We will meet your incoming flight at the airport and bring you and your luggage to the hotel where we are spending our first night. We will also take care of getting you to the bike rental location prior to the tour, and from the rental location back to your hotel at its conclusion. At the end of your tour, you will be returned to the airport for your flight home.

Besides the great roads and spectacular scenery on a Great American Motorcycle Tour, one of the most critical components is our lodging selections. All lodging is included, from the evening before our departure through the night after we return to our final stop. This is Enhanced Motorcycle Travel, the Great American way… we stay at only the finest available inns, bed and breakfasts, and resorts.

Words like "first-class" , "luxury" and such are subjective, and can mean a lot of things to a lot of people, so we stay away from 'em. The "Star" or "Diamond" systems don't really work for us either, since we get to so many out-of-the-way places, and those guidebook writers (and the flocks of tourists that follow them) just haven't made it there yet. We just go for the best available, with a few conditions...

We stay at places where our group is not considered "small", so we can be the primary focus of the proprietor and staff. That generally means you'll stay at a small local inn, Bed & Breakfast, ranch, lodge, or even private cabins. Sometimes we're the only ones there. The place needs to have character, and some of the most interesting characters you'll meet on a tour (in addition to your group of course!) may be our hosts for one or more evenings.

Nonetheless, comfort is never sacrificed, and you'll find amenities such as antique furnishings, hot tubs, fireplaces, as well as nearby activities and attractions such as golf, horseback riding, fishing, hiking, and yes, even shopping.

Suffice it to say your lodging experience will be "Comfortably Unique".

Each day starts with breakfast as a group. It's usually at our place of lodging and varies from a generous continental to a cooked-to-order feast. In any case, don't worry about starting out on an empty stomach. We'll discuss the days ride, attractions, alternative routes.

Some days lunch may be a gourmet picnic roadside, other days we've found a place that's just the right combination of atmosphere, good food, and prompt service needed to help us keep moving.

Dinner is a time to relax at day's end, share our thoughts on the day with one another and look forward to tomorrow. It's also when we make sure we didn't lose anyone. If you are going to be late for dinner, please call.

We typically enjoy local favorites and specialties, always prepared fresh and always plentiful. Sometimes we order from menus - choose anything at all - but sometimes we have a "personal chef" who is eager to exercise his or her culinary creativity. The best meals, like the best rides, are often "planned spontaneity"!

Every tour Except the "Open Road" Tour is accompanied by a support vehicle. The SV carries luggage for the group and has plenty of room for clothing and riding gear and even space for some larger extras like fishing poles and golf clubs. We're saying "two pieces per person" just so no one gets carried away.

Should anyone not wish to ride a motorcycle the entire time, there's also room in the SV for one or more passengers.

When you arrive for your tour, you'll receive your Daily Itinerary Packet. In it you'll find detailed information about your tour, including maps and directions for each day's travels... the route the group leader will be following as well as alternates. There will be a list of attractions, interesting facts about places and people along the way..

You'll also have emergency contact information and telephone numbers for our each night's lodging, should you be delayed.

On Signature Tours, your entrance fees to National Parks and attractions we visit as a group are included as part of your Great American tour package. On Select and Self-Guided tours these costs are additional. We can advise you the approximate amount of these costs on request.