McKinlay Kidd Traveller Reviews

We booked a trip to Mull & Skye with McKinlay Kidd. The trip included ferries, accommodation and some trips. There was a slight delay in getting our final information but it arrived before we departed. The accommodation was comfortable and met our needs. The ferries all worked and we enjoyed thee two trips. Our third was cancelled because of weather. We would have liked more choice about where the accommodation was and more up to date recommendations of what to do, where to eat etc.

McKinlay Kidd organise holidays in islands although I understand they have now begun to organise holidays on mainland UK. We always deal with them by phone and email which generally works well. They charge a standard daily rate for each person which means you are clear about the cost.

We had a wonderful time in the Outer Herbrides, Orkney and Shetalnd. The trip was well organised the accommadation was extremly comfortable. Havimg someone organise the accommoadtion, cars ,ferries,train and special request trips made our trip so much more enjoyable and our big decisom each day was hwere to eat and MKK had great recommadations for us to select from!

Even though we are in Australia they were easy to deal with and propmt in thier communication with us

We had booked to go on McKinley Kidd’s North Highlands & Orkney Guided Rail Tour in August 2024. Unfortunately, I was diagnosed with pesky bladder cancer, with major surgery pencilled in around the time of the holiday. We therefore cancelled the holiday; McKinley Kidd were extremely accommodating regarding the cancellation.

McKinley Kidd couldn’t have been any more understanding regarding my diagnosis. We can’t wait to book and attend another McKinley Kidd tour when my health allows!

Toured Jersey, Guernsey, and Sark. Then did our own side trip to Isle of Wight before heading to London.

Our guide knew everything and told interesting stories about the islands. She was all about the comfort and interests of those on the tour.

"Slowly through the Outer Hebrides" is what I wanted and that is exactly what I was able to enjoy. It could hardly have been better - well, except for the weather which, I understand, was unusually unkind, even for that part of the world.

Almost all of my accommodations were excellent, one was just "good", one left me partly unhappy. All the other parts of the organising were expertly done as well. In particular, the times allowed in all the different locations were more or less perfect, with just a few, perhaps very individual, wishes left open, like, a day more in certain places.

We travelled down the Atlantic coast, staying at comfortable hotels. Despite awful weather we had an excellent time

Very helpful

McKinley Kidd organised accommodation for my North Coast 500 road trip. All very comfortable.

Clear detail on accommodation and places to visit.

Everything was planned by McKinlay Kidd. It was a wonderful experience. And will do another tour with them soon as well.

Fantastic group of people. Planned everything for us. Helped with an issue within an hour.

My wife and I started our train holiday catching a train in Glasgow and traveling up to the West Highlands, staying in Kinlock Rannoch, Spean Bridge, Airisaige, Oban and Glasgow. Our tour operator arranged everything with driver pick up to accomodations, tours, excursions, ferries, some dinner reservations etc. We then flew to Dublin and took a train to Sligo, Westport, Galway and Dublin.

McKinlay Kidd was Fantastic! Linzi guided us through the planning over the previous months and was very easy to work with. We had to make a lot of changes at one point and she was very responsive and got it all done wonderfully. A couple of times we had to call during our trip when an issue came up and everyone was right there to solve any problem we had and followed up to make sure everything was taken care of. A great team!

We had McKinley Kidd organise our great tour of Scotland by rail. We saw most of the country even the places most wouldn’t think to go. Had a few issues with ScotRail but MKK sorted alternative ie buses instead so we didn’t miss a thing. mKK packages everything up on the Vamoos app complete with a detailed daily planner so you can’t do wrong. All our taxi drivers and hotel keepers were ready and waiting for us. We couldn’t be happier with the quality of our accommodation and excursions. We will use MKK again to plan Ireland. We didn’t know it but you can ask them to tweak a set holiday or ask them to organise what you want to do

They stayed in touch with us via WhatsApp which was good because no all eSIMs allow phone calls. They reply at all hours in case you get into trouble. Don’t have to worry about business hours to speak to someone from MKK. They will even book your reservations for dinner! Just have to ask