Travel and Accommodation

To make your trip to The Gathering 2009 as easy and enjoyable as possible you may like some assistance with travel and accommodation.  We have therefore selected 5 tour providers within the UK who we feel will offer you a very high level of customer service. We have asked them to work with the local hotels to secure the best rates possible so as to make your trip as cost effective as possible.

The Gathering 2009 Ltd will not be organising any travel or accommodation for people attending The Gathering 2009 but we will certainly point you in the right direction.

Scroll down or click on the following links for more information on our travel partners:

Cashel Travel

Clans and Castles

McLean Scotland

Scottish Ancestral Trail

Scottish Routes 

www.casheltravel.com
+44 (0) 845 119 6220

Cashel Travel Ltd is proud to been chosen as a travel partner for The Gathering 2009, specialising in Edinburgh accommodation around the event. Since our formation in 2000, we have organised numerous Clan trips around Scotland and so we are delighted to be involved in this prestigious event. From our head office in Edinburgh and our offices in London and Dublin, we provide a professional handling service to individuals, groups and businesses. Please feel free to contact us for all your trip requirements. As well as accommodation, we would be pleased to arrange any other requirements you may have. We can arrange tours, transport (including car hire) and guides throughout Scotland to make your trip memorable.

Perfectly tailored touring holidays of Scotland's castles, culture and clan lands

www.clansandcastles.com
+44 1667 456942

The Gathering 2009 will be an unforgettable event. One that you’ll tell your grandchildren about: “Not since 1822 has there been a parade of pipers and clansmen up the Royal Mile like the one we took part in …” But whilst you are here, and in that spirit, surely you should experience all that you can of your own heritage? Take the opportunity, either before or after the Gathering, to see your clan castles (and not just those that are open to the public), to walk in your clan lands and to wander quietly in the graveyards where your ancestors may be buried. Meet some local people. Perhaps you will explore on your own with a package of information assembled by us. Perhaps you will choose to be guided by someone who will explain the history and tell you the stories. Either way, you will return home fulfilled, having glimpsed what went before.

If this is what you would like to do in 2009, we are the people to make it happen for you. We arrange trips for couples, families, or groups of any size. We have been doing this for years. We take great care. And we look forward to hearing from you.

McLean Scotland 

Showing you the nooks & crannies others pass on by

www.mcleanscotland.co.uk
+44 (0)1738 560435

McLean Scotland; a tour company specialising in individually designed vacations.  We are professional, friendly people working with you ensuring you see exactly what you expect & some of our own favourite 'nooks & crannies' other companies pass by. We offer self drive, driver/guided tours for any number covering all of Scotland.  We know the hotels and restaurants, we recommend hidden hotels and castles.  Your Clan tour can include battlefields, castles, historic sites, a private whisky tasting, Scottish storyteller and time for a drink with the locals! Our dedication to detail and personal attention is renowned.  Let us show you our Scotland.

www.scottish-ancestral-trail.co.uk
+44 (0) 1683 300389

Scottish Ancestral Trail offer fully customized tours of Scotland. We specialize in incorporating your Scottish family history, or family name, into your tour.

With luxury accommodation and chauffeured transport, these vacations allow you to step back into your ancestors' world in style and comfort, while visiting historic properties and experiencing the scenery for which Scotland is famed throughout the world.

We work with your family history information or commission it for you.  With our extensive network of genealogy professionals and local historians we bring your history to life - you may even discover some relations you never knew you had!

www.scottish-routes.com
+44 (0) 1383428585

Scotland is just the most amazing county in the world, with wild rugged landscapes, breathtaking beauty and a history and culture unrivalled; but what does Scotland mean to you? SCOTTISH ROUTES will put together bespoke tour packages for any size of group for any length of time to give you the Scotland of your dreams. We arrange family history tours where we bring ancestors to life, and let you see how the lived and worked. In addition we will immerse you into the culture of Scotland, and can put together whisky tours, golfing trips, or whisk you off to the stunning islands of the north and west. 
Remember it's your Scotland!