- Number of tours
- 783
- Age Range
- 5-99
- Number of reviews
- 653
- Response rate
- 100%
- Response time
- 4 hours
Insight Vacations Reviews (627)
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Monica
Written on April 27th, 2024My first Insight Tour and it was amazing. Scenic tour of the beautiful countryside, towns, and historic sites of England, Scotland, Wales, and Republic of Irel…Read more - DH
Debbie
Written on April 24th, 2024What a wonderful way to experience my first tour. This 13 day highlight of the best that Britain an Ireland have to offer was full of amazing opportunities to t…Read moreInsight Vacations commented on this reviewThank you for taking the time to provide us with your review. We appreciate your feedback and value your opinion as our esteemed guest. We understand that this was your first guided vacation with Insight Vacations, and we are delighted to hear that you had a memorable experience. We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you back on tour with us again. - MT
Maria
Written on April 23rd, 2024Greg was an enthusiastic snd knowledgeable tour guide. Arthur was an excellent driver. Together they made the tour a pleasure with their dedicated ,good humour…Read moreInsight Vacations commented on this reviewWe are pleased to receive your feedback and are glad you had a wonderful experience with our itinerary. Our product and on-the-road teams work hard to curate these unique experiences for our customers. We are thrilled that you had a fantastic vacation and hope to continue delivering exceptional services to you. - SV
SANTOS
Written on April 22nd, 2024Greg and Arther did and excellent job above and beyond great knowledge of all the history and culture made everyone feel so welcomeInsight Vacations commented on this reviewWe appreciate you taking the time to share your review with us. We always value the feedback from our customers and are delighted to hear that you had a pleasant experience with Insight Vacations. Our On The Road Team works hard to provide exceptional service and professionalism to our clients, and we're glad to know that they fulfilled their promise during your trip. Thank you for choosing us for your travel needs. Barbara
Written on April 22nd, 2024Greg was one of the best guides we’ve experienced on tours we have taken. This was our first Insight tour and very pleased with his expertise!Insight Vacations commented on this reviewWe deeply value your feedback and the time you've taken to share your review with us. Your words are a testament to the exceptional experience you had with our Travel Director. At Insight Vacations, we strive to create unforgettable memories for our guests, and we are truly grateful to have achieved this for you. We hope your trip has left you with cherished memories that will endure.
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Why Insight Vacations
All the sights and insights up close and personal.
Superior Dining and Dining Choices
An array of delicious dining experiences will enrich your journey. Each tour is infused with flavour, whether you’re being welcomed into the workspace of chefs, taking your seat at acclaimed restaurants indulging in a curate selection of dining options that delight your palate to your choosing.
Premium Comfort 
Insights luxury coaches feature double the legroom and personal space of a regular touring coach are customised for smaller groups. Bathroom facilities, device chargers, tray tables and drink holders complete this superior on-road experience. This level of comfort continues with our trusted 5 and 4-star accommodation partners, complemented by many relaxed morning starts and itineraries with a slower, leisurely pace.  
Insightful Experiences
Go beyond sightseeing. Insight tours are filled with fascinating facts, interesting locals and special access, perfect for curious travellers who are looking for attention to detail. Enjoy personal anecdotes from Local Experts, historians and those in the know, indulge in insights into culinary traditions and enlightening cultural experiences be it through music, dance and stories.  
Personal Services
With your Travel Director taking care of the details and your every need, you’re free to indulge in the moment and savour each destination. Their experience, passion and knowledge of the intricacies of each city, town and region allows them to help create your perfect journey, with your liking and interests in mind.
Insight Vacations is part of the family-owned and run The Travel Corporation (TTC), driven by service for over one hundred years.
The Insight Vacations Experience
AccommodationÂ
Where you stay makes the difference between a good vacation and an unforgettable travel experience. That is why at Insight, we take the greatest possible care in choosing highly rated hotels with excellent style, location, and service. We want you to love your home away from home.Â
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Dining ExperiencesÂ
Great food is at the heart of every journey, and we believe dining is an experience, rather than just fuel for your body. Get the full flavour of a destination by dining as locals do, whether that’s enjoying a traditional meal in their home or in a restaurant that only residents know about. From thoughtful vegetarian options to seasonal specialities in amazing locations, you’ll sip, savour and sense the local flair at every meal.Â
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ItineraryÂ
When you travel with Insight Vacations, our itineraries are just the starting point. We make it easy to personalise your vacation to suit you. Whether it's the size of the group you travel with, the style of tour, or the optional experiences you add to reflect your own passions, an Insight Vacations tour is whatever you choose to make it.Â
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Group sizeÂ
Our premium guided tours are seamless thanks to smaller group sizes, to truly maximise your time. You can always select between a Classic Groups size, which averages just 33 guests and never more than 40. Or select a Small Groups size, which have no more than 24 guests, available on all tours. Â
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Your Insight coach is uniquely customised for smaller groups. Sit high above the traffic with unobstructed views and enjoy twice the legroom and personal space of a regular coach. Our coaches have been remodelled with 13 fewer seats, so you can stretch out in real comfort, snap some photos and take in the beautiful scenery. Â
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Stay in touch with friends or family with complimentary Wi-Fi onboard and adjust your personal air-conditioning for your own comfort.Â
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Travel DirectorsÂ
A true friend overseas, your Travel Director ensures a fabulous, seamless journey from start to finish. Fluent in the local language and expertly trained, they manage all logistics down to the last detail. Your experienced Travel Director can even personalise your journey with recommendations for your free time.Â
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Optional ExperiencesÂ
Free time is built into all Insight Vacations tours, giving our guests even more opportunity to tailor their experience. Optional experiences are a fantastic way to maximise your free time and get the most out of a destination.Â
Responsible Travel
WE MAKE TRAVEL MATTER®Â
As a part of our 5-year sustainability strategy How We Tread Right, each and every tour includes at least one MAKE TRAVEL MATTER®️ Experience. These immersive impact experiences are not only a positive force for change in the destinations you visit, by advancing one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but also offer you the chance to deep drive into culture and community.Â
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MAKE TRAVEL MATTER®️ EXPERIENCES.Â
Every one of our tours comes with MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences. Crafted with care by our team, they’re designed to leave a positive impact on the places, the people and the wildlife we encounter along the way.Â
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.Â
For us, this is the foundation of meaningful travel: to meet different people, experience different cultures, and learn new perspectives. Therefore, it’s engrained in everything we do, at all levels of our business.Â
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ON TRACK TO NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050.Â
As the only tour company with validated near-term, long-term, and net zero targets to get us there, we’re dedicated to reducing and removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere so we can restore our planet.Â
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At Insight Vacations, we believe travel can – and must – be a force for good. This positive impact starts long before your vacation begins. Our print brochures are produced from 100% recycled fibre, contributing to the conservation of resources and the environment. Both in our offices, and on our tours, we are eliminating single use plastics. When you book with us, you will receive your documents electronically. Thanks to traveling paper free, you’re supporting our sustainability efforts to reduce our environmental impact wherever possible.Â
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Questions & Answers
Why should I book onto an Insight Vacations tour?
Insight Vacations, the global leader in premium tours, offers up-close insights with comfort and style. Enjoy premium hotels, small groups, and custom coaches with extra legroom. Experience unique dining, including dine-around and dine-at-home, as part of a culinary journey. An extensive Vegetarian menu enhances our elevated dining across all tours.
Will I have free time?
With Insight Vacations, experience sights and insights with time to relax, including days with relaxed starts. Customize your trip with Optional Experiences and Insight Choice. Opt-out of activities by informing your Travel Director for coordination. Note: No compensation or refunds for skipping included activities or meals.
What is an Insight Travel Director?
Your Travel Director is a true expert about each destination. They’ll provide you with a warm and personal service and will use their local insights to help tailor your tour to your own interests. You are encouraged to talk to your Travel Director straight away if something is not right, so any problems can be rectified there and then, and you can continue to enjoy your journey. Your Travel Director will give you a business card with their contact details, please keep this safe.Â
What is an Insight Driver?
Your Travel Director will work in close cooperation with your Coach Driver. Your driver's responsibilities include loading and unloading luggage, the vehicle’s safety inspection, its cleanliness and most importantly, your safety.Â
What do I need to know about meals and beverages during my Insight Vacations tour?
At Insight Vacations, we know dining is at the heart of every great journey.
Your itinerary will include a range of evening dining experiences; from farm-to-table meals, to dinner with a family, and Celebration Dinners at hand-picked restaurants. Find out more about the dining options on your tour in the Itinerary section of the tour webpage.Breakfast and Lunch
Unless otherwise stated in your itinerary, breakfasts will be served at your hotel. A full American breakfast will be served in North America, while in the UK and Ireland a full cooked breakfast will be available. In Scandinavia and mainland Europe, a buffet style breakfast is more common.To allow for greater flexibility during the day, lunch is not usually included in the tour. However, your Travel Director will have plenty of recommendations.
Water
Insight Vacations advocates for the planet by recommending reusable water bottles on trips. This reduces plastic waste. Water is safe to drink in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, and Western Europe. In certain Eastern European areas and elsewhere, your Travel Director might suggest bottled water as a safer option.
What is an optional activity?
On an Insight Vacations tour, the itinerary is just the start of the adventure. With Optional Experiences and Insight Choice, you shape your vacation to suit you.
Optional Experiences
Enhance your Insight Vacations tour with a range of Optional Experiences. From Tuscan dining to Icelandic whale watching, personalize your journey. Book and pay through your Travel Director on tour. Check the Tour Highlights on your tour webpage for options. Prices and availability may vary due to seasonal conditions and minimum participation, subject to change without notice.
Insight Choice
With Insight Choice, you take charge of the itinerary. Choose between two carefully selected experiences to ensure your tour reflects your passions and preferences.
Explore the Insight Choice options available on your tour in the itinerary section of your tour webpage.
In most circumstances, you can book Optional and Insight Choice Experiences on tour by speaking with your Travel Director.What can I expect on an Insight Vacations coach?
Our modern, air-conditioned coaches have been carefully selected with your comfort, safety and scenic viewing in mind.
Your Insight Vacations Team will explain all the safety features of your motorcoach at the beginning of your vacation.
Specially Configured Coaches with Fewer Seats
Our luxury coaches have been specially reconfigured with fewer seats, so you'll relax in style whilst enjoying up to twice as much legroom then on a standard travelling coach.
WI-FI
Complimentary Wi-Fi Service is available on our coaches in the majority of countries we travel to.
Washrooms and rest stops
To ensure you travel in comfort, travel days will include plenty of rest stops. There's also an on-board washroom on all travelling coaches (except in Morocco).
No Smoking Policy
We operate a no smoking policy motorcoach travelling policy. However, we do make plenty of convenience stops giving you the opportunity to smoke.
Contact our Travel Experts
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24/7 Support
Our team of experienced tour specialists have travelled to hundreds of countries around the globe and have decades of first-hand travel experience to share. Contact us now to have all of your tour-related questions answered!
Hygiene Measures
Vaccination Policy:
While highly recommended, COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters are no longer required for guests traveling with us from January 1, 2023, onward. It is your client’s responsibly to comply with specific vaccine and/or booster requirements imposed by airlines and/or authorities in the destinations visited, as well as requirements for accessing restaurants and venues, which may be more restrictive than the above. No refunds will be given if they are unable to undertake some or all of their vacation due to failure to comply with these requirements. 
Future Travel Credit:
If your client has a Future Travel Credit (FTC) with one of our brands, they are able to redeem against any 2022, 2023 or 2024 tour package. Discounts of up to 15% from their original reservation will only be carried forward if a new trip is booked before December 31, 2022. The FTC is the total amount that they paid to us for their tour that was suspended due to COVID-19. That sum can be applied to any itinerary or departure of their choosing (current discounts and promotions are not combinable with the carry forward discounts and are subject to availability on the new trip). If they choose a trip or departure that is more expensive than their FTC credit, your client is responsible for the difference in price; if the trip or departure is less expensive than the FTC credit, a new FTC will be issued for the difference.
We encourage you to check our Frequently Asked Questions for more pre-departure information and tips, including our destination guide.
If you’d like to speak to one of our Travel Specialist, give us a call or submit a CONTACT US form and we’ll be happy to rebook your client’s vacation or help answer any questions you may have.
Travel Flexibility Policy:
Our temporary change and cancellation policies have ended, and our standard policy as outlined in our Booking Conditions now applies for all reservations (including Future Travel Credit redemptions) departing January 1, 2023, onward. A penalty is applied for changes or cancellations made after the final payment has been received. Normal penalties apply for full cancellation without rebooking. Please note, airlines may impose different change policies, and if your client declines travel insurance, they are responsible for any airline cancellation penalties. Other conditions apply.