USIT is the first port of call for student travelers but it's more than just a ticket agency. It…read moredeals with all international travel aspects for young travellers. It gives customers advice, sets them up with visas and rail passes and even administers travel vaccines. It is also responsible for the Work in Ireland Program, a program that helps foreign people adjust to their new city. All non-EU nationals participate in this program but it is most popular with Americans and Canadians. Another bonus: USIT has a resource room for participants so that they can use the internet and print for free. Next time you're planning an important trip, pop into USIT and one of the staff will be able to answer your many questions.

In addition to being a one stop travel shop USIT are pretty well known for the hoards of us who've…read moreheaded off on our year away to exotic places such as Australia New Zealand ,South America etc. Their the only Irish agents for the work in Canada programme, SWAP as Jenni mentioned. I was in Canada with USIT two years ago and found them really helpful with any questions I had. Contact by email was the only way to get them but they always responded quickly and manged to sort out any problems I had. They also do cheap flights, travel Insurance, J1 applications(oh to be 21 again) as well as plenty of travel of advice and passport photos. Huge Aston quay store, where staff are generally bright and friendly and well versed on all the many world travel options. If your a student or Independent traveler, USIT will be able to help you out. They also have a call centre with longer opening hours to the office.

Unfortunately my number is now on this company's list and I get a call every day or so from…read moredifferent numbers. The simple tactic of switching outbound numbers to spoof caller ID blocking tells you everything you need to know about this company. The script they read from is designed to throw buzzwords at the listener, buttering you up, making you feel like you are so lucky to be provided with everything they're offering. If paying attention, each thing they do for you and offer to you either makes no sense or contradicts something assured earlier on the call. The way they transferred me to a manager (without me asking a single question) as part of the sales pitch was comical. As I started asking questions to better understand my options, so I could be an informed consumer making an intelligent choice in my best interest, the manager became progressively more confrontational until I laughed and hung up on him. They will collect all the information on you they can. They will take as much money from you as they can. They promise to send you information AFTER all of that. You will have nothing in writing, no proof of anything they say, until after you've authorized to give them access to your funds. I hope you are reading this because you have more sense than that when it comes to your finances. There are a few scary reviews via the Better Business Bureau as well.

I would not book through this agency again I had booked two round trip tickets for my daughter and…read moreson in law to the USA. The agency made a mistake on my son in law's visa. They had scheduled his flight 2 days past when the visa would expire. This mistake caused him to come under scrutiny at the airport and he was not allowed to fly. The agency is not wanting to take any responsibility for their part in this matter. I would go elsewhere!

I had a bit of a sniffy opinion of travel agents until I went to Trailfinders. We were trying to…read moreorganise a honeymoon, and while we had a rough idea of where we wanted to go, we had no idea of how to actually hammer that idea into a proper itinerary. Trailfinders took care of it, and in double-quick time. They organised a great itinerary, along with booking a few recommended tourist spots at each location and made sure we were looked after at each step of the way. The pricing was actually very reasonable, we shopped around with a few other travel agents and they couldn't touch the package Trailfinders had organised. While there's not much reason to use an agent for most holidays, if you're planning a really big trip I'd definitely give Trailfinders a shout first.

During the booking process for our honeymoon all of the agents we spoke to were very helpful and…read morefriendly, and the rates they were able to get us in resorts were better than those available on the websites, unfortunately they were not helpful once issues started to arise. We booked in January, following the advice from several agents we booked a new secrets resort in playa del Carmen opening in Feb, assuming by the time of our honeymoon in late April it would be 2 months open and we wouldn't have any issues. We noticed in Feb however that the opening date shifted to one day before our booking. Trailfinders didn't contact us to let us know, but I reached out to check that the resort would in fact be open and all facilities available, the agent told me that it would, that the date had been pushed to give them time to run a soft opening and be ready for guests by the time we arrived. This was not the case. We were some of the first guests to arrive at the hotel, which was not ready to be open. We experienced issues with almost every element of the resort experience, I'll list a few below but try stick to our Trailfinders experience for this review. (Water outages, power outages, elevators not working for 5-6 days, an 8 story drop right outside our door, staff leaving our room unlocked after cleaning, all facilities not being open, some of the site still under construction, serious queues despite the resort being at less than 50% capacity, and food poisoning/bacterial infection lasting several days - multiple reports of this.) I am aware it is not Trailfinders responsibility to have the resort functioning, but had their agent not lied to us and told us there would be a soft launch before we got there we would have made the decision to change to a different resort. Upon check in, we discovered that we had been booked in to a two bed room, and did not have the honeymoon package we signed up for (there was a note on our account saying we were on our honeymoon, but not on the honeymoon package - champagne reception, spa treatments, private dinner on a beach and a few other benefits). We called Trailfinders to try to have this rectified, the next day the hotels concierge service met with me and told me everything had been sorted. Another day passed without hearing anything so I called the concierge and was once again told we were not on the honeymoon package, we called Trailfinders again, who said that they were told everything was sorted but they would call us again the next day to make sure everything was in order. We have yet to receive any more communication from them 2 weeks later. I'd say in all at least an entire day of our trip was spent following up with the hotel concierge and calling Trailfinders, at no point did either of them actively engage us or try to solve the issues without being prompted. We spent the final few days of our honeymoon in another resort, this resort required us to get a boat of Isla Mujeres off Cancun, Trailfinders were supposed to provide this resort with our information so they could book this for us. Luckily after our issue with the first booking I had got in touch with them to make sure everything was booked, in this resort we found out that we were not booked in to the room type the Trailfinders agent had told us, but didn't bother trying to rectify it and chose to enjoy our final few days instead. Overall we felt very let down by Trailfinders during this whole process. In the lead up to the trip everyone was super helpful, there were some issue with the booking which could easily have been remedied while we were out there, but when we needed assistance during the trip it wasn't there. I had recommended the service to several friends getting married soon prior to our experience, and have since advised them against it. Won't be using the service again.

Although I know it is possible to apply for Irish citizenship without the help of a law firm, my…read moresister and I chose to work with Gibson. We could not locate a birth certificate for my grandmother, only a baptismal certificate, census report and ship manifest. They helped make our case that she was, indeed, born in Ireland. And while it took 2 1/2 years to get approved (no thanks to Covid), they persisted on our behalf. Gibson knows how to navigate what can be a complex process. My sister and I were very pleased with them and highly recommend this practice to anyone needing legal help with Irish citizenship issues.

Think long and hard before you spend a few thousand dollars on Gibson and Associates. Here is my…read moreexperience: I have always hoped for a path to Irish citizenship and knew it was possible through association with a parent or grandparent who was an Irish citizen but Gibson's ad on Facebook claimed it was possible by association with a great-grandparent. With hope and excitement, I contacted them and was told if my activities and connections in Ireland were strong then a case could be made for great-grandparent association. I was told that their success record was "very good". I wanted to believe that and so I did and signed on. That was in May 2020. My application was submitted in July 2020. Repeated contacts with the Irish Department of Justice over the next several years always yielded the same response, "You will hear in due course". In frustration I finally asked my contact at Gibson some very specific question. "How many applications of my sort have you filed with the D.O.J.? How many are still awaiting review for a decision? How many have been approved and how many have been denied?" I stressed that I did not want any names or any sort of identifying information that might violate confidentiality. I simply want numbers to help assess my chances. Despite repeatedly asking these questions, I was refused any answers. Finally, almost six years from the submission of my application I was told by a contact in the Irish D.O.J the he had heard my application was denied. Being used to much confusion and misinformation from the D.O.J. I believed this could not be true because I had received no such notification from my representative at Gibson who would have received and forwarded this decision. I finally decided to contact the Gibson law firm and ask about this. I was ignored for a solid week. I emailed and called. No one replied to my emails and no one at the office beyond the secretary who answered the phone would speak with me or return my calls. Finally, someone did call and admit that my application was denied and they forgot to notify me. My application was denied on March 4, 2026. I finally was told on May 26, 2026. They had known of this decision for over two months! Here's what I have since learned. The Irish government is under great anti-outsider pressure. They have no desire to grant citizenship to anyone not living in the country and are not particularly thrilled with those who have recently immigrated. The rating system to review these applications is prohibitively weighted against anyone not living and working in Ireland. Gibson has flooded them with Facebook solicited application which simply sit in a pile until they grudgingly deny citizenship. There is a less than 5% approval rating. If you are considering asking for Gibson and Associates for their help in this process, require them to give you actual numbers on outcome data. Spend your money wisely.

I contacted Sinnott Solicitors to enquire about Immigration and Citizenship. Carol replied to my…read moreemail within a day and provided me with a detailed explanation and advice. Very professional and friendly services. I would certainly recommend Sinnott Solicitors services!

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