First Time WHW in July-How to find the best accommodations

Hi y’all,

My partner and I are attempting the WHW for the first time this july. While preparing I find it very hard to make choices for the best affordable accommodations and feel like the longer I think about it, the less of an idea I have on what might be best.

We have experience camping, but not wildcamping and I feel like the midgets midsummer are quite intimidating. Also due to it being our first time we wanna use the baggage transfer companies and I don’t know if that works with camping and also if we have the energy to always set up our camp after a long day hiking.

This will be a special trip for us because we talked about wanting to do the WHW since we got together in 2018 and I wanna propose at some point while hiking (which I am highkey nervous about 🫣). Thats why I would like to splurge on one or two beautiful accommodations but otherwise keep it simple and budget friendly.

Our itinerary is as follows:

Milngavie to Drymen

Drymen to Rowardennan

Rowardennan to Inverarnan

Inverarnan to Tyndrum

Tyndrum to Inverornan

Iverornan to Kingshouse (or Glencoe)

Kingshouse to Kinlochsleven

Kinlochsleven to Fort William

Do you have any recommendations for affordable places to stay? Any accommodations worth splurging on?

Is camping feasible for first timers even with midgets?

Do you have any suggestions for very beautiful places to visit while hiking?

What could I forget to pack that I really need?

To plan my itinerary I used the traileasy website and scoured the subreddit for information so thank you for all the helpful information already!