Is Marina Travel worth it? The data verdict
Marina Travel rates 4.72★ across 106 verified reviews — genuinely good, short of exceptional. Its trips run about £302/day — pricier than the market median. The complaints below are consistent enough to take seriously before booking.
Where Marina Travel scores
What travellers consistently praise
- Knowledgeable, personable guides
- Fast, responsive communication
- Well-organised itineraries
- Flexible with bookings and changes
- Self-drive tours particularly well-paced
The consistent complaints
- Inconsistent accommodation quality
- Weak or repetitive breakfasts/food
- Rushed scheduling and long travel days
- Poor communication around pickups/cancellations on some tours
Both lists distilled from the same verified review base — we publish the bad with the good.
In travellers' own words
“Our trip was great! Two things really highlight our trip… the communication by the TourRadar/Marina Travels staff and then our tour guide Hinrik. Hinrik is competent and very accommodating. His attitude is”
“We like the country and everything what we saw. Unfortunately, we had some problems how the group tour was organised. We have found that you combined together at least three different groups with different itinerary. Because of that there were a lot of problems with scheduling. For a example: - to a”
“A simply outstanding 18 day tour arranged by Marina Tours team. Completely and quickly responsive, flexible, excellent itinerary. Only complaint: Hella Hotel needs to be removed from your network. Not clean, a very old rundown building - we stayed elsewhere at”
“I loved this tour! Iceland’s beauty speaks for itself but as I labored over a group tour vs independent, a self-drive tour seemed more comfortable during a pandemic. I loved not having to plan the details of the car rental and all the different hotel”