Absolute Escapes Traveller Reviews

My daughter and I spent 4 nights in Edinburgh and also did the 3-day Speyside Malt Whisky Trail tour.

Duncan our tour operator for Rabbies could not have been more accomodating, caring, informative and entertaining. He certainly made our Whisky Trail tour everything that we could have hoped for and then some.

We already travelled with Absolute Escapes, when we walked the West Highland Way. Now we walked the Great Glen Way. The provided information package was again really useful. We didn't listen just once to the recommendations for the evening and regretted it deeply. So we stuck to our info-sheets (we called them our Lonely Planet :) ) and we weren't disappointed on our walk again. Everything was as described, no bad surprises.

fast responses, always nice

We had a fabulous week walking the west highland way. Absolute escapes had arranged everything very well. Accomodation and baggage handling went very smoothly.The stops were fab and the weather was great. We had one extreme to another. Scorching days at the beginning of the week and snow at the end.

Everything went like clockwork. Accomodation was fabulous.Very professional from the first enquiry through to sending out all the information and itinery. Very informative itinery, had everything that we needed or wanted to know.

We had an excellent trip with ideal weather. We did hike to the summit of Ben Nevis at the end, which was a fun way to finish. The Way was not very crowded, which was superb, with only about a dozen people walking the route with us on most days. We really enjoyed the B&Bs/lodgings you selected. The rooms were extremely comfortable and the hosts were great. We had an older guide to the route, which provided more information on Munros along the way. We had a superb day to go up Ben Lomond, but we hadn’t checked the ferry service times before we left for Scotland and the hotel did not have internet service at the moment, so we were not sure if we’d be able to get transportation to our next destination, if we went to the peak. Therefore, we skipped this summit on an outstanding day. We did hike another Munro near Bridge of Orchy, which we enjoyed. So, I’d include a bit more information about the nearby peaks, if people want to take side trips to summits during their walk. It was nice to alternate between hill walking and the Way. Otherwise, our week was excellent. I haven’t finished downloading my photos, but I’ll forward a few, if they are decent.

Absolute Escapes picked wonderful places for us to stay and provided plenty of contact information for use during our trip.

We wlaked 100 miles in 5 days staying at different locations on the way, Milngavie to Fort William via Balmaha, Ineranan, Bridge or Orchy

Their attention to detail is the real key to their sucess,every aspect of our holiday was catered for and everything went like clockwork. As we stayed in 6 differnt twons in 6 nights, with luggage transfer, there was alot that could have went wrong. We wouldn't even consider using another company

From the initial organisation through to the actual trip, Absolute Escapes really came up trumps. The Romans did a pretty good job, too! The accommodation en route was perfect - all really good B&Bs, very welcoming, excellent food suggestions. The baggage transfer worked seamlessly. The pace of the walk worked really well with clearly inside knowledge of organising each day in relation to the terrain. The information provided by Absolute Escapes was really informative and helped plan each day, as well as providing all the maps and books for the trip. The walking itself was fantastic and we were rewarded with stunning views. To top it all, we were walking mostly for 7 days in sunshine, not a hint of rain or strong winds! Couldn't be better.

My comments have been included above but essentially their organisation was excellent, good email responses, lots of information provided which was really helpful and nicely condensed into the personal itinerary. Great choice of B&Bs by Absolute Escapes. No complaints at all.

Excellent information from Absolute Escapes assisted in making this a very enjoyable experience. The walk took us through some beautiful countryside of the Yorkshire Dales and the Eden Valley. The accommodation along the way was in B&Bs which were clean friendly and provided good breakfasts. We had great weather almost every day which was a nice surprise considering it was the middle of April.

Absolute Escapes based in Scotland, provided us with everything we needed including maps an excellent guide of the route and good directions and information on each B&B.Our baggage was transferred each day without a hitch. I would definitely use Absolute Escapes again and would not hesitate in recommending them.

This was our Trip Of A Lifetime. We, mother and daughter, made it to the very end in 7 days and had a great experience. The first three days we had lovely sunny weather. We loved walking through fairy-tale woods and lovely nature. Our feet felt more and more stronger - as we tackled the road, although in the evenings we were awfully glad to put our feet up. Going over Conic Hill, which was quite a steep climb and walking down to the Rowardennan Hotel was lovely in sunshine. Our third day to Beinglas Farm was quite an experience - high over Lough Lomond with spectacular views, but very rocky and we thought a wee bit dangerous - taking our backsides to get over some very steep rocks. The Beinglas Farm accommodation was wonderful - the food lovely and the fellow walkers quite inspiring. It was good to see them clapping their hands, when we entered. Perhaps they thought we would not be able to make it. But we did. The next three days we had highland weather with sleet, snow, wind, rain and also sun. We were well equipped and the rain did not yet wet the insides of our shoes. The long walk to Kings House Hotel across the Moor was spectacular and somehow for us very special. The hotel was lovely nice and quaint. On top of Devils Staircase - with some sun - we enjoyed the wonderful views of the snowy highlands all around us. This was a real highlight for us. Then the weather changed to scottish weather with strong winds and continuous rain. We felt extremely proud of ourselves for braving the elements and walked on and on and on. When we arrived in Fort William we were soaked to the bone and our feet swimming in our shoes. But we were so very happy that we had arrived at last. We embraced Mr. Sore Foot and the passers by cheered us too, which we thought was wonderful. Before going to our B&B the two of us enjoyed a hot whisky - a wonderful ending to a spectacular walking tour.

everything went beautifully, the accommodations were perfect and the bar meals in the restaurants which were recommended good and tasty. The documentation we got was informative and very helpful. We were very grateful for all the help given before the tour.

We walked the West Highland Way. We had great weather, beautiful scenery and comfortable accommodation with good food

We got good information, all arrangements worked very well. On day two we would have liked our breakfast a bit earlier to allow more time for the long day ahead. The accommodation only offered breakfast from 8am. The luggage transport was excellent

We traveled from Edinburgh, Isle of Skye, Ullapool, Inverness, Pitlochry and on to St Andrews. The accommodations were fabulous, every hotel/guest house was great. Every detail of the tour was attended to, everything went of without a hitch. We even received notice during the trip that a ferry had been cancelled and that we would need to make different arrangements to get to Skye, then we were notified that we could be compensated for the additional cost for transportation I cannot say enough good things about Absolute Escapes and the trip they prepared for us.

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