Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is very famous. Everyone from around the world looks forward to visiting Edinburgh for this festive New Year event. The fireworks above the castle, as well as on the street party on Princes Street are a once-in-a-lifetime experience for first-time visitors and an annual tradition for those who have enjoyed Hogmanay before.
One thing that most people don’t know until they find themselves in the freezing cold at 1:00 AM looking for a taxi that does not exist is how difficult it is to get around Edinburgh on Hogmanay when you do not have a plan. The answer to that problem is to book group transport services from the Edinburgh Minibus Company specifically for Hogmanay. When you book your minibus ahead of time, you have an experienced driver who knows exactly where to go; you will travel with all of your friends together because your driver will take you home together; and you will not have to stand outside in the cold like everyone else waiting in a long queue for a taxi.
Effects of Hogmanay party on Edinburgh’s Transport System
The Hogmanay Street Party alone sees over 80,000 ticketed partygoers enter a designated area of the Edinburgh city centre. Throw into the mix the Loony Dook at the dawn of New Year’s Day, the Concert in the Gardens, and the entire Hogmanay event, and the challenge of transporting people is formidable indeed.
Roads become closed well before midnight. Special arrangements are made for transport systems, which are overloaded beyond belief. There are long lines in taxi ranks, hundreds of metres long. Ride-sharing apps display waiting times and prices that would have any regular app-user second guessing themselves.
Groups, which is everybody on Hogmanay, will rely on Minibus Hire Edinburgh alone.
Pre-Midnight: Arrive in Style
Hogmanay starts before midnight. It can begin with an approx. 4 hour private pre-party dinner or overnight stay at a venue where one may gather until it is time to head to the street party. The transportation from your hotel to dinner and finally to the street party will be in a private dedicated minibus that allows your entire group travel approximately at the same time and with no hassles or complications with transportation.
For those that fly into Edinburgh specifically for Hogmanay, there is also Edinburgh airport transfer service available via minibus that will aline with your flight(s) upon touch down, which would enable your group to go directly from the airport to the new year’s celebration with a minivan and driver already set up for you.
Book Now – Hogmanay Transport before it gets Sold Out
There are never any Hogmanay transport bookings that are made too soon. Availability at Edinburgh Minibus Company for Hogmanay transport sells out weeks – or even months – before hand. It is only those groups that are seeking to book their Hogmanay transport on December 28th that fail to find any transport at all.
Contact Edinburgh Minibus Company now and book your group’s Hogmanay transport before it is too late.
