Authentic IrelandReviews of authenticireland.com

Our trip to Scotland was spectacular. We worked with Con Jager to design and book our trip. We ended our 11 day stay in Scotland at Culcreuch Castle...blissfully peaceful and elegant, a perfect ending to a full itinerary! Con’s extensive knowledge of Scotland travel helped us to make decisions and craft an itinerary so full and rich in experiences. The memories of this trip will stay with us for a very long time. The haggis, hiking and history, the castles, cultural experiences and car driving, the Scotch and the ever-so-friendly Scots and so much more—truly a trip to remember! Thank you, Con Jager, for your knowledge, expertise and tremendous service to guide us in planning our Scotland trip. This is the second time I’ve used Authentic Ireland for travel planning and I’ve no doubt I’ll return to plan another trip. Outstanding service!

My trip was a mother/daughter trip to Ireland. Heather came up with an itinerary that allowed us to see what we wanted to see. It was a self drive and by day 3 we were comfortable with that. We could have spent more days in DUBLIN and the Trinity City Hotel was a great location, accommodations and breakfast. The day trip to Northern Ireland was worth it to see Giants Causeway but it is a very long day. Unfortunately it rained in Galway and all during the Connemara day trip and the walk from Salthill to central Galway was long in bad weather. we drove to the Cliffs of Moher and spent a nice long time there then drove to Killarney. The Victorian House Hotel was very comfortable and close to everything. we really enjoyed KILLARNEY national park and wished we had more time to explore. The last day we drove to ROCH of CASHEL then stayed outside of DUBLIN. Checkins were easy and the day tours all arranged ahead of time we just showed up. So if there is a next trip we will know what we want and stay longer in those areas. Definitely a memorable trip and we were glad we did the self drive.

I worked with Maggie in planning the trip. After a couple of conversations, she knew what we were looking for and set up the trip of a lifetime. We had excellent hotels, and saw all the must see places of Ireland, and a few more she suggested. We also had a driver/guide who was very knowledgeable of Ireland. I suggest this is the way to travel, as you get local knowledge, and locals places to eat and visit. Maggie set all this up for us, all we had to do was enjoy our trip in Ireland, stress free. Roma W.

We had the trip of a lifetime! Aisling was great to work with, she did a wonderful job with our large group. Looking forward to booking another trip with Authentic Ireland!

Lauren G was great to work with and helped us book a dream vacation. She paid great attention to what we were interested in and planned a perfect itinerary. We never had an issue working with the hotels and tours. There was never a gap in communication and that is so helpful when traveling abroad.

I absolutely loved using Authentic Ireland to plan my honeymoon! The predesigned vacations made planning so much easier alongside Alaina's excellent help!! We loved our trip and kept commenting on how perfect the location of all of our accommodations were as well as the design of the trip in terms of where we went each day and all the things we got to experience. By the end of the trip, we felt satisfied with everything we got to see and didn't feel like we missed out on anything. We never could have planned a trip like this ourselves and we're so grateful we found this website! We will definitely visit it again for future trip planning.

We just returned from 12 days in Ireland and we all agreed, it was the trip of a lifetime! We had 6 people in our group and we chose the luxurious private chauffeur tour. What a great decision! With Lonna’s expertise, we were able to map out a route that took us to all the places we wanted to visit. Our driver Mark Ryan was the absolute best!! He was extremely knowledgeable of Irish history and folklore which enhanced our tour greatly. He even knew the places we’d like best for lunch! He was very accommodating of our needs and interests and was particularly mindful of my husband who has mobility issues. Lonna’s guidance and recommendations on our hotel and castle stays was invaluable. All of our hotels and reservations for activities went very smoothly and the breakfasts were scrumptious. We love the Irish people who struck a heartfelt chord in all of us! A big Thank You! to Authentic Ireland and Mark for the best trip ever and a wonderful Fáilte Ireland!!(I’ve already recommended Authentic Ireland to two other interested parties!)

Great 14-day self-drive of all points south of Dublin........ arriving in Shannon and proceeding counter-clockwise around the country. Lauren did an excellent job of honoring our lodging requests, mainly B&Bs and two castle hotels. Be advised that a good GPS helps a lot. We used our own Garmin with a UK chip purchased before leaving. As I had been there before, I taught my German wife to drive on Irish roads on the Dingle Peninsula. What a blast! We enjoyed every minute and hated for it to end.