<human>: Both options have advantages and disadvantages. I will be traveling with my wife and two boys (10 and 7) if that affects your answer. I've done a ton of research and have a pretty long list of things I want to see and do. 

My biggest question is whether to rent a car (I know most people recommend) or to pay for a guided tour. 

Renting gives us freedom but also added stresses of planning meals, lodging, and details I'm not even aware of. I don't want to miss things because I'm focused on driving (on the other side) all of the time either. How do you plan lodging if you don't have concrete plans? Do I need to worry about finding gas stations in the Scottish highlands? We want to go to the Outer Hebrides - do we park our car and take a ferry? If it was just my wife and I it wouldn't be as much of a question but having the boys with us makes it more harder to answer.

Tour companies obviously work out a lot of those details for you can enjoy the ride rather than having to drive. They also provide educational information along the way. The downside is they have set itineraries. There are some family ancestry things we want to see and I'm not sure a guided tour will work for specific things like that.

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<bot>: Convince me to either pay for a guided tour and let them worry about the details or rent a car and wing it with two kids.