Itinerary: August 6–16, 2026 (9 days, 9 nights in-country)

Date		Location,Travel	Sleeping	Activity/Site Visit
6 Aug	Thu	Fly on your own
7 Aug	Fri	Arrive in Inverness	Inverness	Welcome reception
8 Aug	Sat	Scottish Highlands	Inverness	Loch Ness and Highlands tour (full day)
9 Aug	Sun	Scottish Highlands	Inverness	Isle of Skye and Eilean Castle tour (full day)
10 Aug	Mon	Coach/Train to Aberdeen	Aberdeen	Walking tour
11 Aug	Tue	Aberdeenshire	Aberdeen	Coastal villages tour (full day)
12 Aug	Wed	Cairngorms	Aberdeen	Dunnottar Castle and Cairngorms tour (full day)
13 Aug	Thu	Train to Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Walking tour and Edinburgh Castle
14 Aug	Fri	Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Military Tattoo in Edinburgh Castle
15 Aug	Sat	Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Fringe Festival
16 Aug	Sun	Fly out from Edinburgh

Cost:  $4700 (new member), $4400 (previous member); (double occupancy; $1900 single supplement extra)

Payment Timeline:
January 1, 2026: $500 deposit (non-refundable); deposit holds a spot
March 1, 2026: Half balance ($2100 new member/$1950 previous member (+$950 if single booking)

June 1, 2026: Half balance ($2100 new member/$1950 previous member (+$950 if single booking)

Payments can be made by check or Venmo (@WadeNeiwert). Checks can made be made out to History of Science Tours, LLC and sent to 4690 Debra Lane, Shoreview, MN 55126 (or via Venmo @WadeNeiwert, associated with phone number: 612-600-0609 and e-mail: historyofsciencetours@gmail.com)

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

• Transportation between cities
• Public transportation within cities
• Accommodations for 9 nights in high-quality 4-star hotels
• Breakfast each morning at hotel
• Welcome reception in Inverness
• Tours with seasoned guides
• Admission to all museums and sites visited as a group
• Tickets to the Military Tattoo
• Pre-trip orientations with Cindy, Ken, and Wade
• Guided tours and informal discussions throughout the trip

WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED:

• Airfare between US and Scotland (we will share our flight plans)
• Taxis, Uber, Lyft, etc., porterage
• Supplement for a single room in hotels ($1900)
• Meals, snacks, beverages (except for Welcome Reception in Inverness and breakfast)
• Additional tourism and travel beyond itinerary list
• Travel insurance
• Passport application and/or renewal

Terms and Conditions

Documentation

U.S. citizens require a valid passport. The traveler assumes complete and full responsibility for, and hereby releases History of Science Tours LLC from, any duty of checking and verifying any and all passports, visa, or other entry requirements for each destination, and all safety and security conditions during the proposed travel. As passport policies can change, please check with the U.S. State Department for all overseas travel requirements, including expiration date requirements for travel in Europe.

Liability Release

that they act only as the agent for the owners, contractors, and suppliers providing means of transportation and/or all other related travel services and assume no responsibility whatsoever for injury, loss or damage to person or property in connection with any service resulting directly from: acts of God, detention, annoyance, delays, expenses arising from quarantine, strikes, thefts, pilferage, force majeure, failure of any means of conveyance to arrive or depart as scheduled, civil disturbances, terrorism, government restrictions or regulations, and discrepancies or changes in transit or hotel services. Changes in the itinerary may be made where deemed advisable by the tour leader. On payment of deposit to History of Science Tours LLC, the participant therefore agrees to be bound by the above recited terms and conditions. Participants acknowledge there are risks in travel and the activities of this tour, and release History of Science Tours LLC and the tour leaders from any liability.