What The Dickins: Expert Advice

August in Edinburgh seems to get busier and busier. In 2019 Lonely Planet declared The Fringe their number one UK experience in its Ultimate United Kingdom Travelist. As ripples spread around the world, letting people know that Edinburgh is the place to be in August if you love culture, comedy…

We have been celebrating and sharing a lot of inspiring interiors with you this month. In this blog we are going to share with you one of the most simple yet impactful additions you can make to any room in your home, a flower arrangement! Try our guide to making…

This week in our ‘Places To Stay’ series is one of Edinburgh’s most popular gems – the Old Town. An official UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995, Edinburgh’s Old Town is oozing with history. With its narrow closes, historic buildings, and some of the city’s oldest attractions, this famous part…

I’m Louise Dickins, the Managing Director at Dickins Edinburgh, and I have been successfully organising Edinburgh Festival lets since 1998. So 2019 marks my 21st anniversary! It’s where Dickins started all those years ago. Over the past 21 years, I’ve experienced pretty much everything that can happen when letting homes…

Self-catering in Edinburgh is what we’re all about at Dickins, but we’re also about so much more. The world of self-catering has changed beyond recognition since we started letting for the Edinburgh Festival back in 1998. Then, the phrase self-catering probably conjured up the sense of a damp, old fashioned…