Ireland to Scotland or vice versa (from Northeast US)

I would check airline schedules and airfares and then make my decision based on that. See which flight itinerary gives you the best and most convenient routing and the best airfares.

Be sure to fly multi city when booking airfare. Also one benefit of coming home.from Ireland is.that you clear.immigration there and walk.off.plane in US as if it was a domestic.flight.

Since you asked about flying from the US, I'm going to make the assumption you have a US passport. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)

Flying from Scotland to Ireland, you will go through Irish passport control. However, flying from Ireland to Scotland, there is no passport control.

Flying home from Ireland, as stated previously, means going through U.S. immigration and customs before getting on the plane. This way, when you land in the U.S., it's like a domestic flight.

Thanks so much to all who answered-it was helpful and much appreciated!
Jen

I'll add 1 more thought. If you're going to rent a car we found it easier to drive in Ireland versus Scotland. The roads just seem to be a little better with less single track roads. So learning to drive in Ireland on the wrong side of the road with the steering wheel on the wrong side of the car was easier than learning in Scotland. We just returned from Ireland a few weeks ago and going through customs for our return flight was quite easy, it took us only about an hour.

Thanks so much jimk, I appreciate this information!
Jen

One more thing to consider is where you are flying in / out of and the frequency of the flights. We were in London, Scotland, and Ireland last month. We flew from Aberdeen to Dublin and there was only 1 flight per day offered.