McKinlay Kidd Traveller Reviews

We had the BEST time on our Explore Scotland by Train vacation. It was absolutely top notch! All the details were taken care of and all we had to do was show up. The train is such a fun way to travel and immerse yourself in the area and with the locals. Our accommodations were truly wonderful and located close enough to everything that we could easily walk to towns. We met so many friendly people along our way! Transfers, shuttles.... everything was lined up and right on time. It made us feel at ease to be so well taken care of. We WILL be using McKinlay Kidd again for our next adventure in the surrounding areas. I highly, highly recommend them.

This was an independent travel trip. However, we had excursions planned that were wonderful.

An amazing holiday with my mum to the beautiful Outer Hebride islands Harris and Lewis. The whole experience was stress free and a brilliant wonderful adventure that we had wanted to do for years.

McKinlay Kidd were fantastic from initial contact to the end of our holiday. I wanted a tailored holiday for my mum and me to enjoy and experience at our leisure. McKinlay Kidd provided a holiday specific to our needs with excellent accommodation and service providers along with pre travel recommendations, local information and a fantastic realtime application that even told you the weather were you was visiting to. I highly recommend McKinlay Kidd to family and friends and will be booking with them again.

Our Slowly through the Outer Hebrides self-driving tour was an amazing autumn adventure that took us via Glasgow and Oban, through the Western Isles of Barra, Vatersay, Eriskay, North and South Uist, Benbecula, Berneray, Harris and Lewis, returning via Ullapool, Carrbridge and Edinburgh.

McKinlay Kidd was comprehensive, quality, caring, and always courteous. Their staff were there for us when we had a blip with a ferry sailing early, and sorted it immediately. The wonderful hosts and homes they booked for us made our whole trip that much more engaging and fun. All the suggestions for sights along the way were great. It turned out not to be a leisurely drive as we tried to see it all! We were very lucky with the weather, with several spectacular sunny days.

A very well curated small group guided tour. Expertly led. Lovely hotels, friendly and full of character. Stunning scenery. Two days of torrential rain didn't get in the way of a splendid holiday.

This was our third small group guided tour with McKinlay Kidd and, yet again they did not disappoint. Easy to book through an impressive website. Very smooth administration, easy to follow guidance and excellent pre tour briefing about where we are visiting and things to look out for.

We booked this trip as a celebration of our ruby wedding anniversary. It was a much-anticipated treat for us. The travel company couldn't have been more helpful and our only bugbear was the type of food available on the islands for lunchtime dinners (predominantly bread, fish or burger and chips). We had to adjust to the variability of tide and weather for ferries, as we had two where the planned sailing couldn't happen but our tour operator made sure, we knew about the changes well in advance. The scenery was utterly beautiful though the weather was typical of North Atlantic coast, very windy and frequently wet. All of the accommodation was very clean and comfortable, we slept very well wherever we stayed, and almost always the welcome was as warm as the rooms. We felt that it was a really good introduction to the Isles, but that we would have liked to stay longer on each to get to know it better. We managed to tick off all the things on our "to see" list (well, we heard the corncrake but it remained hidden in the machair) and thoroughly recommend this experience to others who love space, views and wilflife.

Were available when we needed to communicate with them, calm and polite and dealt well with our concerns.

A six day tour of the Shetland Island, based in various accommodations and locations locations

Excellent communications from the 1st day of booking Used an app to provide full details of the holiday, which was so easy to use and very informative

Had a wonderful 12 day rail journey through Scotland-everything was superb. The places that were arranged for me to stay were all lovely and no issues with anything

McKinley Kidd was my tour operator and Lucy Fuller was my travel planner. Everything was very well organized and whenever I had a question during my journey, they were always available to help. Outstanding company and service

We thoroughly enjoyed Edinburgh for several days. Toured the Highlands in the Inverness area and Isle of Skye. Glorious scenery and fabulous tour guides. Traveled by train, ferry and taxi to Oban. Charmed by Oban, Traveled by train back through Glasgow to Edinburgh. Loved learning about the history, touring castles and gardens, food was fabulous especially the seafood, and Scottish people were very welcoming.

Everything worked! All the accommodations were good,, transportation worked wonderfully. Loved using their travel app and recommendations. No glitches. Will use them again.

A fabulous holida. Fantastic accommodation in Spean Bridge and very good on Skye. The train journeys using the West Highland line and the Jacobite steam train were brilliant. Everything went like clockwork. Would definitely recommend and use again.

Mockingly Kidd were excellent starting with the booking process and throughout the holiday. Kept us informed of any changes due to weather conditions and sorted everything out.

I can't say enough about how wonderful the trip was. Fabulous accommodation, unique places to see and stay - seeing Scotland by train means relaxing and admiring the unique landscape. You don't miss a thing. Highly recommended!

McKinlay Kidd is an attentive, caring tour company. We felt well taken care of in every aspect and they really know where to place you in each town/city. Terrific accommodations with special hosts who are happy to see you and proud to tell you about their beautiful country.