Martin Randall Travel Traveller Reviews

We stayed in two excellent hotels and one substandard one. The food varied from good to excellent though a greater variety of dishes would be preferable - we only had one fish meal which was a shame given the excellent fish available. The lectures were very informative though a little overlong. Overall an enjoyable experience though a bit overpriced compared with similar tours we have been on. The tour was very well organised and went smoothly.

Martin Randall. This is our 7th tour with the company. They aim for a very high standard and usually achieve it

Aragon is off the beaten tourist track. The holiday provided a fascinating combination of culture, history, art and architecture, travelling throughout Aragon. The tour leaders were excellent: friendly and very knowledgeable, passing on their own expertise in an accessible way. I thoroughly enjoyed y holiday.

Martin Randall Travel is impressive. I booked on line and soon received a phone call from their office welcoming me because I was a new customer, which I thought was a good personal touch. The administration was very efficient, and the tour was well run. I will travel with the company again.

Five days covering a great deal of the art Madrid has to offer

Intinerary, accommodation and tour content well researched.

5 superb concerts in 3days together with like minded people/friends and architectural tours of the city as well.

I have travelled many times with Martin Randall Travel, these tours have been Music, Archaeology and Art. The standard is unfaillingly excellent.

History, art and architecture brought alive and relevant by an excellent itenerary and lecturer. A busy schedule but enjoyable.

Very easy to book online. Speedy response to queries. Overall support excellent. Offers a great variety of tour options. Tours are well organized and support on the actual tour could not be better.

A tour of Greek and Roman archaeology sites around Naples

Very good organisation

As you are aware Martin Randall has an excellent reputation. The website information seemed thorough but the lack of information about the last day clearly caused problems for some of the participants. I didn’t expect to be ‘involved’ in issues participants had with the organisation but it was not possible to avoid. I felt, to be fair, to him, the Tour Manager had too much to do for 23 group members. So organisation became an issue for me. Had the tour guide not been so stellar I would have wished I had saved my money or spent it elsewhere.

The written information was mostly excellent so led to an expectation that the daily tour arrangements would go smoothly. They didn’t. There should have been basic information in the role of the Tour Manager and the Guide. Who was the leader? There should have been a nightly email to remind of the next day’s timetable. The tour manager should have followed through on what he said. Being left behind after a group dinner and nearly locked in at a toilet stop is not OK. Hearing him argue with a tour group member is not OK. Letting one group member dictate her terms as to her comfort on the trip ( at others’ expense) not OK. Surely MArtin Randall has enough experience to have learnt how these issues should be handled. The daily programme should have run smoothly but it didn’t. I had come a long way to do this tour and expected better. I had been on a 10 day privately run Italian language course just prior to this tour with 16 participants and it ran much more smoothly. Would I use MR again. Unlikely. The status of top cultural tour company is not to be believed!

The combination of music and sightseeing which is the hallmark of MRT festivals was once again an exceptional experience with every aspects of the arrangements as near perfection as possible.

Martin Randall Travel is right at the top of the tree when it comes to arranging and organising an intense experience for their understandably faithful clientele. Every detail is fully thought through, explored, checked and enjoyed. Their policy of producing excellent tour programme books and then making no announcements is unique and to be thanked for.

The only tour that I have been on where the actual matched the promised

Very knowledgeable and personable

high quality tour;excellent organisation and good hotels. Interesting guides and information and great introduction to the range of sites in Greece

efficient, helpful and well organised. Plan carefully to provide a consistent and enjoyable holiday