, helpful and efficient service to assist us prepare and book out holiday. Not only did she help us prior to departure answering numerous questions and emails but on arrival in Ireland surprisingly continued to support us through some unexpected issues with the Aer Lingus strike and an unhelpful car rental. The level of customer service was outstanding and made our 40th wedding anniversary a time of wonderful memories. Thanks so much!

We had a wonderful trip. We really appreciated how the company coordinated all of our transportation and accommodations and how responsive they were to adjust our reservations when we got delayed and missed our flight. We really liked the carriage ride and boat tour included in our package. We had such wonderful accommodations. The Loch Lein House was our favorite, so relaxing, wonderful attached restaurant. We definitely liked having the included breakfast at each of our hotels. The detailed guide was very helpful and a great way for us to customize our time. We hope to return to Ireland some day and would use Irish tourism again.

Irish Tourism is a wonderful DMC to work with when planning your next trip to Ireland. They are so easy to work with and can plan the perfect trip for any budget. They are there to answer any questions and help with any last-minute changes or issues that arise. Their guides are top notch, and my clients had the best vacation. I highly recommend Irish Tourism.

We have just had a magical 3.5 week self-drive tour around the whole of Ireland arranged by Irish Tourism. Linda was fantastic to work with as she crafted our itinerary and arranged our car hire, accommodation and gave us a comprehensive booklet of all the sights we could see. Nothing was a bother and I was really impressed with the service, the quality of the accommodation and the car. We had no issues whatsoever during the trip but it was comforting to know we could have called Irish Tourism for help! I would highly recommend Linda and Irish Tourism if you are planning to visit this magnificent country.

The team had it all sorted from start to finish. Car hire,accommodation and a proposed route all part of the service. Niamh is a star and kept us up to date prior to departure. The car was from a well known provider and the accommodation of excellent quality. The suggested route ensured we saw as much of Southern Ireland as possible in the 9 days we were away. We will certainly be back again to see the north

Gave us the trip of a lifetime. Extremely helpful customer service, very friendly, and great communication. Our trip to Ireland was so much more than we could have hoped for (or planned ourselves) because of Irish Tourism. Thank you!

I highly recommend Irish Tourism. This was my family's first trip to Ireland. Nuala was extremely helpful in planning our itinerary and booking hotels that would accomodate my sisters who have difficulty with steps and climbing. Every hotel was special. The daily itinerary was well planned. Having a "local" number for assistance was also great.

Linda Larkin from Irish Tourism prepared the perfect itinerary for our first family trip to Ireland. Everything exceeded our expectations and we had the time of our lives. Not one glitch. The accommodations were amazing, and the recommended sightseeing routes were fantastic. Pricing was excellent.