Is Timberbush Tours worth it? The data verdict
Timberbush Tours rates 4.54★ across 248 verified reviews — genuinely good, short of exceptional. The complaints below are consistent enough to take seriously before booking.
Where Timberbush Tours scores
What travellers consistently praise
- Knowledgeable, entertaining guides
- Scenery and itinerary stops (Skye, Loch Ness, Glenfinnan)
- Guides going beyond the advertised stops
- Comfortable transport and overnight stays
The consistent complaints
- Last-minute trip cancellations
- Coach breakdowns and long delays
- Rigid refund/customer service response
- Confusing child-age pricing
Both lists distilled from the same verified review base — we publish the bad with the good.
In travellers' own words
“I did the Eilean Donan Castle, Loch Ness & the Glenfinnan Viaduct tour which was amazing thanks to our tour guide Andrew T! We got to see so”
“I had booked my 3-Day Isle of Skye, Highlands, and Loch Ness Tour from Edinburgh, on 15th January 2025 and was due to go on the trip on 4th February 2025 only to be told it is”
“Very bad experience it’s supossed we had to return at 8 pm but our bus had a problem in lake ness, we had to wait in lake need about 5 hours for a new bus who took us to Inverness to tala train to tri”
“Great 3 day tour of Isle of Skye. I had Seumas as my guide. He was knowledgeable, knew the history of the area, efficient and considerate. We had a tour group of 14 with”

