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Inverness Tours from Invergordon are small and intimate, so forget those mass coach tours from the cruise ships which offer poor value and sometimes herd you like cattle. It is not unusual for all three of us to be booked en masse for any cruise ship date so if we are free (see calendar) please make your decision quickly to avoid disappointment.
Paying a deposit in advance? Many tour operators are also taxis, we are not. We are authors, specialists and are private tour operators who cannot take other passengers or any other driving work if our cruise passengers do not turn up. For this reason we take £90 (just under 25%) deposit when booking and the remainder either in cash on the day or the end of the month preceding the tour. On cruise critic I have seen, "we would never pay in advance", but that demonstrates a real misunderstanding of how a small independent tour company has to conduct its business. One of us only guides one tour per week and if his cruise passengers failed to turn up that would cost him more than a week's earnings. Would you regularly risk a week's wages on trust?
I hope that explains why we charge £90 in advance. Do you want our expertise, or will you settle for a taxi tour? Do you want history and heritage provided by an expert or are you happy to be driven by someone whose expertise is primarily the quickest route to the station or supermarket? You pay in advance for flights, hotels, cruises (sometimes even gratuities on cruises!), theatre tickets, shows, and other quality entertainment. Please see us within that category and read about us on Trip Advisor. We are true professionals and specialise in what we do. Can you even find our competitors on Trip Advisor (then click on Tours)? Why not, we wonder? Think about it. If you want the best and most professional tour company, then expect a professional booking and payment system. It is your decision and your unique visit to our area!
Our Invergordon Tours cost £390 for up to six people*. That works out at less than the cost of a crowded coach tour and you are guided by a local historian or a Scottish history enthusiast and will enjoy scenery unavailable to larger vehicles. Do please note that owing to demand for top quality guides on cruise ship dates, early booking discounts do not apply to tours from Invergordon Cruise Ships.
Inverness Tours from Invergordon are not taxi tours. They outclass chauffeur tours in knowledge and expertise and far excel over bus tours with their rigid and rushed itineraries. No one comes close to Inverness Tours in the combination of content and quality.
The Highlands are spectacularly beautiful, but bus tours usually keep to the main roads and if you are hiring a car at the port you will be unlikely to discover those hidden gems like tumbling burns and leaping salmon, where and when to see red deer, almost within touching distance, or which places are tourist traps and which are essential to your visit.
We really know the area and will be asking you what your interests are and tailoring your tour to fit in to your personal needs.
We have guided royalty, heads of state and prime ministers and have been chosen by St Andrews and Aberdeen Universities to provide field induction to Scotland's heritage for new and prospective students. We present Scotland's history, heritage and natural history in a thoroughly entertaining way and our extensive knowledge of all things Scottish will mean that few questions will go unanswered.
A day or even half a day with us will be an experience you will never forget. We even put a quality slant on the Nessie story!
* £490 for our eight seat vehicle (£585 between 1st July and 31st August). If the cruise ship berths for fewer than 6 hours our shorter tours are £220 for up to six and £340 for up to eight (£450 if eight in July or August).
