Ted Danson enjoyed being in Scotland. In an interview with the Daily record he stated that it was a pilgrimage to see the place of his maternal grandfather's birth.
John Fusco wrote the screenplay as a tribute to his grandmother Isobel Moffat at the age of 23. The pub and the owner's daughter Isobel are named in tribute.
In the outdoor village scenes seaweed can be clearly seen, this indicates that they were shot next to tidal sea water. Loch Ness is a fresh water loch and hence has no seaweed.