Cosmos

Pros: you get to see A LOT
Cons: too many optional excursions, not enough meals included

Our family has taken three trips with Cosmos Travel Company. Each experience was a bit different from the others. Therefore, I will try to give an overall assessment of what a trip will be like with Cosmos and then go into some detail of each of the ...

Pros: Fabulous tour guides, saw a LOT of stuff, great people, never board, except on cruise
Cons: Some optionals are not worth it, the mandatory "educational" shopping stops. Boring Cruise.

Having been on several tours with another company, My mother, my son, and I decided to try Cosmos, specifically because my mother is getting older and, honestly, traveling with a company such as Cosmos IS less expensive than going on your own. If you ...

Pros: variety of people, guaranteed share program, plethora of side trips
Cons: not for those expecting a five star trip or a party central atmosphere

As most other reviews of this company state, this isn't a luxury trip. That out of the way, I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed my trip. I had just graduate from college and like most young adults wanted to go see Europe while I was young and could ...

Pros: Good general tour with lots of included highlights.
Cons: Optional excursions are over-priced and add up quickly.

With a shoestring budget trip in mind, I set out on the "Central Europe" tour (Germany, Poland, transit Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, and back to Germany) with Cosmos in July 2004. I chose Cosmos based on the itinerary, available tour ...

Pros: Affordability, Good facilities. Experienced Tour Directors, Guaranteed Single Shares
Cons: Uncertainly of Roommate compatability,

I recently went on my first bus tour with COSMOS. As I was traveling solo the Single Share facility with COSMOS is what attracted me to their tours as it kept the cost quite reasonable. I was matched with a person the same gender and of a similar age to ...

Pros: Quality Accomodation. Sufficient Free Time. Informative Tour Guide.
Cons: No Adventure/action included. Some ordinary stopovers/breaks. No nightlife.

The tour my brother and I went on was a small 7 day tour of NE USA. Cosmos is associated with Globus Tours. Tour has no age guide and hence is dominated by older tourists. Hence being younger I was disappointed by some of the optional activities and...

Pros: The Value Of Cosmos Tours Cannot Be Beat
Cons: Travelers Need To Be Aware That Cosmos Is Not An Operator Of Luxury Tours

I have been on three different Cosmos tours, and have been quite pleased with the company's tours. Given that Cosmos offers budget tours--just about the cheapest packaged tours to Europe available from any company--the tours have been above reproach. ...

Pros: Good value if you want a guided tour and to see the major attractions.
Cons: Cosmos should ensure that their staff speak adequate English with english speaking customers.

This is my second tour with Cosmos and though I have no complaints of my first tour (England, Wales and Ireland), I sadly cannot say the same about my second tour. The coachdriver and tour guide, I don't know where they pulled this pair from but they ...

Pros: Excellent accommodations, sight-seeing, and food
Cons: Limited free time in some cities; excursions a bit expensive

I recently went on the 14-day Cosmos tour of England, Scotland, and Wales, and had a very positive experience! Our tour director was extremely knowledgeable about everything we drove by -- she provided a wealth of commentary on the history, ...

Pros: Great for those into history, decent hotels & fantastic breakfasts, long stays.
Cons: Can't name one on this tour.

I confess to being astonished at a couple of the negative reviews posted on here...the writers must have been very unlucky with their tour guide, or had quite different expectations to what they got.  We took our first Cosmos tour last year, the 13 ...

Pros: None
Cons: Terrible staff, hotel accommodations, and meals.

Reading some of the other reviews of this tour company, I'm not sure if I can rely on any reviews of companies I have not traveled with! Cosmos SUCKS! I went on the tour of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The sights were lovely and I would visit all ...

Pros: The items I said were OK are the only good points.
Cons: The cons should be obvious in the text of this critique.

Sunday. Day One. The Amalfi coast drive was OK but the visit to Sorrento was a waste of time. The walking tour consisted of walking to a store to see a five minute demo of wood inlaying. then a walk to a store to see a demo on making Cameo brooches. We ...

Pros: Great for budgets and this is the only way you'll be able to see Europe
Cons: Terrible included dinners & extra tour dinners, Expensive extra excursions

Cosmos is the budget tour in the Globus Tour Family. Budget is the key word here! We started in London a few days before the tour started so we saw London on our own. We met our tour director at Calais, France after we ferried from Dover. The tour ...

Pros: If you do the optional excursions yourself, this is still value for money.
Cons: Already mentioned above

*Most of the time was spent on the coach, travelling *Accomodation provided was sometimes good, but more often than not, bed & breakfast type; some hotels were extremely bad eg. Waldorf(Rome) *Included city tours in most cases inadequately covered the ...

Pros: Good modern hotels. Excellent local guides. Lots to see. Interesting history. Low price.
Cons: Mediocre dinners.

My wife and I wanted to see Poland using a "name brand" tour company, like Globus. However, the only all Poland tour is offered by Cosmos, which is a budget tour and I worried about the quality of the tour. We found no difference in quality between ...