Name: Amsterdam, Paris & London
Brand: EF College Break (EF Ultimate Break)
SKU: N/A
Price: 3479 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 1.0 (4 reviews)

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My trip to Scotland was amazing!  There was something for everyone to enjoy.  From the beautiful landscapes, sheep everywhere, botanical gardens, Queen's yacht &amp; palaces, to beautiful old world cities and castles.  We also toured a whisky distillery and St. Andrews golf museum, even a cruise on Loch Ness!  The Scottish food and drink was delicious.  I especially enjoyed exploring the old city of Edinburgh with its architecture and history, as well as the castles.  Our tour supervisors were organized, knowledgable, friendly and helpful.  They even made our longer travel days more enjoyable with games and fun facts.  We had great guides and our driver for the week was fantastic.  I am definitely going to continue to use them for my travel needs.  I highly recommend this trip to everyone!

The Relaxed Explorer

The Scottish Experience

The tour company really takes the time to find find great locations and provide time to relax.

CIE Tours

Country Walkers

The Majestic Line

Grand Circle Travel

Rick Steves

Newmarket Holidays

Untours

EF College Break (EF Ultimate Break)

Rabbies

Road Scholar

Great Value Vacations

I took my 80 year old Dad and he bragged about it every day till he passed 5/2020. It was the best thing I have ever done. Wish I could do it again with him.

Our Guide was awesome. John did an amazing job

10 Day Taste Of Scotland & Ireland

Best vacation EVER!!! The locations and landscapes were breathtaking. There is beauty everywhere in both countries. The hotels, meals and attractions were top notch. The very best part of the tour was our driver/ tour director, John Greene. His charming personality and incredible knowledge made the trip an even more wonderful experience. We can not say enough positive things about him! John took very good care of all 38 of us and kept the tour running smoothly. We loved exploring the lands and embracing the cultures and all the experiences were great! We can't wait to go on our next tour! We also like to thank Annika Norstorm- our Scottish Tour guide- she was fabulous!

We had a phenomenal time on our Taste of Scotland and Ireland tour. Pat, our driver, and Malackey, our tour guide for Scotland, were so informative and funny. Pat was so skillful at handling the bus, meandering the tight spaces on the country roads. There were a couple of time I felt like I should "suck my breath in" to help out but Pat pulled it through every time. 

Both countries were exquisite and this tour showed us the best of both Scotland and Ireland. 

We definitely would book another trip with CIE.

This trip was the most poorly organized and executed trip I have ever been on. I have attended other trips by other companies in the past and always had a wonderful experience. 

Prior to leaving on our trip we had researched rbe hotels listed and had some concerns about the one we would be using in London: the Copthorne Tara. Reviews mentioned blood in beds, floors, general uncleanliness and even MAGGOTS IN THE BEDS. We called EF with our concerns and were essentially dismissed. This was our first sign to run. 

The flights on the way to the trip were just fine, but our accommodations in London were extremely subpar. We checked in at 1pm and our hotel room was not ready until almost 6pm. Other people from our trip arrived and checked in after us and had their rooms ready before us. Once we entered the room we were greeted with the smallest single beds I have ever seen. The room was a room with a adjoining door, this door was broken and did not lock, which is a major security concern for two young women alone. We found blood on our wall and in one bed as well as a curtain. When this information was shared with the front desk we were met with complete apathy. There was no urgency and no concern. A girl on our trip ended up with bedbugs from this hotel, and the rest of the trip we spent in fear that we too would become contaminated. The air conditioning in the room was broken and when we shared this with the front desk we were told someone would be up to address it which never happened. At once point the temperature in our room exceeded 90 degrees Fahrenheit when the weather outside did not go above 70. We shared this as a concern about the heat being activated and were told there was none in our room.

The girl that ended up with the bedbugs was told that they would contact a doctor for her l- they called a doctor once and he never arrived. She finally had to resort to calling back to the USA with a tele health appointment in order to be sure that the rash she had was bedbugs. She was confirmed with rjem and covered all over with bites. She had to miss most of her trip cleaning her belongings and the trip did nothing to assist. 

Then we went to Paris. The hotel there was no better. Cleanliness and concern and consideration lacking. Each night from midnight to two am there was a intense clanking outside our bedroom that came from the GRAVEYARD we were next to. When we complained about the noise again we were met with zero concern. The beds were just as small, and I had an allergic reaction to something in their linens. 

Amsterdam was the only hotel that was nearly worth our money, but on the way there my friends luggage was stolen. When this was reported to the THALYS employees they did absolutely nothing and did not even check the train to see if the luggage had been moved. We made a police report and reported it with EF but there was again no urgency.

The trip home was also a mess. We arrived at the Amsterdam airport 4 hours before our flight (as requested by the airport) and were told we were unable to check in or check our luggage for two more hours. We waited two hours in line and then checked in. We then waited over two and a half hours for security and almost missed our flight, which when we expressed this concern to the airline, and to the airport employees we were regarded with disinterest. We had to run to make it to our flight only to find out our plane had not arrived on time. 

Our flight was then delayed over two hours on the tarmac and when we finally took off, we realized we would miss our next flight because we only had a two hour layover. The only reason we managed to make our flight was because the wonderful employees of Dublin airport and their assistance. We ran to our flight again and made it with less than a minute to spare, the doors closing behind us and the plane taking off minutes after we sat down. The travel time that was estimate to take a total of 17 hours for the two flights and all the in between times  turned into close to 24 by the end of the time when we arrived home. 

Through all of these issues our tour guide was downplaying the seriousness of all these issues. She refused to believe that our friend was actually infested with bedbugs, and did not get a doctor involved, making them call an emergency service in the United States. In addition she told our friend with this affliction to lie to the rest of the trip and not tell us that she had the bedbugs because she did not want to cause a panic. This is a violation of medical codes and could cause serious harm to others. When we had our issue with the stolen luggage she did not want to accompany us to make a police report and only did so after I asked her to come with us. 

For a company charging for an “upgraded trip experience” and for the additional money we paid, we did not receive any of the upgraded “4-5 star accommodations”. I want my money back. I look forward to receiving a refund for the “upgraded” part of the experience, and will be sharing the service I received widely throughout my networks.

Amsterdam, Paris & London

I booked a trip with EF Ultimate Break in October for a trip leaving in May. Of course, that trip was rightfully cancelled because of COVID19. What isn’t right is that this company refuses to give refunds for the trip they themselves cancelled. Our options are an expiring trip voucher or to take a refund minus a thousand dollars. I even paid for their insurance and they’re refusing to give a full refund. They’re taking advantage of a pandemic to steal money from young travelers who trusted them with thousands of dollars. They don’t care about their customers and they are not to be trusted with anyone’s money.

A company taking advantage of a bad situation

DO NOT use this travel agency! 0 star. We had so many issues on our trip that was supposed to be a trip of a lifetime for my boyfriend and I. All started as soon as we landed in London, and the agency was 4 and half hour late to pick us up. They never answered calls while we sat there waiting and even there "emergency" line went to voicemail. It was impossible to get ahold of them to find out when or if we were getting picked up from airport like supposed to. We were told unlimited usage with cards for subway system at each location. That was untrue, we had to put our own money on subway cards after only riding on the subway a couple of times. The hostels are nowhere near the action/touristy places. Windows that do not open, no AC. The so called extra "excursions" to pay for you can do yourself for half the price. I calculated out the cost of everything the trip pays for and compared it to what we paid for trip and they have an outrageously greedy profit margin. Use a local travel agent in your town and pay 100 dollars to set everything up for you. You are getting completely ripped off by this company that is supposed to cater towards young adults. Their "tours" of the city they will tell you are 4 or such hours long when in reality each of our tours were 1.5 hours. After getting back from trip I called the company to talk about how disappointed we were, and were completely talked down to, each personnel would take shots at our intelligence, condescending and blowing off our concerns entirely. It took an entire week for me to get a call back from them to talk about a resolution to all the things that went wrong. Their answers to the huge airport was that it was our fault, I actually had a panic attack at the airport which I told them and they responded with " well alot of people have panic attacks and did you take your medication" . We had several long distance international calls that added up to over 50 dollars because we were trying to get ahold of them while being forgotten in foreign country. They denied every single we brought to their attention. And after that we were offered a measly 26 dollar refund. And this post has only touched the surface of all the issues with the trip and with the contacting of EF and how they treated us. We are so disappointed and upset that we went through this company for our trip and used a company that disregards mental health and a company that has ZERO care for any of its clients.

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Castles, kilts and whisky - oh my!

The tour was a wonderful experience