[Kevin Rich]

Matthew, Jason, Mark, Sean and others.....

Thanks for the input...some great tidbits in there.  That's a bit more of what I was hoping for initially.

I realize that some of this may not be ideal and we may be swayed as we lay this out a little tighter now.  There are so many GREAT courses over there I wish I could move back!

Thanks again to all....I may drop a couple more thoughts your way next week for feedback as we put our heads together and soak this stuff in a bit better.  Lots of planning to do!

[Dan King]

An important consideration is some car rental companies charge considerably more if more than one driver. If only one of you are driving, you may not want to spend as much time on the road.

Cheers,
Dan King

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
  --George Carlin

[Reef Wilson]

My 2 cents based on my only other trip. The only thing I will do differently on my next trip to Scotland or first trip to Ireland is make sure sometime during the trip I stay in one place at least 3 nights in a row. Checking in and out of a different place every night allows you to cover a lot of ground but it can be a bit exhausting with doing lots of packing in parking lots etc. Of course you should make this an interesting place, like St. Andrews which is a great place to soak in. There is nothing like wandering around in St. Andrews during dawn or dusk.

I can't wait for my next chance to plan a trip over there.

Reef

[Pete Lavallee]

I can't wait for my next chance to plan a trip over there.

Reef,

I can't wait until I can afford to plan another trip over there!

[Kevin Rich]

Is there a recommended place to work from for the eastern Scotland courses (TOC, N.Berwick, Muirfield, Carnoustie)??

If we had to drop one (or two) of those to make it easier for a 4 day home base in St. Andrews, which course(s) makes it more difficult?  Would it be better to drop N.Berwick and Muirfield and plug in a couple closer (Crail, Scotscraig, Kingsbarns)  I'd hate to drop Muirfield and NB, but I think they're two that we're least married too.

Thoughts?

[Bill_McBride]

There is nothing like wandering around in St. Andrews during dawn or dusk.

From pub to pub, right? 

[Daryl David]

Is there a recommended place to work from for the eastern Scotland courses (TOC, N.Berwick, Muirfield, Carnoustie)??

If we had to drop one (or two) of those to make it easier for a 4 day home base in St. Andrews, which course(s) makes it more difficult?  Would it be better to drop N.Berwick and Muirfield and plug in a couple closer (Crail, Scotscraig, Kingsbarns)  I'd hate to drop Muirfield and NB, but I think they're two that we're least married too.

Thoughts?

Kevin,

If you can only have one base, do East Lothian.  Otherwise I would split the base between there and Fife.  It is a pain to change hotels, but the miss one area just to save the packing is not worth it.  You would be missing too much by not seeing North Berwick, Muirfield, Gullane, Luffness New.

[Reef Wilson]

I can't wait for my next chance to plan a trip over there.

Reef,

I can't wait until I can afford to plan another trip over there!

Pete,
No kidding! Our poor little dollar makes it quite the splurge. As it was on the last trip I stayed away from the pricier courses except for TOC. And I know I had just as much fun.

Reef

[Reef Wilson]

Is there a recommended place to work from for the eastern Scotland courses (TOC, N.Berwick, Muirfield, Carnoustie)??

If we had to drop one (or two) of those to make it easier for a 4 day home base in St. Andrews, which course(s) makes it more difficult?  Would it be better to drop N.Berwick and Muirfield and plug in a couple closer (Crail, Scotscraig, Kingsbarns)  I'd hate to drop Muirfield and NB, but I think they're two that we're least married too.

Thoughts?

I think you are on the right track here. This is what I did and would do over again. Not knowing when you'll be back, you have to go to St. Andrews and you'll find Crail, Elie, etc. to be very pleasant surprises.

[Matthew Schulte]

Kevin:

I personally wouldn't skip North Berwick!!  I would be very surprised if at the end of your trip it wasn't in your top 5 experiences.

The pain of checking into different hotels each night can be dramatically reduced by only bringing in an "Eagle Creek" packing envelope with the next day's change of clothes and your toiletry bag rather than dragging your entire suitcase in and out of the hotel each evening and morning.   

The drive from East Lothian to Fife is an easy one and should not discourage you from seeing what you want to see in both regions. 

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