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• About Moto-Charlie |
You are welcome to read about me at my bio. The year 2010 will be my 12th year of providing organized tours as Moto-Charlie and will mark more than 25 years of Alpine motorcycling experience.
My goal is to provide some big picture structure to the tour by way of securing motorcycles, taking the hassle out of finding good, well located hotels and providing guidance/opinion on the best roads to ride in the region that people have chosen to tour in. The tour members are welcome to utilize that structure to either ride along with me (I ride all day, every day), do their own daily thing or something outside of that if they want to. I will help as much as I can every day throughout the tour with what ever they chose to do. I also try to save them money, usually $500 - $2,000 off of what a total tour cost would be with a big name operator.
With A Swiss Flavor focuses on the
Alps of Switzerland with several days spent also in the Tyrol of Austria
and Italy (south and west if Innsbruck). The dates are:
June 26-July 5, 2010 (10 Days).
TOP 10+ focuses on the 10 highest passes in
the Alps + 50 to 80 other passes along the way. The TOP 10 are located
in France, Italy and Austria so we spend time in all of these countries
plus Switzerland. We also combine some routes from the Italian tour by
spending time in the Dolomites of northeastern Italy plus the mountains
north and west of Lago di Garda. The dates are:
September 4-17, 2010 (14 Days).
Thun Switzerland. It is just south of Bern in the heart of the Alps. The location is in the mountains, next to stunning alpine lakes and accessible to everywhere in the Alps. The tours start on a Saturday and everyone is encouraged to arrive at least one day early on Friday. You are obviously welcome to come and stay longer at either the beginning or end of the tour or both.
You can pick from a full line of BMW's, Honda's and Aprilia's. They are all current year model bikes, fully ensured and dealer maintained. For motorcycles that do not come standard with side cases hard and/or soft luggage is available for rent for a small additional charge per day.
On my tours you pay for all your own expenses. Even on an all-inclusive
tour you have to settle your drink and bar tab at the end of each hotel
stay. So, why not pay for the hotel itself at the same time. Most motorcyclists
like to visit the motorcycle shop (the one we use is huge with lots of
accessories and a cafe) so you may as well pay for the bike while you
are there.
This way you know exactly what the trip costs and you have some control
over what you spend.
I share any motorcycle or hotel discounts I can negotiate with you so your cost for the motorcycle, hotels, food and gas is the same as my cost. The use of estimates below for dinner and incidentals is based on real world, year after year experience.
The cost of the motorcycle. By way of example this cost would
get you a BMW F800ST or a Honda CBF 1000. There is a large selection
of BMW's, Honda's and Aprilia's to choose from. I can price out your
particular bike and tour cost for you.
Transportation when arriving from either Bern Airport or the main train station in Thun is included with the cost of the rental motorcycle.
The cost of the specific hotels we stay at with breakfast included
Dinner is included with the cost of many of our hotels. When not covered by the hotel I include an estimate of $40 a night per person for the food portion of dinner. My experience has been overwhelming that tour members want to select from the menu rather than be locked into pre-arranged menus like they frequently are on all-inclusive tours. Bottled water, beer, wine etc. is extra whether it be an all-inclusive tour or my tour.
An estimate of $55 per day for lunch, snacks, and gas, which should be more than enough.
The Moto-Charlie fee, which is the only amount paid directly to me. It is $85 per day for the rider and $65 per day for the passenger. That equates to $850/rider and $650/passenger on a 10-day tour and $1,190/rider and $910/passenger on an 14-day tour. It covers all the questions you want (before, during and after the tour), any pre-trip planning, arranging the motorcycle rental, making the hotel reservations and providing daily guidance either by riding with me or by helping to plan a route at the start of the day that gets you to the hotel by nightfall. Any one who has been on my tours will tell that I love ride all day every day so I'm good to go when you are.
Hopefully this quick summary will give you an idea about my tours. Please check out the Tour Details or FAQ section for more information.
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