CostSavers vs. Cosmos Tours

Travelers have many options from which to choose when booking tours. Tour companies offer a variety of travel packages, including escorted and self-guided packages. Budget tour companies provide many of the same amenities offered by first-class tour operators. Cosmos offers a variety of budget tours, while Trafalgar provides CostSaver tour packages designed for the traveler on a budget. Both tour operators have similar itineraries and features, Cosmos tours and Trafalgar CostSaver tours have distinct differences.
  1. Cosmos Destinations

    • As of March 2010, Cosmos offers tours to Europe, North America and Africa. Tours to Europe include Italy, Ireland, Greece, France, Portugal, Russia and Germany. North American tours take guests to California, New York, the Southern states, the Grand Canyon, Alaska, Yellowstone and Western and Eastern Canada, among other destinations. African travel itineraries offer travel to Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and the Mediterranean. Tour packages can concentrate travel within a single country or region, such as Italy or Morocco, or offer a variety of cultures such as the Eastern European countries.

    Trafalgar Destinations

    • Trafalgar sells CostSaver tour packages through third-party travel agencies. CostSaver itineraries offer tours to Europe, including Britain, Turkey, Iceland and Scandinavia, among other destinations. Trafalgar also offers a limited number of tours to Africa, which include travel to Morocco and Egypt. Tours can include travel to single country destinations, such as Morocco, or tours to numerous locations, including the Russia, Scandinavia and Iceland tour package.

    Trafalgar Tour Styles

    • Trafalgar CostSaver offers guests different styles of tour packages. City Breaks tours allow guests to travel independently and unescorted at a pace they choose. Regional Experiences and European Discoveries tour packages include a full escort and scheduled itineraries.

    Cosmos Tour Styles

    • All Cosmos tours include a full escort, with a tour director that remains with the group throughout the journey. Tours feature scheduled sightseeing excursions, as well as free time for guests to explore locations unescorted.

    Package Includes

    • Trafalgar's CostSaver tour packages can include a variety of travel costs, depending on the package chosen. Tour packages can include transportation costs during the scheduled itinerary, select meals, accommodations, airport transfers, local guides and tour directors. Included costs for Cosmos tours vary depending on the tour selected, and can include hotel accommodations, motor coach transportation, sightseeing tours, travel insurance and cruise ship transportation and accommodations.

    Modes of Transportation

    • Both Cosmos and Trafalgar CostSaver tours feature a variety of modes of transportation, depending on the tour. Transportation can include air-conditioned motor coaches or cruise ships.

    Pricing

    • Trafalgar offers tour packages that only include land travel pricing during the tour itinerary. Cosmos tour packages include land travel pricing during the scheduled journey. Cosmos also offers the option of air travel arrangements to the tour origination point, but only for guests traveling from the United States.

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