Absolute Escapes Traveller Reviews

We travelled from London to York by train. There we rented a Nissan car and drove from York to the Brontës house, Whitby and other nearby towns and places. We enjoyed specially the beautiful landscape, the many many sheeps and lambs, and also the wonderful people. In York we attended the Sunday mass at the impressive cathedral and visited the Fairfax House. Fantastic stay. Two weeks with sunny days; incredible. From York we travelled to Grasmere, a beatiful small town by the lake. This is the town where Wordsworth lived for several years and wrote the very important books. Also the house were Beatrix Potter wrote the loverly Peter Rabbit books. Wish we could have stayed more days in this area. Finally, we travelled back to Durham, another incredible place. The cathedral, what a monumental place. After three weeks of travel, we returned to London by train and then back to Chile, our home country.

Always helpful in designing our self-driving tour. Excellent service! Everything worked fine!

My father and I walked the Dales Way in April 2025, and we booked accommodation through Absolute Escapes. The walk was very enjoyable, and this was in no small part due to the quality of the accommodation and the detailed itinerary provided by Absolute Escapes

We booked in October 2024, and in the months leading up to the trip, the agents at AE were attentive to our requirements, knowledgeable about the detail of the specific itinerary, and the level of contact and communication was absolutely ideal (not too much, not too little).

Every where we stayed was friendly excellent food comfortable and warm.

Everyone we dealt with was absolutely brilliant, friendly helpful and accommodating.

We spent 2.5 weeks on a self driving tour through Scotland, including Shetland, Orkney and the Isle of Skye. It was amazing on so many levels. the people, history, geography, scenery, food, whisky... I could go on and on! Suffice to say, our trip exceeded expectations. We will most definitely be going back to explore more, particularly the Outer Hebrides.

We worked primarily with Hamish, whose communication and attentiveness were exemplary. It’s as if he understood our vision of what we wanted from this trip, choreographing the steps perfectly. It was just the right amount of guidance, pointing us in the right direction, taking care of the details, yet giving us the freedom to choose our daily destinations.

We visited Shetland and Orkney in September 2024. It's hard to fathom that people have lived in these isles for a very, very long time. The weather cooperated and we did all that we'd planned. Would definitely visit again, especially when the Puffin's are about in Shetland.

The itinerary recommended by Absolute Escapes made the journey easy to follow and checked all of the boxes on where we wanted to visit. They also provided a paper map which was hugely useful, as Google just doesn't always do it when you want to get yourself located.

All of the accommodation, hostesses and hosts were wonderful. We made some great new friends. All of our transfers and haulage went smoothly and out of the 7 days along the wall we had so much sunshine it more than made up for the brief hail storm :) All in all it was brilliant.

Absolute Escapes were knowledgeable, helpful and accomodating. We had a particular BnB we were interested in and they contacted them and organised for it to be included in the itinerary. All the accomodation, transfers and haulage went really smoothly which made the challenging walk much more pleasant.

We walked 80 miles in 8 days out of 10--started with an extra day in Falmouth and had a rest day in Polperro mid-way. We thoroughly enjoyed the ups and downs along the gorgeous coastline. We loved Cornwall and want to return. Yummy food, wonderful spots to jump in the Channel to swim, and breathtaking scenery. (the ups and downs were breathtaking, too!)

Absolute Escapes set up wonderful guest houses along the way and arranged for our bags transfer. Everything went off without a hitch! They also helped us figure out our itinerary: where to take that rest day, how many miles to cover. The materials for the daily itinerary and suggestions for meals were very helpful. We had wonderful communication throughout our planning, too. This is our 2nd time working with Absolute Escapes, and I imagine we'll work with them again.

We started out in London for 3 days. Traveled by train to Wales and then Glasgow where we picked up a car. Traveled to Iosue of Arran and Mull then to Fort William. On the way back to Edinburgh to fly home we passed through Glencoe. Wonderful vacation!

All arrangements made including car rental, B&B’s/hotels, and ferry tickets were seamlessly easy.

Thanks to Nairne and Absolute Escapes for your help in planning my visit to Scotland, I had a wonderful time during my tour. The itinerary that you set up for me guided me seamlessly throughout my journey from my exploration of Edinburgh to my visit in Oban and the Isle of Mull, across the Isle of Skye, scenic vistas of the Highlands, and finishing up in Callander. I visited nine (9) castles during my visit, a loch cruise, and explored the countryside on short walks. I took well over 1000 photographs that I, and family and friends, will enjoy reviewing. There was so much more that I would have liked to see, but time ran out. I will have to add another Scotland trip to my to-do list. All the accommodations that you arranged for me were great! The folks at each site were wonderful to work with and very accommodating. Your recommendations on restaurants were well made. Even with restaurants and cafes outside of your recommendations, I had no complaints.

Absolute Escapes did a phenomenal job in planning my itinerary with accommodations and a rental car on my ten-day excursion around Scotland, and providing a list of options for sightseeing, activities and meals. Nairne was always willing to happily answer questions and offer suggestions during the planning process. The activities listed were so comprehensive that I am already thinking about another trip within the next couple of years to take in those activities that I was unable to do.

Absolute Escapes (AE) in Edinburgh thoughtfully planned my walking tour of the Cateran Trail in Perthshire, Scotland in September 2024. They easily accommodated my fussy schedule demands and arranged for taxi rides, luggage transfer, dining reservations and of course accommodations which required a thorough understanding of local lodges and hotels as each has its own personality and way of operating.

Absolute Escapes provided ample supporting documentation about the Cateran trail and Perthshire - it was detailed and accurate. AE's staff were accessible, responsive and professional.