Tangney Tours Traveller Reviews

Visited places that one would not normally visit. Connected with many great FRENCH SAINTS! A full Programme every day, yes, but what an interesting one. Loved the Mountain ranges. La Salette, in the Alps. Wow! 'Provence' was very special, for me! A great variety of Sites, all over France.. Loved them all, I must say! Mercy beaucoup!

Excellent 'planning & execution', shall we say! Wonderful Driver, to booth. Lots of hard work, involved, one can safely say. Many Thanks, Clare.

Our whole group were unanimous in agreeing that this was a truly wonderful and inspirational pilgrimage/holiday. Everything we did in Rome, Assisi and Loreto have made many beautiful and lasting memories.

I was the original organiser of the pilgrimage from our parish, but then the arrangements were all looked after so efficiently well by our tour operators. So, a big thank you to Sarah for everything that she, and previously Gill, did for us all for our wonderful pilgrimage. In the end, it was over a very difficult time in Rome, just after the election of Pope Leo, so they had to manage all this as well! I have been a teacher all my life, so I particularly appreciate all the effort, care and attention put into how all this is done! Thank you!

Very interesting tour assuming a keen interest in the subject (of Council of Nicaea and other early Councils of the Church)

If you mean Tangney Tours, I have already said they were excellent - planning and execution and choice of courier

Travelled to a variety of Catholic shrines in France - from Lourdes near the Pyrenees to La Salette in the Alps. Also travelled to other shrines in Provence, Tours and then to Mont St Michel and ended in Notre Dame in Paris. Absolutely wonderful! Visited so many areas of France.

I had many questions about the pilgrimage before travelling and the tour operator contact (Clare) was patient and answered all my queries.

Lourdes Birmingham Diocesan Pilgrimage

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Pilgrimage to Lourdes with Archdiocese of Birmingham Shown kindness by many strangers and made new friends Fantastic afternoon trip to Gavarnie.

Easy to book and pay for the trip over the phone Literature arrived in good time before the trip Wheelchair accessible vehicles provided for airport/ hotel transfers and for day excursion For excellent score in future, please to discuss with Hotel Alba its menu. Were not offered what was listed and were never offered soup or vegetables with meals provided. Finally it would be encouraging if there were better communication between the tour representatives and staff at Birmingham airport. My son (who is in a manual wheelchair) and I were abandoned at baggage reclaim after returning to Birmingham. I cannot physically push him and pull 2 suitcases at the same time. Fortunately I attracted the attention of a passing airport staff who assisted us out of the airport terminal to the drop off car park for our lift home. Overall the experience was highly positive and we would be happy to use Tangney Tours in future.

Well organised, lovely hotel and had a great time.

In fairness, was just a participant in the pilgrimage and not part of the team organising the pilgrimage. Was an excellent tour from start to finish.

It was an excellent five days away which was well planned by Tangney Tours

Totally organised and well planned

the holiday / pigrimage was great. The accomodation , food, convenience of hotel, the organisation etc But the experince at the airports was not so good especially at BHX on the way out. The organisation was poor. It would have made more sense to load the more able bodied onto the plane first especially as they were at the back of plane. this would have prevented standing waiitng for a very long time in the heat. Because of this i can olny rate the tour operator on this occasion as average

They are usually excellent and i have travellled with them many times but as stated above this time the organisation at the airports was poor

The 'Stephen & Sue Gasche' pilgrimage to Lourdes was a group of 6 friends, organised very efficiently for us by Tangney Tours. The local tour guide was excellent, and he gave us a walking tour of the main sites in Lourdes associated with St. Bernadette, as well as a trip to Bartres to see her one-time home. Overall we were very pleased with the pilgrimage, including the hotel whose staff were also exemplary.

The tour operator, Tangney Tours, were excellent, as above. However, Ryanair were dreadful, and we used them only because they fly direct from Stansted to Lourdes. There was an administrative error when we booked the tour, related to charging for luggage carrying medical equipment which had to be carried in the cabin, but Tangney Tours immediately resolved the issue once they were apprised of the overcharge by refunding us immediately. Ryanair staff, however, with one exception, were rude and unhelpful.