McKinlay Kidd Traveller Reviews

Wonderful journey travelling north to south, experiencing all the isles. It was made extra special with the weather being perfect.

Very helpful and accommodating. The pre holiday booking information was excellent and having the itinerary and other documents on an app was so useful.

While I loved the vast countryside and incredible coastline of Northern Scotland, I really loved the magic and history of the Orkney Islands. I'd love to go back someday, relive my favorite spots, and then venture out to the Shetland Islands.

Ciaran was an exceptional tour guide. He turned history into storytelling, and combined organization with spontaneity. He was fun and attentive, and worked hard to meet all our needs and expectations. And enough can't be said about Linzi, as well. She is a senior travel sales advisor with McKinlay Kidd who was wonderful to work with as she helped me plan my vacation.

Most importantly, the weather was perfect. Expecting rain, missed, cool temps and fog, we came equipped with all types of weather resistant equipment. Never needed it. Every day blue sky and warm temps. This was the most important reason the trip went well because everything else was so much better that came after. So much history and such nice people.

Les was fantastic. As far as logistics, he was spot on. Lunch was always ready when we got there room keys at the ready, coach waiting for us and he knew everyone all over the Outer Hebrides. Because He Lives there, he could tell us so much more than other guides me be able to. From our Meetup the night before at the hotel at the airport through to saying goodbye when we landed back in Glasgow he was there for us with a smile.

Travel arrangements and helpful guides allowed me to not only find my great, great, grandmother's home in North Uist but also to learn about Hebridean life and culture from local people. We explored neothilic and iron age domestic and spiritual sites. As well, black houses, crofts and the islands beautiful beaches and coastlines. It was wonderful. I found my roots.

Our guides Rob (Barra), Angus (North and South Uist) and Les (Harris and Lewis) were all very knowledgeable and went out of their way to show us sites of local interest and to share the realities of life on the Hebridean Islands

Very well planned holiday expolring the Orkneys and Inverness. Great hotels, food and guides. Highly recommended!

Very attentive and helpful from the very start.

We had an excellent motoring holiday in the North of Scotland staying at excellent B & B s organised by McKinlay Kidd

McKinlay Kidd did an excellent job not only organising the accommodation but also giving suggestions about where to go and what to see

We did a one week wild Atlantic Way rail tour with McKinlay Kidd in August. It was fantastic. Trevor our guide was amazing. Everything from the hotels to the tours were well paced and well done. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip and are already thinking about another trip with mckinlay kidd in Scotland.

Great - good value

From the 27 Aug to the 12 of Sep, my wife, Karen and I toured Scotland by rail on a tour organised by the superstars at McKinley Kidd. It was outstanding! The organisation, the accommodation, tours and information were first class! We cannot recommend this tour highly enough!

Nothing was too much trouble. They were professional, informative, knowledgeable and organised. We could not have asked for more

Self-drive to 3 hotels with breakfasts, and eV charging

Communication was superb and personal; hotels were great especially given our late booking.

I don't know that I have the words to adequately describe how much I enjoyed my trip to Scotland. It was my first visit to Scotland and I was awed and amazed and just generally thrilled with Glasgow, Fort Augustus, and Skye. I started in Glasgow a few days prior to the start of the official tour. In Glasgow, I walked and I biked and I saw a show. Loved that city. We stayed in Fort Augustus on the shore of Loch Ness., we rode the Jacobite Steam Train, through Glenfinnan and past Loch Shiel, went to Skye, and then to Inverness for an overnight stop before going to Edinburgh where our tour ended. I stayed a couple of days after the tour ended, one on a road trip to Stirling and Loch Lomond (and the Kelpies!!). My last day was spent exploring Edinburgh. I must have taken close to 1000 pictures (I put most, not all, of them in an album in my Google account and when I was done, I had 850 pictures in it). I can't think of a single thing I'd have done differently, except maybe spend more time, because I needed more.

McKinlay Kidd was professional and patient with me (a neophyte traveler). The phone operators were friendly and personable and happy to take my payments because the online option kept resulting in me getting "Possible Fraud" warnings from my bank. In addition, when I decided, after I'd already made my down payment, that I'd like an extra night in Edinburgh at the end of my trip, McKiinlay Kidd was great about making that happen. The hotels were fabulous, our guide was fabulous, and our bus drivers were great (which shows that McKinlay Kidd has some great business associates). If I'm ever lucky enough to return to Scotland, I will defintely be contacting McKinlay Kidd again.