Click the underlined links below to check out these travel opportunities. Because of the Edinburgh gathering the week following our games rental cars, hotels, etc., will become scarse. Edinburgh is already pretty full for their big weekend. Because of this, I would suggest that your travel around Scotland might be better scheduled prior to our games rather than after.
NOTE: as of 1/28/2009 US$1.00
buys £0.71
or £1.00
costs US$1.41
This is much more favorable than in 2006
Click Here for a guide to the airport and public transportation to and from.
Car Hire
Car hire companies represented at the airport include Avis, Europcar, Hertz
and Thrifty.
Public Transport
Road
Bus: Jet Buses (tel: (01463) 710 555; website: www.thejet.co.uk)
operate a new, improved service from Queensgate in the city center to Inverness
Retail Park, Inverness Airport, Ardesier and Nairn. The bus stop is located
directly outside the terminal building.
Taxi: Taxis are available at the airport.
IDBBA Members With Availability For 18th & 19th July 2009 as of May 22
Establishment 18th July 2009 19th July 2009 Address 1 City Post Code Phone
Abermar 1F (T or D) & 1S 1F (T or D) & 1S 25 Fairfield Road Inverness IV3 5QD 239019 http://www.abermar.co.uk/ abermar@talk21.com
An Grianan 2D & 1T 1T 11 Crown Drive Inverness IV2 3NN 250530 http://www.angrianan.co.uk telmac@hotmail.co.uk
Aros 1F 1F 5 Abertarff Road Inverness IV2 3NW 235674 http://www.aros-inverness.co.uk aros@5abertarff.fsnet.co.uk
Dionard 1T & 1D 1T & 1D 39 Old Edinburgh Road Inverness IV2 3HJ 233557 http://www.dionardguesthouse.co.uk enquiries@dionardguesthouse.co.uk
Eildon 1S 1F, 1T, 1S & 2D 29 Old Edinburgh Road Inverness IV2 3HJ 231969 http://www.eildonguesthouse.co.uk eildonguesthouse@yahoo.co.uk
Glencoe 1F 1F 51 Fairfield Road Inverness IV3 5QP 220345 http://www.stayininverness.co.uk LauraInverness51@aol.com
Inverglen 1T 1F, 1T & 1D 7 Abertarff Road Inverness IV2 3NW 236281 http://www.inverglenguesthouse.co.uk stay@inverglenguesthouse.com
Heronwood 1D 1D 16a Island Bank Road Inverness IV2 4QS 243275 http://heronwood.awdesign.org.uk/ heronwood@talk21.com
Lynver 1D 1D 30 Southside Road Inverness IV2 3BG 242906 http://www.lynver.co.uk info@lynver.co.uk
Rossmount 1T & 1D 1T & 1D 32 Argyle Street Inverness IV2 3BB 229749 http://www.rossmount.co.uk ruth@rossmount.co.uk
Royston 8D 8D 16 Millburn Road Inverness IV2 3PS 231243 http://www.roystonguesthouse.co.uk roystonguesthouse@btinternet.com
Strathness 5D, 1S & 1T 5D, 1S & 1T 4 Ardross Terrace Inverness IV3 5NQ 232970 http://www.strathnesshouse.co.uk/ info@strathnesshouse.com
Sunnyholm 1T & 1D 0 12 Mayfield Road Inverness IV2 4AE 231336 http://www.invernessguesthouse.com sunnyholm@aol.com
The Tilt 1S, 1T & 1F 1S, 1T & 1F 26 Old Perth Road Inverness IV2 3UT 225352 http://www.invernessbedandbreakfast.co.uk/tilt thetilt26@ukonline.co.uk
D = Double Room
T = Twin Room
S = Single Room
F = Family Room
NB. A Family Room is normally a Double Bed and Single Bed so can be used as a Twin and Double also.
Advantage Travel is Gerry Bowersox.
Gerry is a long time masters Scottish
athlete who has entered the travel
business with an organization that makes him
competitive with many other travel websites.
Check him out when your making plans for Scotland or any other
travel.
Gerry will donate a portion of his commissions to the Scottish
Masters Athletics International and the Masters World
Championships.
Flights - Rental Cars - Hotels - more ...
Gerry is trying to figure out a way that SMAI can receive a percentage of his commission everytime a Scottish Masters athlete or friend, etc., uses his sight for travel. Until then, let me know by email if you use his site to book any travel and we'll work out the deal that way. Gerry's a great guy and helping him will help SMAI and the MWC funding.
Check out this website: http://www.macleanscotland.com/sven.asp McLean of Scotland has several room and travel deals posted here including a deal for The Gathering the following weekend in Edinburgh (hard to come by).
Paul McLean's organization made many of the athletes' arrangements in Scotland for the 2006 MWC. They secured our rooms in the downtown hotel in Inverness and helped several with travel arrangements in Scotland before and after the games. They are one of only a few travel organizations who have been designated as official travel agencies for the big gathering of clans in Edinburgh the weekend following the MWC in Inverness.
Whisky Tours - Self-Drive Tours - Western Isles - and more ...
Paul, Liz and Shona of mcleanscotland will be in Atlanta on 16th
October and have a stand at the Stone Mountain games for the weekend. The following weekend Paul will be at the Waxhaw Scottish Games for one day on
Saturday 25th. If any of you are in either areas it would be a good time to visit with Paul about your trip to Scotland.
This is the official site of Scotland's national tourism organization. It contains all you need to plan your own trip around Scotland before or after the games. In 2006 we utilized this site to locate hotels and B&Bs for travel to the western isles.
Driving - Cycling - Buses - Trains -
Ferries - more ...
The owner of the HO HO HOSTEL in Inverness is offering shared rooms at £15 per night during Games Week. The Hostel is a dorm style place in the High Street. He also has 12 TWIN ROOMS in his B&B’s at £50 per night. Tel: 01463 221225.
Karyn has helped several athletes find B&Bs in Inverness. Here are three websites she gave me:
www.invernessbedandbreakfast.co.uk