3-daagse Zuid-Ierse tour met inbegrip van Galway en Kerry vanuit Dublin

Ten eerste was onze gids Damien geweldig! Deze beoordeling weerspiegelt hem niet als een gids - hij was goed geïnformeerd, vriendelijk en een fantastische chauffeur. Maar het hoofdkantoor was zeer ongeorganiseerd en reageerde niet. Ik heb nog nooit een reisorganisatie gehad die niet op een klant reageerde (ze zagen zelfs het Facebook-bericht). Tour somt een diner en 3 ontbijten op, terwijl het in werkelijkheid 2 basisontbijten zijn. Niemand had enig idee van het diner of het derde ontbijt. We werden alleen en zonder gids in Galway afgezet. Het is een zeer onafhankelijke reis. Geen aanbevelingen of sites om te zien of iets dergelijks. We kregen ook te horen dat we alleen met PaddyWagon-gasten in ons hostel zouden verblijven. Ik heb dit specifiek gevraagd voordat ik boekte. Maar ze stopten ons bij een paar andere willekeurige mensen in het hostel. Gewoon vreselijke communicatie met het bedrijf PaddyWagon. Je krijgt waar je voor betaalt, denk ik, maar we hebben te veel betaald gezien de valse advertenties, vooral omdat de maaltijden zijn inbegrepen.

Our trip was great overall. We enjoyed getting to know folks from ten countries that were on the excursion. The driver was engaging and warm while also being a very skilled driver of the large bus. We were blessed with beautiful weather, so he even coordinated us taking the boat ride to see the Cliffs of Moher. Our two concerns with the trip were a few too many off-color jokes by the driver for our liking, and we never went to the Dingle Peninsula. The itinerary said we would spend the second night on the " breathtaking Dingle Peninsula", but instead we stayed in Killarney. Other than that we really enjoyed the trip and would recommend to others.

8 to 11 hours a day on a bus. First day had a 20 min stop at a McDonald’s then 1 hour at a village with about 30 buildings and a creek. Second day was 11 hours more stops but arrived at hotel at 8 pm after a 3 hour drive from the last stop. I had booked 2 rooms at each b&b. Got only one at the last hotel. Various Pick up points in Dublin are given on the website. Make sure you walk inside the meet up point and ask if your bus is stopping there. Ask every bus driver that stops if they are your tour bus. Organization by paddy wagon/Viator is nonexistent. You are on your own. Cash the driver was great. Excellent driver, very entertaining.

Danny is AWESOME! He made the best of a bad situation. We did not leave on a green, comfy seat paddywagon bus, we left in a bus with broken hard seats, no leg room, and bad airflow. My itinerary was changed 3 days prior to the trip due to races in Galway. Are the races not the same time each year?! So, my trip to Galway never happened. Instead, we stayed in Kilarrney the first night, I will never go back. my accommodations were awful. The second night in Alascue(?) was better, however, the water in the sink faucet came out black. I did love inch beach and the places we visited on Sunday. Saturday was a complete bust, except we did do a little dancing and singing at the pub and that was fun. I can't say enough good things about Danny, his humor, his positivity and the look he shared into Irish culture through humor and stories was uplifting and made the experience bearable.

Our tour guide Danny was amazing!! Unbelievable tour and he made it so engaging with his humor, knowledge of the sites and personalized recommendations. We were focused on Galway when we signed up for this (which was gorgeous), but the Ring of Kerry was breathtaking. An absolute must-see!! Every day was lovely and we are recommending this exact same tour to everyone we know (and we only wish they could also request Danny!). I’ve lived in Ireland before and it was my husband’s first time for our honeymoon. We both loved it!

We had an amazing three day tour. Danny was great; fun, flexible, entertaining and super knowledgeable. Highly recommended.

We booked the 3-Day Southern Ireland Tour Including Galway and Kerry from Dublin with Paddywagon which turned out to be the worst decision ever. On Day 1, we followed the instructions set out in the tour details which asked us to check-in at Paddy's Palace 15 minutes before departure. The departure was supposed to be at Paddywagon Tours Ltd and the departure time stated was 8:00 AM. We reached Paddy’s Palace at 0730 only to find out that that’s where Paddywagon Tours used to operate and they’ve moved since. The people in that building asked us to wait in the road opposite instead, which seemed like a very odd and random place to meet up. We saw a group of people who looked like travellers there so we went over and asked if that was the correct meet-up point. They said that it was the correct place and they’ve asked many different people too because it was just that unclear, like how do you even mess up such a simple yet important information. However, we thought it was quite risky to wait by a random road so we went over to Paddywagon Tours which was about 15 mins away to see if we could ask someone about this. After rushing over to Paddywagon Tours like mad, we saw so many travellers like us (about 50) just standing outside, which led us to think that was actually the right place to meet. To make sure that it was the correct pickup point, we asked a female staff from Paddywagon Tours who didn’t know anything and asked us to ask the bus drivers who parked their buses by the road INDIVIDUALLY. After asking 3 bus drivers, the last one asked us to ask a male staff called Sonny/Sani (guy in orange shirt in the first picture, don’t know how to spell his name). When we explained our situation regarding the different check-in point and asked politely about the correct meet-up point, this is his exact response: “That’s your problem!”. Imagine him saying that in front of the whole group of people, who were in a similar situation as us and waiting for their turns to ask the same thing. We felt very humiliated and absolutely disgusted by his rude attitude and behaviour towards their customers. Surprisingly, (or maybe not so surprisingly?), when someone from the UK asked him about the same thing, he was smiling, being very polite and courteous. (We are international tourists if that’s not obvious). Why hire this kind of racist morons when you are operating a tour agency which obviously attracts international tourists mainly? By the way, this tour costed 1500 EUROS, fun 😊 To make things worse, the area outside Paddywagon Tours where everyone was waiting was in complete disarray and shambles, due to how disorganised Paddywagon Tours was. Not a single staff was doing the obvious thing to take names and check number of travellers etc. They also didn’t bother to group people into different tours, which may seem understandable if there’s overlap between different tours but imagine this: When a different bus arrives outside, everyone rushes to the bus driver asking the tour that the driver is operating. This was a back-and-forth process and one bus even forgot to stop outside Paddywagon Tours and just went on. You can see the second picture for an example of this. Eventually we got on the bus at 0840 but there weren’t enough seats. The driver, maybe acting on the instructions of the tour agency, had the audacity to ask if anyone wants to GET OFF the bus. One lady volunteered because she commented that it was a SHITSHOW, to which the driver agreed. We ended up departing at 0900. It's just baffling how a tour agency that’s been operating so many years didn’t seem to have any organisation and customer services skills whatsoever. That just straight up ruined the first day for us. To make things worse, the driver said that the mic was broken, through the mic no less 😊! We passed by all those places without knowing their history. We didn’t even know what we were looking at and just alighted the bus when all other tourists did to take photos etc. We had to keep asking the driver regarding how long we are stopping at each location, what we are doing, what’s the plan etc. We could move up a little to hear more clearly but there’s obviously only so many seats available. There was pretty much no commentary through the mic throughout the 3-day trip and the driver only spoke out loud, expecting the whole bus to be able to listen to him clearly, with the engines running and people talking in the background. The whole trip was pretty much the driver fetching us to all these stops while talking to those in the front row seats only. It seems that the only thing true about the statement “100% Irish Tour Guides” in the tour ad is that the driver is indeed Irish. There were also some other issues like: - Asking us to be punctual at one stop but ended up being late himself for 15 minutes - There wasn’t much information on what to do when we were in Galway and we were asked to Google or talk to the locals there to find out Oh before I forget, to make the tour more interesting and full or surprises, below is a list of things that were different to what’s advertised in the tour: - No free Wi-Fi on the bus - 2 breakfasts instead of 3 - We passed through Adare but didn’t even stop there. We were most excited about this given the description on the ad: “We will enjoy a stop at one of Ireland's most picturesque villages - Adare with its fabulous thatched cottages which line part of the village's broad main street , renowned for being regularly voted Ireland's tidiest town. It is known for its beautiful stone buildings, medieval monasteries and ruins.” Maybe Paddywagon Tours doesn’t understand that tours like this are usually considered by others are “trips of a lifetime”. It’s just infuriating how we paid so much money for this totally unenjoyable trip. “AwArD wInNiNg PaDdYwAgOn, WoRlD fAmOuS tOuRs Of IrElAnD” “OuR tEaM oF lOcAl TaLeNtS aRe PaSsIoNaTe AbOuT tHeIr HoMe CoUnTrY aNd ThEy WiLl PrOvIdE yOu WiTh StOrIeS tO lAsT a LiFeTiMe” What an absolute terrible joke.

This tour was wonderful and good value, driver Aaron who was also our guide was very friendly and helpful and gave us plenty of information, he was very knowledgeable on the local areas

I am a solo female traveler from California and I had the best time. I stayed in the hostel, have to say, I had not stayed in a hostel in over 25 years. The people I shared the room with, were amazing and the group that ran the hostel in both places were awesome! Our driver Frank was excellent, funny, and he shared the history of area we traveled. The people on the tour were enjoyable as we all got along with each other and had fun. I wanted to thank the entire team at PaddyWagon for making this a memorable trip and sharing the beautiful country of Ireland with me. I would highly recommend this to anybody who wanted to explore Ireland in either a group or solo. JUST DO IT! I am so happy I did….

I really enjoyed this 3 Day tour around Ireland. We saw beautiful scenery; had a lot of stops to take fantastic pictures; and enjoyed the commentary from the bus driver.