Published on May, 2025
*Negative Part of Experience at the end of the Review*
My husband and I took the tour of Connemara with the three hour stop at Connemara National Park. The driver was knowledgeable (his name escapes me) and offered many fun facts and some humor along the route. The tour was great, there were great jump out photo stops along the way to and from. The tour bus was COMPLETELY full - it may have been more comfortable for some if there was a bit of extra space. We were very lucky to have great weather while we were in Ireland, and with the sunny/dry day we were able to take the climb to the top of Diamond Hill (the red route) with beautiful views of the incredible Irish landscape. This was easily one of my favorite parts of an 8 day trip to the Emerald Isle.
*Negative Experience*: Upon "checking in" to the tour buses, there were multiple buses for this particular company. There were a lot of people standing around trying to figure out which bus they belonged on. A staff member with a clipboard was to sign people in and indicate which bus the tour member belonged on. Unfortunately, this staff member was aloof and unfriendly. He also stayed on the bus to check people in - so, e.g. if you checked in and you were on a different bus, you had to turn around and navigate off the bus through a line of people trying/already boarded to go to your assigned shuttle. A more efficient way would have been checking people in on the sidewalk in front of the bus instead of having all of the inefficiency. Although we didn't mention anything directly, we know this frustrated many customers as some were very vocal about their negative feelings on this system and the interaction of the staff member checking people in.