TUI River Cruises Reviews

We had not been away for Christmas for a few years, so as we had the opportunity this year we thought to try a river cruise. After some 29 ocean cruise this was going to be different. Tui are obviously intent on disrupting the European river cruise market. They are supplying excellent quality iin accommodation, food and particularly customer service on board. Just like their Marella ships, the ...

We chose the River cruise because it only had 158 passengers and the flights were included and was much more affordable overall compared to the other River cruise lines. On arrival at Budapest airport we were held up in immigration for an hour but the rep was waiting for us when we got through, we were the last to show up and everyone was waiting on the bus for us. It was a huge relief. The ...

TUI Maya Germany river Main. This is the third TUI river cruise I have done, the last two in 2022 both on TUI Isla and German rivers again. I would not recommend the river Main, certainly not in summer. There are many, many bridges and all very low to the water so we could spend almost no time cruising whilst on the upper deck. This said, the towns we visited were very nice and ...

We've done river cruises in the past on the Nile (in Egypt) and on Yangtze (in China) however never got the chance to do one in Europe due to the extortionate prices charged by Viking and other river cruiselines although I had always hoped to do one day if a good deal came along. Well, we got a good deal on TUI Skyla. The itinerary was interesting sailing from Budapest to couple of Hungarian ...

We booked this cruise for the itinerary more than anything else. We’ve done river cruises before and was interested to learn how TUI, a river cruise newcomer would compare to the more established river cruise companies. The answer is “very well actually”. The ship, the TUI Maya is not new, but was refurbished in, I think, 2020 and I can report, to a very high standard. The public rooms are well ...

We have been on river cruises before but never with TUI. We usually go for the itinerary rather than a specific company. We saw this itinerary on the Moselle and decided to book it not knowing what it would be like on a TUI river cruise ship. I can say that the whole experience was very good indeed. TUI excelled themselves. There were a few extra touches that we’d never had on with any ...

We choose this cruise as a first time river cruiser, the staff at Tui were brilliant and as we were booking for 6 of us they were great. The Tui isla was clean and modern not luxury but very good and the beds were really comfortable. They were very well staffed with all staff being helpfull and couldnt do enough for us. Great food, good choices and there was always something to eat, the salad bar ...

I have sailed many times but never on a River Cruise. We originally planned to cruise the Danube towards the Black Sea on the Skyla but flight changes and personal commitments changed our itinerary and we sailed from Budapest to Passau in Germany, visiting Bucharest and Vienna on route. The journey made us much more aware of the Austrian/Hungarian Empire and the vestiges of life under the Iron ...

Our cruise didn’t start well with all our luggage being lost on route. Three hours at the airport trying to resolve with no luck we exited out to Arrivals to be told by Tui we had missed our transfer. Not prepared to put us in a taxi for the 30min trip to the boat nor call back the shuttle bus to collect us, instead wait 2 further hours for an Edinburgh flight to arrive and we can fit on their ...

We chose this cruise because we had done a Rhine cruise before and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, this cruise did not live up to expectations. The good points: the boat is lovely, very clean and comfortable. Good size cabin with plenty of storage. Great sun deck, superb food and lovely staff. The down side was the itinerary, very disappointing. Apart from Koblenz, the boat was moored a ...