Depending where you land and how tired you get, you may prefer to "recover" at a cheaper location travel inn london than Edinburgh during the festivals, like say Glasgow. But I would also concur with more time in Edinburgh. Loved being there during the festivals.
IMHO a first visit to London needs at least 5 days (6 nights) - but I wouldn't travel inn london worry that hotels in London travel inn london or York would be sold out for a year from now. Edinburgh is different - because of the festival. For that I would reserve now - as long as it's cancelable in case your dates change.
And, sorry but I would rent a car - since the day between Edinburgh and York you should stop and see the remains of Hadrian's Wall with the various museums and Roman remains. (You may be able to do this by tour or bus - I don't know - we did it as part of a road trip - but we took 9 days to get from London to Edinburgh.)
Looks fine to me - there are some personal preference things (I love London and would scrap a day trip from York to add that day to London, for example). But if you know generally what interests you in each and think this is the amount of time you'll need, it's definitely doable.
As WillTravel noted (you may be aware of this already), August is Festivals time in Edinburgh, and there will be lots of crowds. I'd start booking accommodations as soon as you can. I doubt you'll have trouble travel inn london in London or York, though, unless you have very specific requirements.
Info will become available late this month and tickets will go on sale in December. If you are serious about going you must purchase your tickets as soon as they go on sale or you will be out of luck. They sell out very quickly.
Since you are visiting Edinburgh during the festivals you will need to book your room asap as they also sell out quickly travel inn london and the prices increase travel inn london dramatically also. Do not worry if you have to book outside Edinburgh travel inn london a bit as they have an excellent bus system. We took it daily. No problem at all.
For train info check out www.nationalrail.co.uk for schedules and fares and if you book early to save huge bucks over full fare - and also these informative sites - www.seat61.com ; www.budgeteuropetravel.com and www.ricksteves.com .
But the early bird gets the limited in number worm discounted tickets so book as soon as it comes on the site but keep in mind may be train specific and not changeable nor refundable. do this for both Edinburgh to York and York to London - small day trips like from Edinburgh to Stirling or St Andrews are inexpensive fares and can also be done by bus as well as train (train for St Andrews - train to Leuchards then take buses that meet trains the several miles to St andrews proper - Stirling and St Andrews being perhaps the most two popular easy day trips from Edinburgh.
I'd also want more time in London myself. In fact - since you only have 12 days including travel time - I might consider 4 nights in Edinburgh, on day 6 take an early morning train to York and spend the entire day exploring the (small) city, evening train to London, stay your last 6 nights in London, fly out on day 12.
That's a bit of an understatement - Edinburgh in August is the peak of peak times for accommodation of any kind due to the several travel inn london Festivals on at that time. People have been booking for next August since the 1st September
You could also do York, if short on time, as a break in your day journey by train from Edinburgh to London - put your bags in a station locker - walk around the very nearby town center and famous York Minister and get back on the train. For the average tourist York's few main (and blockbuster) sights are easily seen in a few hours. Better to stay overnight but that takes a day away from Edinburgh or London where I agree you may want more time than previsioned.
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