Three companies
Scottish Highlands, Nine Nights by Car
Nine nights and your own car, which is the right answer here and the contract that misleads most often. The insurance is priced into the figure and itemized, because that is exactly where car quotes are usually made to look light.
| The company | What it owes you | Its own rule if you cancel | What happens if it fails |
|---|---|---|---|
| The airline | Seats and bags out and back | Fare rules, quoted in full | Rebooking under their conditions |
| The hotels, four of them held as one arrangement | Nine nights across four small hotels and inns, breakfast at each, every one chosen for parking as much as for the room, because in this country that is the constraint | Each carries its own schedule; small places here are often more forgiving than a chain, sometimes down to a few days | Rehousing at their cost, and in remote places that can mean a drive, which they arrange |
| The car company | The car for nine days with the mandatory local insurance INSIDE the figure rather than sold back to you at the counter after a flight, plus the second driver if you asked | Usually free until close to pick up, which makes it the most flexible contract here. The deposit hold on your card at the counter is theirs and it is not a payment to anybody | A car not available at pick up is theirs to solve, normally by upgrading. Get the replacement in writing before you drive away |
The insurance line, itemized on purpose
A car quote that looks light is usually a car quote with the compulsory local cover lifted out of it, to be sold back at the desk when you are tired. The figure on this page has it in, and your proposal breaks it out so you can compare it against anything else, including a booking you make yourself.
from$1,720per person, two sharing, land only
Split across three companies. What each of them charges, and what none of them charges, is on prices. The figure is confirmed in writing before anything is placed.
What driving here asks of you
The left, on roads narrower than the photographs suggest, often in rain, with passing places that are a skill rather than a courtesy. Single track roads are normal and slower than any map believes. Nine nights and four bases is a calm pace on purpose.