McKinlay Kidd Traveller Reviews

Scotland was visited in a meticulously organised tour that brought us to highly enjoyed places. Cosy guesthouses, windy ferries, talkative taxi drivers and handy train trips made for an unforgettable fortnight on Highland level with the bagpipes still sounding in our ears!

“McKinlay Kidd” worked like a sort of spell that seemed to work like magic in connecting the beads of this journey’s string!

Really well organised tour.

Well chosen sites and an excellent tour leader. Even the weather and midges cooperated.

Stayed in Tobermory at Highland Cottage for 4 nights to do 2 wildlife tours - unfortunately the whale watching was cancelled due to bad weather (one thing you can't control is the weather!) but the land wildlife tour MORE THAN MADE UP for that.. We had a wonderful break.

We have travelled with McKinlay Kidd before (by train around Scotland) and had no hesitation in choosing therm for this trip to Mull. Everything was brilliantly organised as usual.

Self-drive tour of Islay, Erika, Skye, Harris, Lewis, Ullapool

Mackinlay Kidd - very efficient, useful app, proactive when the ferry times were changed.

Such a fantastic journey. Enjoyed every day in Scotland & Ireland.

McKinlay Kidd operated this tour for us. It was exceptionally organized & all staff excellent service & so polite.

3 nights in Orkney at the fabulous Storehouse in Kirkwall. The food there was better than the meal we had at a highly rated restaurant.Great day out on Papa Westray with the wonderful Jonathan as our guide. The sunshine for Bressay Parkrun on Saturday was a bonus. Brian and Marie’s seabird boat trip was brilliant. Loganair we’re brilliant when (during a UK-wide heat-wave) thick fog meant our flight home from Sumburgh was cancelled.

Really helpful. Sent loads of useful info. Even rang me when they realised I hadn’t completed the car-hire form.

If you want to see the West Highlands and Islands by train this is the way to do it. With an experienced and informative guide it is a wonderful way to see many things in 6 days. First class accommodation throughout and visits to Mull, Iona and Staffa as well as gardens and castles.

All the staff at McKinlay Kidd are extremely helpful and work hard to meet any special requests from clients.

Ireland tour consisting of 3 days in Dublin, 3 days in Galway and 2 days in Belfast. Travel between the cities is by train.

Tour details are not communicated until two weeks before departure. Most of the time, you are on your own to find things to do, and ways to get there. There are some pre-planned experiences arranged by the tour operator. But, largely, you are on your own. In our case we were given incorrect start times for some of the experiences, and incorrect ticket information for the train trips. This was a very poorly executed tour for us.

We had a 16 day holiday beginning in Glasgow, renting a car and driving first to Inverness and then on to Thurso before taking the ferry from Scrabster to Stromness. We stayed five days in the Orkneys, with vists to the main archeological and historical sites, as well wandering on beaches and footpaths! We traveled down part of the whiskey trail to the East Neuk into Edinburgh for a couple of days before returning to Glasgow for the flight home to the U.S.

This is our second holiday booked through McKinlay Kidd. Our first was in 2014 which included Mull and Iona, the Outer Hebrides and the Isle of Skye. On both occasions our experience has been excellent. Accomodations and ferry crossings organized very seamlessly, including this summer when there was an emergency change of ferry departure due to a ferry cancellation. McKinlay Kidd rebooked us and found us an extra night accommodation. MKK is easy to communicate with via email, and our questions have always been answered promptly.

In the short time of 5 days, we saw: Otters, Minke Whales, Dolphins, Puffins, Golden Eagles, White Tailed Eagles and more. The trip was organised efficiently and our dedicated holiday support team were very happy to answer all of my many questions

Very patient and thorough answering all queries prior to the trip. Would strongly recommend their services to anyone considering a holiday in Scotland.