Absolute Escapes Traveller Reviews

I spent 7 days walking the West Highland Way from south to north. The info package I received prior to my trip was excellent and well prepared. The accomodation (1x hotel, rest B&B) were all of great comfort (my absolute favorites were the Beinglass Farm and the Edencoille in Kinlochleven). All the attention I received from Absolute Escaoes was super professional, friendly and I will certainly get back to them for any future trips in Scotland. The only "but" - I wasnt fit enough to do the hike in "only" seven days and ended up wracked...

Absolute Escapes is a super friendly, efficient and professional tour operator. I felt very safe during my trip knowing that Absolute Escapes would be there in case anything would happen.

Very smooth and efficient communication. Definitely always catered to our requests.

Our trip was excellent in nearly every regard. All five of our B&B hosts were welcoming and friendly, clearly appreciating our stays with them. Each B&B had its own distinctive charm. All of the breakfasts were first-rate. The dinner provided by Cragganmore House (separate from the Absolute Escapes package) was extraordinary. The only (small) fault was some miscommunication with Dunallen House in Grantown-on-Spey which had not reserved our second room. They acknowledged having been paid by A.E. and graciously escorted us to another B&B across the way. While both landlords were accomodating and friendly, the size and convenience of the substitute room were not of the level of the other B&B's of our walk. The walk itself was spectacular but more strenuous than we expected, especially the final day to Grantown-on-Spey. The time estimates in the A.E. itinerary would be only for extremely fit walkers--our final day was easily seven hours. But this is a small point given the beautiful and varied terrain we traversed. We encountered few other folks on the trail, and no through walkers--we essentially had this wonderful walk to ourselves. While a little rough in patches the trail is well-marked and accuractely mapped. Given Scotland's expected rains walkers should be prepared for muddy pathways. We are considering a further portion of the Speyside Walk at a future time.

Absolute Escapes was prompt in responding to our inquiries. They quickly tailored our walk to the four days we had available. All of their B&B choices were excellent--we enjoyed all of them. There was a miscommunication with the Dunallen House in Grantown-on-Spey which did not reserve our second room, but they graciously provided a substutute across the street. I am not sure this was the fault of E.A. as the landlord acknowleged having been paid for two rooms. The maps and detailed itinerary were completely adequate, although the time estimates for our four days should be considered only for the fittest walkers. We felt the tour fee was entirely resonable. Overall we were extremely pleased with our tour and would use Absolute Escapes in the future.

Absolute Escapes organized a self-guided walking tour of the West Highland Way for myself and my dog Beezus. The accommodations were wonderful and very convenient to the trail. They arranged taxi service when lodging was not available directly on the route. And the baggage service did a great job. The scenery was beyond my expectations. I will never forget the adventure I had on my holiday in the Scottish Highlands.

Absolute Escapes was wonderful to work with. I called them to tell them what I was looking for and within 1 day they had created the perfect itinerary! They were super responsive to all my pre-trip questions. During the trip, there was a payment glitch at my 1st hotel. I called the out of hours phone number and Absolute Escapes resolved the issue within 15 minutes.

We had a wonderful vacation In Scotland and particular the area of Perthshire and the Cateran Trail. We spent ten days in Scotland and had only one day with rain. That's amazing. All the accommodations was fine, especially the B&B's and we had good food and the hosts were great. The walk on the Cateran Trail went well and we had only some rain on the first day. There were rain some nights to, but that's no bother. All the arrangements from Absolute Escape was perfect and we hope to be able to take another vacation arranged by them again.

All the arrangements they made was fine. The only complain we have is that the first request we made on there website not was responded, so we had to phone them to get contact.

We walked for 5 days on the northern section of the Pembrokeshire coast walk. Our bags were transported and bookings and guides arranged by Absolute Escapes.

Responded quickly to emails and delivered what they promised.

walking st oswalds way

Attention to detail first class, lovely places to stay info spot on

Everything went as we expected, it was well organised and the distances we walked were manageable. We would recommend it to our friends as an excellent holiday and way to see and experience the area.

Our tour operator was easy to deal with and interested in providing us a walking tour we were comfortable with undertaking.

Great job finding accomodating suitable for disabled person. Great suggestions, very helpful.

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We booked our two week self drive tour in Scotland through Absolute Escapes because we wanted their expertise in the best route to travel and great places to stay. We knew the general outline of where we wanted to go, and Absolute Escapes did a wonderful job of honoring our requested general outline while also adding some amazing must-see places. James, Andy and Scott all worked with us and they were very thorough and attentive. Every last detail was planned for us in terms of accommodations, the car rental, a ferry booking, etc. It would have taken us months of research to come up with the same travel plan. Everything was went very smoothly. All we had to do was show up! Our accommodations were all wonderful, and the added suggestions by James of places to go and stay were some of the best highlights of our trip! We could not be more happy with our trip!

We did not go on a tour with a group, but rather a self-drive trip across Scotland for two weeks. However, the planning by James, Andy and Scott was excellent, and they did a wonderful job of putting together our route, accommodations and destinations along the way. We had the luxury of pre-booked accommodations selected by Absolute Escapes, a travel plan with maps, suggested routes, etc. yet we also had the independence to go where we wanted and when we wanted spontaneously. It was perfect!