Cosmos Tour Reviews
The 1982 Cosmos Tour reviews listed below are from past clients of Global Journeys that have traveled with Cosmos. Each review has been individually verified by our team.
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Ireland & Scotland 1
Highlights of Ireland & Scotland
Terry & Alison, Kevin & Julie, NSW, Australia, Oct 2025
Again Global Journeys and Grace thank you for all travel assistance. Trip was amazing what beautiful countries to explore & through Cosmos a breeze. Loved every minute. Put on your bucket list. Will definitely recommend trip to everyone
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Starting with Global Journeys, Hannah was great and kept me informed every step of the way. Japan - meeting our tour guide Akiko, she was great, the tour was fantastic, a nice small tour group. Hotels were great too.
One Of Our Best Cosmos Trips Ever 0
Eastern US & Canada Grand Vacation
Janne & Michael, NSW, Australia, Oct 2025
This was our 8th Cosmos trip and would have to say it was up there with the best, from our tour guide Jason (Cap as affectionately known) and driver Andrew to the overall tour itself. It was an amazing time of the year to go, departing on the 6th October as we got to experience the magnificent change in colours of the trees, from green to red, orange ...read more and yellow The locations were great, the hotels excellent and all inclusions and optional extras made the most of our time. The local guides used by Cosmos for places like New York, Boston, and Quebec were incredibly knowledgeable and provided us with a heads up to the cities we were visiting.
Along with beautiful scenery, this tour provided time in modern cities and history locations. Due to the Government lockdown during our stay, we were unable to visit the Smithsonian museums in DC, however Cosmos stepped up and organised tickets for our group to visit he National Holocaust Museum, and the following day, extended our time at Arlington, taking the trolley bus further into the cemetery and watching the changing of the guards, which occurs, every hour of the day, 365 days a year and an honor have the time to witness this. Cosmos do it so well, with excellent value for money, professional staff and well thought out itineraries, its hard to consider other options. And as always, Tracy Standing managed our booking flawlessly and made the experience easy.
Along with beautiful scenery, this tour provided time in modern cities and history locations. Due to the Government lockdown during our stay, we were unable to visit the Smithsonian museums in DC, however Cosmos stepped up and organised tickets for our group to visit he National Holocaust Museum, and the following day, extended our time at Arlington, taking the trolley bus further into the cemetery and watching the changing of the guards, which occurs, every hour of the day, 365 days a year and an honor have the time to witness this. Cosmos do it so well, with excellent value for money, professional staff and well thought out itineraries, its hard to consider other options. And as always, Tracy Standing managed our booking flawlessly and made the experience easy.
Had a wonderful 8 days touring Ireland with an amazing guide, Carmel, and a bus driver, Tico, who weave a bus through beautiful winding roads. We learned so much and laughed even more.
Italian Lakes 0
The Magic of the Italian Lakes
Terry & Alison, Kevin & Julie, NSW, Australia, Oct 2025
Global Journeys were excellent with our arrangements. Yes we would travel with Cosmos again definitely. We had a wonderful time exploring the Italian lakes region. Personally the best & easiest way to explore foreign countries.
The tour was very enjoyable and allowed us to cover many places and distance, ad to see a lot that we couldn't do on our own in terms of time. The tour director and drive were fabulous, helpful and knowledgable. The organisation by Tracy before we went was also fabulous.
My only concerns, which were given to Cosmos were as follows - 1. The group ...read more was too big which made transit, waiting and movement long. Plus you don't really get to know anyone well. Need to know numbers upfront before booking of how large the tour can get. 2. The age group was mostly a lot older than us. This means additional activities can be skewed to different age groups and makes it hard to form friendships. Again just good to know before we book. 3. The accommodation a few places wasn't great - mainly too old and poor location. I would prefer to pay a little extra to be located in town, especially as female travellers. Thanks.
GJ: Thanks for your feedback Lisa and Olivia. We list on every trip page - under Trip Overview - the maximum group size. The actually number of travellers on each trip will vary right up until departure. Cosmos trips are open age, so the make up on each departure will vary too - some destinations or trip styles lend to themselves to older travellers, others to families and on many trips there is a good mix of ages travelling together. Cosmos won't provide you (or us) with a run down of everyone's age before departure - it's the nature of group touring. Finally, Cosmos arel listed as "affordable" tours, so sometimes acccommodation may be ouside the city centre, and in your case not up to your expectations. Again we list budget and accommodation levels for every trip - under Trip Overview.
Globus (sister brand to Cosmos) is a more premium touring brand, with more inclusions and a higher level of accommodation, however the trips are more expensive as a result. I hope that provides you with some context and helps you select a more suitable trip next time you book with us! We hope!
My only concerns, which were given to Cosmos were as follows - 1. The group ...read more was too big which made transit, waiting and movement long. Plus you don't really get to know anyone well. Need to know numbers upfront before booking of how large the tour can get. 2. The age group was mostly a lot older than us. This means additional activities can be skewed to different age groups and makes it hard to form friendships. Again just good to know before we book. 3. The accommodation a few places wasn't great - mainly too old and poor location. I would prefer to pay a little extra to be located in town, especially as female travellers. Thanks.
GJ: Thanks for your feedback Lisa and Olivia. We list on every trip page - under Trip Overview - the maximum group size. The actually number of travellers on each trip will vary right up until departure. Cosmos trips are open age, so the make up on each departure will vary too - some destinations or trip styles lend to themselves to older travellers, others to families and on many trips there is a good mix of ages travelling together. Cosmos won't provide you (or us) with a run down of everyone's age before departure - it's the nature of group touring. Finally, Cosmos arel listed as "affordable" tours, so sometimes acccommodation may be ouside the city centre, and in your case not up to your expectations. Again we list budget and accommodation levels for every trip - under Trip Overview.
Globus (sister brand to Cosmos) is a more premium touring brand, with more inclusions and a higher level of accommodation, however the trips are more expensive as a result. I hope that provides you with some context and helps you select a more suitable trip next time you book with us! We hope!
We thoroughly enjoyed our Scandinavian tour. The scenery was amazing, our our weather was great. Cosmos do a great job. We had a few very early mornings, and a few long days, but well worth it. Most of the hotels were lovely, with only one or two being on the outskirts of the city. Everything was so easy to organise booking through Global Journeys.
The trip was well organised by Rachael from Global Journerys and our tour director Aziz from Cosmos executed a fantastic tour. Highlights - Fez/Marrakech Medinas, travelling to the Sahara Desert and taking in the sunset, just incredible. This tour had everything, amazing scenery, fresh and tasty cuisine and the people are beautiful. For a muslim nation ...read more that prides itself on a deep cultural history, it’s moving with the times and was unexpectedly more modern. Accomodation was great, the road networks easy to navigate from city to city. I travelled solo, my own room which I highly recommend, and felt safe at all times. You will not be disappointed visiting Morocco, what are you waiting for, plan your next trip!
This trip was very interesting and we saw a lot. I would have preferred to have spent longer in some places so that I could have seen a bit more of the local life. Our guide, Pedro, was very helpful and did an excellent job. My only observation was that some of the local tours were too long and didn't leave time for us to explore on our own. Overall ...read more I would recommend this tour if you want to see a lot in a short space of time.
Very well organised, accommodation was excellent, Guide was pleasant and well organised. Added benefits of free alcohol and larger cabin when travelling with Cosmos on the cruise.
Tour was perfectly organised, with interesting excursions and excellent local guides. Stunning scenery of Norwegian fjords was the highlight, but there was a lot to see and learn in other places as well. And Hannah was very helpful, always promptly responding to all our questions during the booking process.
Amazing Trip 0
Canadian Masterpiece with Rocky Mountaineer & Alaska Cruise
Craig and Rebecca, NSW, Australia, Sep 2025
We cannot fault the organisation of Global Journeys and Cosmos Tours from booking to completion. The tour was well-paced, allowing for a great balance of free-time and group sight-seeing. The accommodation was comfortable and in good locations within towns. The tour of The Canadian Rockies and Inside Passage was just awe-inspiring, one jaw dropping ...read more moment after another. Additional tours offered provided a good balance for varying degrees of adventure- zip-lining and rafting into Jasper being two of our highlights. Our travel agent Hannah was very efficient and helpful and Tour Director Gemael was so informative, friendly, helpful and welcoming that we couldn't have asked for more.
I loved the trip. So many highlights a Banff, the cruise, the Rocky Mountaineer. Tour director was great and all staff lovely. Awesome locations, so picturesque.
We had a great group of people on our bus. Everybody got along well. David our Driver got us every where on time. Catarina our Tour Director told a lot of stories and kept us informed. Great trip.
Fabulous Train Trip Around Switzerland 1
Scenic Switzerland by Train
Maureen and Rita, PA, United States, Aug 2025
We had a wonderful time traveling all around Switzerland with our tour guide Flo. 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for her! She was absolutely wonderful, extremely knowledgeable and we highly recommend her for any Alpine trips! While the hotels and meals were a bit “less” than we expected, the trip was great! Working with our travel advisor Candace McCrae was beyond ...read more superior! We asked many many questions, which she aptly answered, and if she didn’t know offhand, she did research and hot back to us! 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for her!
I can definitely recommend Global Journeys. We travelled to many places that I wouldn't have been able to organise on my own. My Tour Leader provided the history of a country and usually told us a few stories that were interesting. Though it was a bit fast paced. I think I would have preferred 3 day stays in some countries. Overall a quality life ...read more experience. Thank you.
What a fantastic highlights journey. We covered so much in the few short weeks all of which was made easier by our knowledgeable tour director Mladen. The fellow travelers on the tour I now consider life friends and look forward to my next Cosmos tour.
Exploring Americas National Parks 0
Exploring America's National Parks
Lorna and Allison, Qld , Australia, Aug 2025
This was a 15 day tour that included several national parks. Highlights of the trip were Mt Rushmore which was amazing to see and Yellowstone Park where we saw several herds of buffalo and Old Faithful geyser was a sight to see and in Custer National Park we saw prairie dogs and burros. The accomodation was reasonable though some accomodation didn’t i ...read morenclude coffee makers or fridges. Our tour guide Beth was exceptional and David our driver was excellent. Some days were long and exhausting and the heat around the Las Vegas area in August was a little hard to take at 43 degrees celsius. Thank you to Hannah at Global Journeys who organised the trip. Unfortunately Qantas cancelled a leg of our journey the evening prior to leaving but we were able to secure flights on another route.
It was well organised and executed all the way. Highlight was the Grand Canyon. Besides one or two accommodation of lower standard, overall it met expectations. The group mix was reasonable as it comprised of 2 child under 12, age ranging from 20's and above. Everyone got on well. Felt the tire puncture deserves comment as a 2nd spare is warranted after ...read more the 1st puncture and tour continued without a spare. Perhaps, suggest tour days can increase to 30+ days with a round trip including south and other major cities not included. Furthermore, more 2 days stop over is useful to re-charge and ability to do laundry. It is worth including more bread-fasts & dinners of various cuisines. Extra option like Warners Bros could include Universal Studio as Warners Bros studio was disappointed. Coach could accommodates unlimited bottle waters supply as complimentary.
Sorry I have not got time to review it in length but the short version is that we thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the tour. The Driver Shaun and the tour guide Mel worked wonderfully together and between them made for a great experience and we covered evryarea which was on our itinerary. Would certainly recommend to others and we will look at doing ...read more further adventures like this with your company.
