Absolute Escapes Traveller Reviews

My sister and I walked the Hadrian's Wall path in September 2019. All aspects of the trip were absolutely wonderful. The scenery was beyond beautiful, the history was fascinating, and all the accommodations were excellent with very friendly hosts everywhere.

Absolute Escapes was superb in all their services--planning/logistics, information, recommendations, bookings--everything was first rate. We are already thinking of another trip and would absolutely use them again. I would recommend them to anyone planning a similar trip.

This was our first long distance walk and it exceeded all of our expectations!

They arranged everything perfectly for us, the bed and breakfasts were great to stay in and the restaurant recommendations they made made our vacation effortless and delicious:)

We enjoyed a Personalised itinerary visiting areas of Scotland we had visited previously, with Absolute Escapes booking our accommodation and travel arrangements. We dis not hire a car.

This is our feedback to our tour operator, Jason at Absolute Escapes I am pleased to say that our holiday went very well. We did have rain at Glenfinnan which made viewing there rather difficult. The Rail Pass worked well. It could have been a help, in retrospect, if it had actually started one day earlier for us, as it started on Sept 1 and we had to travel from Edinburgh, where we left our Rabbies Tour, to go to Glasgow on the train, on Aug 31, so we had to pay extra for that trip! All the B&Bs were of good standard. The train journey we perhaps enjoyed most was the Strathspey Steam Railway with High Tea. Although quite a short trip, the service and food provided for the High Tea made it very enjoyable. We did not attend a Scottish Show as such. We did enjoy the Skye Pipe Band giving a performance in the open air at Portree. Held in the Town Square most Tuesday evenings. . We do not have any comments as to improving your level of service. All the information you supplied was very comprehensive. In our case receiving the info a little earlier would have made it easier to absorb it all. Our Skye Tour was enjoyable with our helpful and informative driver. We would be very happy to recommend your service to future travellers. Nancy W NSW AUSTRALIA

We had a fabulous time on our West Highland Way holiday and we were so glad we booked with Absolute Escapes. All the hotels, baggage transfers and taxis all worked out perfectly. The restaurant recommendations were all good. And we were pleased with all the accommodations. The best hotel was the King's house. Very nice and the only place to stay in the area so we felt very fortunate to have a room there. Some other walkers from another tour company did not have the same luck and seemed blindsided by that. Our own arrangement of staying 2 nights in Tyndrum worked out great. So we were very very pleased with Absolute Escapes. All in all, we had a fantastic vacation and the WHW was everything and more than we had hoped for. Many thanks to Absolute Escapes for organising everything.

Absolute Escapes provided us with a seamless and well organized vacation. We had some special requests and all was accommodated.

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Absolute Escapes booked our ferries and hotels for a self-drive holiday in our own car with 3 nights on Shetland and 4 nights on Orkney. Everything worked like clockwork.

Very reliable very friendly very responsive.

We took the self drive motor trip up from Glasgow to Cumbrae and Bute. Then up the coast to Oban, our favourite location, Ft. William and then over to Edimburgh. The bed and breakfasts arranged were great with wonderfully helpful hosts. All went according to plan and we were even able to fit in the Jacobite train from Ft. William to Malaig (Mallaig). We would surely use Absolute Escapes again and advise any of our friends who are contemplating a trip to Scotland to contact Absolute Escapes.

Jason Martin took care of our needs with seemingly effortless efficiency. Any and all questions and concerns were promptly taken care of and email responses were absolutely amazing, time wise. We are in Alberta Canada, 7hr difference. If I asked a question or had a concern, emailed about 10 pm local time, we had an answer usually by 9 am our time the next morning. One of the best tour companies we have ever used.

We had an extremely enjoyable holiday walking the Cotswold Way. The weather was perfect, accommodation very good and lovely food. The walk was excellent and we would thoroughly recommend to others contemplating this walk. The baggage turned up at the correct destination each day and there were no problems with taxi and lifts to our accommodation. It all went very smoothly. We found the itinerary very useful especially advising of places to get our meals. A very memorable holiday.

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We really enjoyed our tour along the Outer Hebrides. All the transfers with the ferries have been as scheduled and regarding the accommodations provided by Absolute Escapes, we have really enjoyed them too. We've felt very comfortable, not only because of the facilities itsel but also because of the staff that ran them but also because they were placed in really nice sites including our last one in Lewis that was a welcomed last minute change offered by the Absolute E.

Everything has been well explained and clear from the begining, and any extra explanation or adjustments to our needs were answered and solved asap. We travelled very confident because of this and during the travel all worked without any problem. Very kind staff.

We booked a 14 day walking holiday on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path in Wales through Absolute Escapes, and were absolutely blown away by the stunning scenery and overwhelming Welsh hospitality! We enjoyed a mix of tough, rocky stretches and long, peaceful beach walks. At one point we even stumbled across an active archaeological site, what a treat to watch the archaeologists work! We also enjoyed a fair amount of Welsh cakes and surprising seafood dishes on our trip. The coastal villages we had the pleasure of staying in were absolutely charming, and the warm welcome we received at all the B&Bs and hotels where we stayed was second to none. Absolute Escapes planned our whole trip perfectly, including the modifications we requested to their recommended route; we had no problems at all with the accommodations, taxis and luggage transfer-- everything went swimmingly. For those planning to take this trip, we recommend building in lots of rest time to spend exploring the beautiful Pembrokeshire beaches and towns inbetween your long walking days!

This was our second trip through Absolute Escapes, and both trips were absolutely fantastic. We so appreciate how Absolute Escapes handles all the details and the stressful part of planning the trip, I can honestly say there were no hiccups or issues with the planning of the trip at all. We requested a modification to their recommended route and Absolute Escapes arranged everything for us with no issue at all. We have always been very happy with the accommodations booked by Absolute Escapes, in particular the hospitality shown by the proprietors they work with. I know this is a small thing, but even the taxi driver they booked for us was very friendly, told us lots about the local area, was prompt and the drive went very quickly-- I think it goes a long way to show that Absolute Escapes takes very seriously who they select as vendors for their trips.

I can confirm that we had an excellent time even if the weather was rather 'Scottish' on occasions. All the accommodation was absolutely fine but we particularly enjoyed Hillsea (in Ballycastle) and CulErg (in Portstewart). Perhaps I could also suggest a couple of additions to the Trip Notes about eating possibilities. On the day from Ballycastle to Ballintoy, as well as a packed lunch or eating in Ballintoy, another good option is the National Trust tearoom at Carrick-a-Rede. it can be particularly handy if you havent booked a slot for crossing the bridge and you have a bit of a wait before your time comes up. On the final day from the Giants Causeway/ Port Ballintrae to Portstewart, if you want something a bit more substantial than a packed lunch, there are all sorts of options in Portrush. And for the evening in Portstewart I would definitely recommend the highly rated Harry's Shack - advance booking strongly advised.

Impeccable organisation with a good choice of accommodation and very handy hints for lunches and dinners