If travelling in Scotland, is it necessary to pre-book accomodation or are there enough B&B's to check in?

Answer 1

Scotland is a deceptively large country and your question is too general to be properly answered.

To answer it properly, we need to know just where are you going

If you are staying close to the five cities (Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness), then you will have no problem. Likewise the coastal resorts of Ayrshire, the Clyde, the Lothians, Fife and Angus should present no difficulties. Large inland towns such as Dumfries, Perth, Stirling, Kilmarnock, Pitlochry or Aviemore are reasonably well supplied with B&Bs.

BUT, if you go to (and I hope you do) any of the islands, north of the Great Glen, rural Argyllshire, highland Perthshire and parts of the Borders, then you ought to pre-book.

Enjoy your stay with us.

Answer 2

At this time of year you should be OK to just call in on spec.
However, at Easter it will be totally manic and I would strongly advise you to pre-book or you could end up sleeping in your car! The same applies through the Summer season which runs from end May/beginning June through to end of September.
Having said that, if there are games or football on such as World Cup etc., you should be fine as most sad people stay at home to watch the sport on TV. Anyone would think that we don't have TV up here in Scotland!!

Answer 3

Do not listen to amri,There are hostels and b&bs everywhere as well as hundreds of campsites.obviously citys like glasgow or edinburgh u have hotels from cheap all the way up to hiltons,marriots etc.obviously if you are in remote places in the middle of nowhere then you will not find anywhere.There is a pre designed walking route from glasgow all the way to fort william called the west highland way which is worth looking along.as for ireland,its not as interesting or as exciting,why would you go there when you can be in scotland??you should always pre book anywhere though if possible

Answer 4

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Answer 5

You'll always find somewhere. My mum goes on business all over Scotland and she has always managed to find something. Sometimes it has even been an ex B & B - someone has just put her up because there was nothing else!! lol - Folk are very hospitible - I would take it as it comes sort out accomodation as soon as you get to a location and ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Answer 6

there are lots of B&Bs, I had no problem finding them when I was there. Just stop at the local tourist information office (with the blue "I") and they can help. Even in the smaller cities and towns like Fort William and Inverness it was easy to find one.

the only place that might be difficult is Edinburgh around the time of the tattoo. its a big thing for tourists.

Answer 7

Depends on where & when you're going. Peak holiday times obviously are the busiest, but there are so many B&B places, you should be ok. Check on-line and do some research.

Answer 8

i suggest you prebook as its a misconception there are lots of hotels and b&b's...in fact there are only 9 in total....i suggest you maybe stay somewhere nearby perhaps ireland...and you can just pop over during the day....happy travels...
do not listen to martinf4...he is only building your hopes up for a very hard fall..as there are only 2 hotels in glasgow...2 in edinburgh and 5 scattered over the rest of the country...

Answer 9

em, slightly vague question, it all depends where you go!

if you are out in the middle of nowhere or on an island like where i live and you're coming in the middle of summer, then it would be advisable to book.

but if you're in glasgow or edinburgh or somewhere then there are hundreds of hotels and b & b's