Orkney & Shetland Self-drive Traveller Reviews

A thoroughly enjoyable & very interesting experience. Well organised from start to finish & information given for suggested visits was most useful & added to the overall experience

Extremely helpful,supportive, & well organised throughout. We would certainly use McKinlay Kidd again

Everything was up to our expectations - the empty roads, not many paying car parks. free to roam where ever we wished - history around every corner. goods food in unexpected places - caravan parks, art centres and the Shetland Sunday teas! What a good idea for raising funds and giving locals and visitors a chance to meet up. We are planning to visit again. this time by ferry and in our own car. Just have to decide when!

McKinley Kidd - were friendly and efficient. Definitely book through them next time.

We went to Orkney and Shetland organised by McKinlay Kidd who did a great job. the hotels were very comfortable and the food of a high standard. The explorer pass which was included in the holiday price gave us access to all of the important historical sites and the trip to Papa Westray via the shortest scheduled flight in the world was amazing.

McKinlay Kidd were very helpful in planning our trip, suggesting changes to their published itinerary to suit our requirements. They kept us informed at all times as the holiday time approached. Their information pack which they sent to us was very complete and allowed us to plan which of the many sites we wanted to visit, in the short time we had on each island.

I was keen to see what Orkney and Shetland were like and I feel I gained a very good impression of the islands in a short time. I wanted to go as far north as I could go and made it to about three miles from the most northerly point. I was also keen to experience the 'simmer dim' which thanks to good weather I did. My other main aim was to see the sea birds and at Sumburgh Head I saw more than I could have hoped for. The puffins were an absolute delight and the gannets were amazing. My hotels were comfortable and welcoming; the food delicious. The weather was OK too.

It was so good to have so many of the details arranged for me and everything ran smoothly. It was very useful to receive a full package of guidance some weeks before so that I could plan exactly what I wanted to do. The help of the company enabled me to undertake a journey I might other wise not have taken. I am grateful for the help given and would consider another holiday with the company in the future.

McKinlay-Kidd organized flights from Glasgow to Shetland, then to Orkney, then back to Glasgow. They arranged car hire and hotel accommodation. They provided maps and travel suggestions. All were absolutely perfect, and I will absolutely use this polite, accommodating, detail oriented agency any time I travel in an area they serve. The hotels were conveniently located, with high quality service, food, and rooms. It was one of the best trips ever. This was a Mother-Daughter adventure, and we had so much worry-free fun because of McKinley-Kidd!

They were perfect. They were friendly, helpful, and they responded quickly to any query. The information they provided was clearly presented, complete, on time, and exactly responsive to our needs.

Orkney and Shetland provide fantastic scenery bird life and ancient monuments.Our McKinley Kidd tour gave us ample opportunity to see it all.It was a joy to have all the ferry and hotel bookings done for us and the suggestions of where to go and what to see made all the difference..

McKinley Kidd is a company which specialises in arranging holiday in Scotland and Ireland. Our tour to Orkney and Shetland was arranged with our own car and all arrangement were made for us by McKinley Kidd

4 days on Orkney, 4 days on Sheltland, with fascinating archaeology, great scenery, abundant birdlife and two charming, high quality hotels.

Most helpful, taking trouble to create a bespoke package for us. The accommodaion was well chosen, all the flight and car-hire dove-tailed nicely, and we had agreat time.

Our aim was to experience the culture, history and geology of these islands. The McKinley Kidd package put together by the company from email exchanges with us in Australia exceeded our expectations. We came away with a wealth of information and knowledge on the points above This company has our highest recommendation.

A professional, efficient company with excellent staff who dealt with our questions expeditiously. Cannot speak to highly of the service we received

We had a wonderful time, a worry free trip with excellent arrangements and back up service from McKinlay Kidd

McKinlay Kidd know Scotland inside out! They worked with us to arrange an individual itinerary that met our needs, provided excellent accommodation and smooth travel arrangements. When ferries were cancelled due to the weather they rapidly re-arranged our itnerary and then when we missed the first ferry that ran, re-arranged it again, without us having to do a thing. We recommend them to anyone who wants to see Scotland Differently!!!

We thoroughly enjoyed our stays in Shetland and Orkney and the guides from Mckinlay Kidd enable us to make the most of our stay and visit all the highlights. Shetland is wild and wonderful, Orkney has so much to see and explore, it was amazing

McKinley Kidd were efficient and offered a very personal service. Everything they were responsible for ran to plan and it worked well. Unfortunately the travel arrangements of Flybe were not so good. They bounced us off our flight to Shetland telling us that there were other passengers who had paid more who had more luggage so we would not be able to travel! We are complaining about that . Our return flight was cancelled owing to fog and we were given a place on the overnight ferry. In fact this was well organised, but our problem was we were meeting our daughter at Edinburgh airport to spend a few days in Edinburgh. As our daughter has mild learning difficulties we were concerned if she would cope with us not arriving. We were really grateful to McKinlay Kidd who in response to our phone call out of hours arranged for our daughter to be collected from the airport and taken to our Guest house where we were staying. Our daughter was not their customer but they were happy to provide this service to assist us and this sorted a difficult situation for us