Our trip for 8 in June was almost perfect - 5 nights in Dornoch (after 1.5 days of travel
) and 5 more in St Andrews. We played Royal Dornoch x3, the Struie at Dornoch, Nairn (some x2), Brora, Golspie in a match vs members
.
I had hoped for a Saturday round at Cruden Bay, Royal Aberdeen or Murcar en route to St Andrews from Dornoch, but no luck, member play had tied up all three courses. This is pretty typical during the summer so you need to plan for that when scheduling.
So we were in St Andrews Saturday-departure day Thursday, and played St Andrews Jubilee, New and Old, and then half of us joined the Buda Cup at Lundin and Elie while the others played Carnoustie and Troon.
It was one hell of a trip, with minimum moving and driving.
I have done something similar twice involving North Berwick/Muirfield and on to St Andrews. To me it just makes it easier than doing the pack, drive, play, sleep, repeat thing which I have also done.
One of these days I'll try the same thing on the west coast of Scotland.