What The Dickins: Owners

From the moment you step down the steps to this one bedroom home on Carlton Street, you will know you’re staying somewhere very special. You’ll also understand why it’s in our Most Loved Collection. Our Most Loved Homes are those that get consistently glowing feedback from the guests who stay…

Our Most Loved Collection was designed for homes like this one on St Stephen Street. Guests LOVE staying here and the thing they mention again and again in their glowing feedback is the amazing library of books. Wise Marcus Tullius Cicero said many moons ago that “A room without books…

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…

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…