McKinlay Kidd Traveller Reviews

A SELF DRIVE ISLAND HOPPING HOLIDAY IN THE WESTERN ISLES OF SCOTLAND; A WEEK SPENT GOING FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH, USING THE CAR FERRIES AND STAYING AT TOP CLASS ACCOMMODATION.

McKinlay Kidd who clearly demonstrated their experience in this kind of holiday and in that part of the world. Can be thoroughly recommended. Were prepared to discuss our particular requirements and design the trip around them.

We stayed on four different Orkney islands, each of which was interesting. Local guides brought their respective islands to life. We walked on beaches with white sand, and crawled into Neolithic burial chambers and saw some wonderful local flora and fauna..

The operator was flexible in making arrangements for extending our stay and travelling back via a different route. Documention was provided by their app.

After landing on the beach runway at Barra, we spent 10 days touring the Outer Hebrides, from Vatersay in the south to Lewis in the North, including a trip to the St Kilda group of islands. McKinlay Kidd had arranged everything, and provided us with an App giving maps and weather forecasts, as well as suggestions of places to see and visit for each part of the journey.

Excellent administration, and they were more than happy to try and comply with any special wishes, or alterations to their suggested holiday itinerary. Robert Kidd also responded to the post holiday Feedback, which was a pleasant surprise.

Beautiful part of the U K, very good weather.

Excellent organisation,will use the company again.

We flew from Exeter to Orknew via Glasgow then on to Shetland and returned via Aberdeen and Manchester to Exeter....all on time! Our holiday fulfilled our expectations and we had no problems, everything was sorted in advance by Mckinlay Kidd. I think a return trip might be on the cards to see all the things we didn't have time to visit.

Mckinlay Kidd took into account all our requests and supplied very useful info about the area. They kept in touch right up to our departure answering quetions.

An excellent itinerary selected by MacKinlay Kidd based on a loose route description by us. McK K interpreted our brief of quirky comfortable accommodation with good food. They provided touring / sight seeing recommendations which were clearly based on experience..

Personal , friendly and very responsive attention to our holiday requirements.

Our family and I had a great vacation in Scotland and Ireland! We visited Scotland first, starting in Edinburgh, then drove the rental car to Inverness, then to the Isle of Skye. There were so many great experiences! Some highlights were the National Museum of Scotland, Stirling Castle, Doune Castle, the Famous Grouse whiskey experience, the Highland Games in Inverness. In Skye we enjoyed the beautiful scenery and light, and our children enjoyed hiking part of the Quiraing. We flew to Dublin and enjoyed Trinity College Book of Kells and library, St. Patrick's Cathedral and the Treasures section of the National Museum of Ireland. Our adult children liked the pubs! The Guiness tour was fun, what a view at the top! Some other highlights in Ireland were the Giant's Causeway, Blarney Castle, the Rock of Cashel, Hayfield Manor in Cork, Casey's of Baltimore seafood dinner, Skibbereen Heritage Center, Killarney National Park, food and music at Murphy's Pub in Killarney, food and music at the Old Ground Hotel in Ennis, the Cliffs of Moher. We plan to go back again in the future and explore some more!

McKinlay Kidd arranged a great vacation for our family to Scotland and Ireland! The location, quality and service of the places we stayed were excellent! Airport transfers, rental car, and flight from Glasgow to Dublin all went smoothly. The travel documentation was very helpful and included a detailed itinerary and tips for each city. I would highly recommend McKinlay Kidd to anyone planning a trip to Scotland or Ireland!

We spent five nights on Orkney and five on Shetland on a self-drive holiday. The arrangements were smooth and efficient and the recommendations for places to visit were excellent and just what we had hoped for. We stayed in hotels and one B&B all of which exceeded our expectations. The weather in Orkney was not kind (cold, wet and windy) but in Shetland was astonishing - warm and sunny (and of course daylight for almost 24 hours) - we were told it isn't always warm and sunny however!The islands are beautiful and have fascinating neolithic and Viking history as well as more modern history (e.g the vital role played by both in the Second World War. We are keen to go back and would certainly use McKinlau Kidd again. Friendly and helpful and nothing seemed too much trouble.

We made all arrangements by email and phone - they were friendly and listened to what we wanted and then made it happen. We couldn't ask for more!

We spent a lovely 10 days traveling around Scotland by rail, beginning in Glasgow and ending in Edinburgh. Stops included Spean Bridge, Portree, Inverness and Killiecrankie.

With just a few ideas from me, Robert created an itinerary that truly made this a trip of a lifetime. The boutique hotels were lovely, and all of the details were handled for us. All we had to do was collect our travel information and rail tickets from our first hotel.

We took a fly-drive holiday organised by McKinley Kidd to Orkney and Shetland. All aspects were faultlessly organised, both our hotels were excellent and we had a lot of fun visiting many points of interest in both locations. High spots? Our boat trip on Scapa Flow courtesy of Dawn Star, and our trip to to Unst where we got within sight of Muckle Flugga. But there was so much more, assisted by reasonable weather in Orkney and sunshine in Shetland.

McKinley Kidd is a highly professional organisation that clearly knows its holiday destinations very well. All aspects (travel, car hire, accommodation, suggested activities and places to visit) are expertly researched and very enjoyable as a result.