Haggis Adventures Reviews Summary

Tour Guides

Pros:

• "He is a great storyteller who gave us lots of interesting insights into Scottish history."
• "Carrie was sporty, knowledgable and helpful. We had great time all 3 days."
• "Had an absolutely wonderful experience with Haggis Adventures and tour guide Duncan!"
• "Caitlin was our guide and she was actually an angel."
• "Our guide Jamie (S.!) made it an unforgettable experience! He drove absolutely save and explained many parts of Scottish history in a very humorous way!"
• "Our guide Scot was amazing, and he got a really good singing voice as well."
• "Our guide and driver, Holly and Jemma were great. They told us all the Scottish stories around (I mean, historical facts and all) and it was never boring."

Cons:

• "His accent was so thick we couldn’t understand him at all."
• "Unforunatly our tour guide was not enthusiastic about our tour and was hardly even friendly."
• "They told us that this is what we have booked. They lied to us."
• "Not advisable company."
• "This is GREATLY BELOW my expectations, mainly for it’s price."
• "Are u serious?? 136£ for a 20£ train ticket and boring bus tour in the entire trip??"
• "Absolutely disgusted. I booked a tour for today and I had a work emergency and got called back in. I called Haggis adventure to reschedule my booking and they could not care less about my situation."

Accommodations

Pros:

• "Most of the hostels were great, especially in Stornoway."
• "The hostels are clean and welcoming."
• "The hostel was the perfect place to end our days of travelling, with nice meals and pub-style entertainment."
• "The hostels we stayed at were awesome and clean with great staff. Morag's Lodge was absolutely lovely, including the food :-)"
• "We stayed at a GREAT hostel with an in house bar."
• "The accommodations where well located and each member of the staff of haggis tours and the accommodations was absolutely ready to help, polite and humorous."
• "The hostels we stayed at were not the nicest, but fairly standard for economy hostels (a bit loud and dirty, but lots of fun and dancing and drinks)."

Cons:

• "The major exception was the Portree Independent Hostel on Skye."
• "I strongly recommend not booking the hostel version as we stayed in the worst hostel I ever stayed at the Isle of Skye."
• "The hostels we stayed at were below average ratings."
• "There was no Wi-Fi or charging ports on board."
• "The bus was quite small, cramped, and had poor air circulation."
• "The lunch they provided was a bit basic and the airco did not work that well in the bus."
• "The combining of the two trips was not clear from the website or subsequent emails, so this was a complete surprise."

Itinerary and Activities

Pros:

• "The 3 day tour covers a lot of ground in such a short space of time."
• "The phenomenal itinerary of the Five-Day Highland Fling Tour showcased the best that Scotland has to offer."
• "The Jacobite steam train ride was awesome."
• "The tour was so good that at the last minute I booked an extra day long whiskey Distillery trip as well. Which was also awesome!"
• "It was amazing and we visited so many places."
• "The stops were beautiful, and it’s a fantastic way to see some off the beaten track places in Scotland."
• "The tour itself was stunning. The towns and epic landscape of the highlands. It was well worth the money."

Cons:

• "I thought the 5 day tour was way too drawn out and could have easily be done in 3."
• "Because of this big bus we could not stop at several places that were displayed in pictures on this tour."
• "The whole time I felt like there was no time to enjoy."
• "The last day is purely for the Harry Potter day, if you don't book it it's a wasted day."
• "We were also dumped at the green Wellington stop for lunch one day which was horrible!"
• "Disappointed that he didn’t stop much though, he only stopped when he had to, seemed he was in a bit of a rush."
• "The whisky destillery we didn't even visit."

Value and Expectations

Pros:

• "She made me feel like my bestie was traveling with me."
• "I will defo be doing more tours and even recommending them to friends and family and even coming back for more!"
• "We saw a lot of things we wouldn't have expected and every day was full of activities."
• "I highly recommend traveling with Haggis Adventure and could not recommend it more."
• "I highly recommend this tour to anyone who wants to see Scotland from the west coast up to the North and then back down the east coast."
• "One of the best tours I had in my life! Informative, fun and amazingly organized."
• "Everything was organised perfectly!"

Cons:

• "They told us that this is what we have booked. They lied to us."
• "For the price we paid, the value didn't really seem worth it."
• "I’m really disappointed with Highland and Haggis."
• "They were also racist to us.. the trip would be much better, sad that it happened to us."
• "I feel deceived and let down."
• "This company lies to its customers when they book its services."
• "It wasn't what we expected."