Media, Press and Awards - Vagabond Tours of Ireland

We are always amazed by your 5 star reviews...

🏆 But never more so than this year. With thanks to the votes from our amazing guests, we are incredibly excited to have been listed in the top 15 Favourite Tour Operator of 2023 in the renowned 2023 Travel + Leisure “World’s Best Awards”

𝘝𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘉 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦, 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦-𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴. " Rachel Chang Travel + Leisure

Expect Excellence On Your Ireland Tour

We were ranked #12 in the Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2023 — one of the travel industry's most prestigious international accolades.

Can more than 1,300 5-Star Reviewers on TripAdvisor be wrong? Our small-group tours of Ireland are rated 5/5 and were awarded a 2024 Travellers Choice Award.

Our amazing tours of Ireland were awarded Feefo's 2023 Gold Trusted Service Award based on verified guest reviews. Thank you for sharing the love!

Our tours of Ireland are a force for good in the community. We are immensely proud to have become Ireland's first B Corp certified travel and tourism company.

National Geographic Traveler Magazine 50 Tours of a Lifetime 2013 badge

Our 8 Day Vagabond Wild Irish Rover Tour was the only tour of Ireland selected by National Geographic Traveler Magazine's 50 Tours of a Lifetime

We care about the impacts of our Ireland tours. To back this commitment up and strive for improvement, we are active members of Sustainable Tourism Network

Irish Tourism Industry Awards Winner badge

Our 6 Day Driftwood Great Southern Ireland Tour took home the 2019 award for Best Ireland’s Ancient East Tourism Experience

Winner badge for the Irish Green Awards 2018

We were delighted when our small-group tours of Ireland were awarded the Green Tourism & Entertainment Award at the Green Awards 2018

At Vagabond, we're commited to creating a positive workplace culture. We are very proud to have won the Fáilte Ireland Employer Excellence Award again for 2025

Our amazing team works together and supports one another. We are delighted to be recognised as a Great Place To Work, achieving second place in Ireland in the small category for 2025.