Travel: Tour Operators

Some have been around a long time, but many have mushroomed over the last few years, in response to the growing demand particularly for foreign travel. Most are family or owner run. Thus the degree of sophistication does not generally equate with large tour operations with vast resources. This is not intended to be a criticism, more of a statement of fact. Most run a very satisfactory service such as our friends at HC Travel, MCi Tours, Bike & Sun Tours and Bike Tours Scotland. Unfortunately, with just a few, we do wonder sometimes just what the motorcycling public are paying for – such are their meagre offerings when analysed line by line. So what do the operators offer and what should they be offering?