Ireland and Dublin 4-Day Guided Discovery Tour

Massive Rip-Off – Book Individually and Save Hundreds! I am writing this review to warn potential travelers: this tour is an absolute rip-off. I deeply regret booking it and feel I have wasted over $500 in excess costs by choosing this "package"for 3 members instead of arranging the components myself. The core premise of a multi-day tour like this should be cost savings due to bulk booking and coordinated logistics. Instead, this tour operates on the exact opposite principle. I have since priced out the individual attractions and experiences included in this 4-day itinerary, and the cost of booking them separately is less than half the price I paid for this tour. It is frankly outrageous that combining these experiences for four days somehow more than doubles the individual booking price. There is no added value, convenience, or luxury that justifies this exorbitant markup. I feel completely misled and frankly, swindled. Do yourself a huge favor and do not make the same mistake I did. Take the time to book each part of your trip individually – you will save a significant amount of money and likely have more flexibility as well. This tour is nothing more than a vastly overpriced aggregation of readily available experiences.

We took two tours and the tour guides and drivers were extremely friendly and knowledgeable (Danny, Phil, Amir, Anna). The only complaint I have were the bus seats were cramped and uncomfortable for tall people like myself (6’ tall). Would recommend to friends and family.

Let me start by saying all our tour guides were fantastic and professional and three of the four tours I would highly recommend HOWEVER the walking tour of Dublin and the hop on/off bus was not well managed. The timing did not work at all as the first hop on/off bus would not get to our first stop in time for the tour - and we could not take it from there to the next tour they booked us for for the same reason. We had to rush ourselves through these tours and then almost running to get to meet up spot for walking tour. All these tours were booked and scheduled by Finn mccools. We had sent emails and went in to see them the day prior and were essentially told we would have to walk or find other transportation - although we were led to believe we would get a refund for the hop on/off bus. Not great but would have accepted that. After our last tour we stopped in again. I can’t believe how rude the front desk staff was! He accused us of writing a bad review about our guide and indicated because of that he would not refund the bus. It was the tour company who booked everything and I am shocked that after charging us (5 people) they can tell us the scheduling doesn’t work so you’re on your own to figure it out. No refund. And worst of all the rudest customer service I’ve ever received.

We did four days of tours with the company. All of the main tours and guides were great but the desk staff at the things to do in Dublin store/office are absolutely terrible. They had messed up the scheduling for one of the days making us rush on our own around the city and miss things. The tickets they had given us for the bus didn't work with the tour schedules. We mentioned this to them several times before the tour and were told we would just have to take a cab or walk. We mentioned to them again in person and were told they would get back to us and try to fix it. Days later after our other tours and not hearing back at all we once again went in person to the shop and were basically told they weren't going to do anything and the staff tried to guilt us saying he won't help since we had left a bad review after not hearing back from them. The guides are freelance so book with other companies and avoid Finn mcCools.

The tours were great and the tour guides were good. Our last tour with Gina to the Cliffs and Galway was excellent. She was very knowledgeable and entertaining. Something there was not enough time to explore. Titanic museum felt rushed. But overall well done.