Spain Travel Review: Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Granada, and Cordoba

We were somewhat disappointed with the hotels they picked for us. We would not recommend the 4 star hotels we stayed at. They were not bad, but just OK. When we returned, I gave the travel agency this feedback. Our travel agency told me that he used Tripadvisor to find hotels. I expected the travel agency to have more experience and connection with the hotels than information from Tripadvisor. I could have looked on Tripadvisor myself and probably found better hotels and it would have cost us less. Also, we wished the travel company knew more about food tours and places to eat. Finally, we felt that the tour company could have done a better job of scheduling. In Barcelona, we ran out of time, because we were overbooked on tours, and could not spend as much time visiting major sites such as the market in Barcelona. In fact, we had to miss one of our prepaid tours, to be able to go to the market. It would have been good if the travel agency could have advised us of this potential problem beforehand.