McKinlay Kidd Traveller Reviews

A first visit to Outer Hebrides....but due to superb organisation from our travel company it all went smoothly.We enjoyed touring around the islands and were always delighted to receive a warm welcome at the pre booked hotels,which were excellent and offered first class facilities.The breakfasts at Lews Castle deserves special mention...beautifully served on individual platters.We also appreciated having all the ferry arrangements booked for us.Lovely islands to visit.

Excellent all round service from a company which clearly cares for the satisfaction of its clients.Very attentive re last minute doubts about weather conditions for ferry crossings.We were delighted to find such a splendid holiday company.

We took a rail trip through Scotland. McKinlay Kidd booked our train tickets and lodging. The information they sent as well as the packet that was hand-delivered was complete and easily understood. The times on our itinerary were exact and we were met at the stations as indicated and transported to our guest houses. Suggestions were included about what to see at each location as well as recommendations about where to eat, etc. The full day tour of the Isle of Skye was a highlight as was the staff of the Killiecrankie Hotel. Thanks to McKinlay Kidd this truly was one of the best holidays we have ever taken.

First class all the way! When we were in Glasgow we stopped by the McKinlay Kidd offices to thank them personally and were delighted at the warm reception we received! Everyone was helpful, friendly and cheerful. We look forward to travelling with McKinlay Kidd again.

This went smoothly from start to finish, and we felt coddled, well informed and cared-for every step of the way.

Top notch in every respect. And recommendations for activities outside of the tour were also excellent.

everything well organised, efficient, but personal

We took multiple different trains and a ferry to tour around Scotland. The weather was wonderful and the arrangements by our tour company were PERFECT. The people we met were so NICE. I would use McKinlay Kidd again if we ever go back to the UK.

McKinlay Kidd handled all the details. Everything went like clockwork. The people they used to escort us on the Isle of Skye and at Loch Ness were fantastic. My husband can't walk well and both of them were more than helpful with him. I wanted to buy some yarn on the Isle of Skye and Peggy found me a local yarn store!! All the tickets we needed were present. I can't say enough about how easy it was to travel because of their preparations.

I enjoyed it very much. Took a train from Glasgow to Fort William. Scenery was lovely. Spent the night in Spean Bridge at a very nice hotel with beautiful scenery and the opportunity to take a walk in the area. Took the steam train from Fort William to Mallaig, which was a great experience. Ferry ride over to Skye was enjoyed as the day was sunny. I had a very comfortable hotel to stay in in Skye and a wonderful tour of the island. Train trip back to Glasgow was filled with lovely scenery again. McKinlay Kidd did an excellent job in arranging everything. Helped me when I needed it. Everything went very smoothly and I am very happy with the entire trip.

Zoe Davidson, General Manager of McKinlay Kidd, was very helpful as were the other members of the team that I dealt with. They helped to make everything go smoothly.

We arrived in Belfast on the ferry from Stranraer at 6am and from that moment until we departed from Dublin 9 days later,our holiday could not have been better. The scenery was magnificent, excellent food and accommodation and extremely friendly people. We wished that we could have stayed longer and will definitely return soon.

I contacted McKinley Kidd via the internet and asked if they could find me accommodation for myself, my 83 year old mother and my dog. They came up with amazing accommodation, organised my ferry trip, gave me ideas for places to visit in each of the areas we visited and, all in all, I would highly recommend them and would certainly use them again.

A lovely short break with nice accommodation. The provision of a private Day safari as part of the holiday gave us an experience that we'd probably not have tried as did the trip to the wildlife hide. McKinley Kidd also laid on an array of cute animals for our pleasure, 😉. I'd recommend this as a good place to explore the variety of habitats and wildlife that Scotland has to offer.

McKinley Kidd offered us something differnet. The booking process was easy and the information pack was comprehensive.

Given the number of train journeys and hotels the potential for problems were enormoys but everything went like clockwork

Always on hand to sort out any queries not that there were many. We would certainly go back to McKinley Kidd for a similar holuday and would be happy to reccomend them to anyone

Scotland is simply lovely. The scenery (no place like it) , accommodations, and restaurant scene are great but it is the people you meet who make it so special. From the larger cities to the villages people were friendly, welcoming, a delight.

McKinlay Kidd was quick to respond to questions that arose before the trip taking into account what we wanted to do while visiting, planning an itinerary that checked off all our requests. Once we arrived they were were very quick to respond to an issue that arose our first night. The choices they made in lodgings were terrific. I really appreciated "Robert's recommendations" provided for each stop. It provided a good jumping off point in each city. I would highly recommend McKinlay Kidd to anyone who wants to have all the advantages of a tour without the tour.