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| Wild West | Route 66 | Rocky Mountain High | Laguna Seca | Florida Coast | Taste of Baja |
| Daytona Bike Week | Route 66 Deluxe | Sturgis and the Old West | Self-Guided Tours | Rental |
 Many riders and passengers are learning to appreciate the benefits of our escorted (or guided) tours, offering an opportunity to combine some great motorcycling with a more social holiday - and the opportunity to visit places, ride roads and do things you might otherwise miss, and learn a little more about the land you are riding through. And of course you don't have any organisational worries. In fact our guided tours are proving so popular that we have had to introduce a maximum of 15 bikes per tour, and have added new dates. Itineraries of all of our guided tours are given in the brochure.
H-C Travel offers the largest selection of road tours in the USA, using experienced guides, covering some of the most exciting roads (yes, they do have bends, mountains and hairpins!) and spectacular scenery in the USA. On the West Coast you can choose from our long weekenders in California to our most popular tour, the 16-day Wild West tour. We also have tours to and through the Rockies, bringing you the delights of famous landmarks such as the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Arches National Park, Indian reservations, the Million Dollar Highway and spectacular mountain and desert scenery. We have a new ‘music’ tour of Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi which combines some great winding mountain roads with evenings of music and fun. And of course we shouldn’t forget Route 66!
If you're looking for that extra something, particularly as a winter break, then why not try Mexico. It offers a real insight into the old American ‘Wild West', with spectacular scenery, and although we offer great tours all year round, it is an ideal winter touring holiday. We can offer both road and adventure tours, starting near the Mexican border in the USA. We include our winter Baja tour in this brochure, but for a wider choice of tours, further details can be found on our Mexico pages.
Your guides
Wherever we offer guided tours - and the USA is no exception – we place great emphasis on our guides’ local knowledge, local contacts, familiarity with your motorcycles and ability to make your holiday that little bit special. H-C Travel is the only motorcycle tour operator in the UK that adopts this approach – we believe that if a tour guide needs maps or satnav, or doesn’t know the tour and the localities inside out, then you as a customer are wasting your money and might as well take a self-guided tour. Most of you will only take a particular tour once in your life, and we know how important it is to make sure you get the very best experience possible. Fortunately for us and our satisfied customers – and sadly for many riders who have made this mistake and not booked their dream holiday this way – this apparently simple formula is actually extremely hard to do.
Andy and Petra
Andy and Petra Wegener are more than just tour guides. They are also responsible for making our ground arrangements in the USA, keeping on top of our hotel bookings and making sure your motorcycle is waiting for you. Originally from Germany, Andy and Petra toured the USA by Harley-Davidson many years ago, and loved the experience so much they went back again and again until they finally decided to stay to make it possible for you to enjoy America as much as they do.
Gary
Gary is a gem and a real professional. He is totally dedicated to making this tour work and ensuring everyone is satisfied, with their needs met.
Vince Easter, UK, 2008
Gary Fleshman is a native of Colorado and lives in the mountains above Denver. He has been working in the tourism industry since he was 8 years old, and he’s now nearing 40, so he is pretty experienced. Gary is also a trained chef, and part-time truck driver, and for someone who spends his life guiding tours on his Harley-Davidson, he knows a lot about BMWs as well.
He is our recognised Route 66 expert, having ridden or driven ’the Mother Road’ dozens of times. What he doesn’t know about this historic route, one of the World’s ‘ultimate journeys’, places to stop and people to meet, isn’t worth knowing. His approach to guiding typifies our attitude to you as a customer – care and attention to detail.
Gary has his own website, so for some fun pictures why not check out http://www.bears-to-travel.blogspot.com
Don
Don Tompkins is a retired San Diego fire-fighter who has been guiding our motorcycle tours since 2005. He and his wife, Mary Jo, now live in Grand Junction, Colorado. Don was born in Indiana, considered the Crossroads of America.
His passion for travel started early as a boy with his family. He has toured by car and sometimes motorcycle, to many areas across America, including the original Route 66 during its “glory years”. Don has extensive personal motorcycle riding experience from 38 years of touring and attending rallies all around the USA, Canada and Baja Mexico. He guides our Route 66, Wild West and Rocky Mountains tours. His greatest joy in having you on tour is: Showing off America in the safest way possible.
 Tom
Tom Painter started as a motorcycle tour guide in 2006. He is definitely a “people person” and meeting new friends is one of things he enjoys most about guiding. After working in the aerospace industry as a financial specialist and later owning a property management company, much of Tom’s retirement is now spent on his Harley-Davidson and riding the open road. Tour guiding is a perfect match for Tom because it enables him to combine his love of motorcycling with the opportunity to meet and ride with fellow motorcycle enthusiasts from around the world.
Tom set out on his first extended motorcycle road trip in 1987. That first trip was over after three weeks but a passion for the open road was ignited and he has been taking long-distance motorcycle road trips ever since. Few people can match Tom’s knowledge and experience of the many highways and back roads of the western United States.
Tom takes pride and great satisfaction in showing customers some of the most beautiful scenery in the USA. “After completing tours, many clients tell me the trip was their best holiday ever. Every time I hear that, I feel great. I know the wonderful memories will last a lifetime and it just doesn’t get any better than that.”
Dean
Dean is the newbie, he’s just learning to write (only joking) so we’ll add more info soon!
Stuart
Stuart Pesky is an ex-Chicago cop. Born and raised in the city, he’s toured all over the States even before starting as a tour guide, and has regularly attended major rallies for more years than he cares to remember.
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US tour schedule 2009
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Tour
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Date
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Florida Coast
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24 Jan - 31 Jan 2009
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Daytona Bike Week
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26 Feb - 08 Mar 2009
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Taste of Baja
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18 Apr - 23 Apr 2009
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Route 66
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30 Apr - 14 May 2009
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Wild West
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14 May - 29 May 2009
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Wild West Part 1
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14 May - 21 May 2009
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Wild West Part 2
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21 May - 29 May 2009
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Route 66 Deluxe
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04 Jun - 20 Jun 2009
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Wild West
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04 Jun - 19 Jun 2009
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Wild West Part 1
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04 Jun - 11 Jun 2009
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Rocky Mountain High
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10 Jun - 26 Jun 2009
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Wild West Part 2
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11 Jun – 19 Jun 2009
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Route 66
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11 Jun - 25 Jun 2009
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Wild West
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25 Jun - 10 Jul 2009
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Wild West Part 1
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25 Jun - 02 Jul 2009
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Wild West Part 2
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02 Jul - 10 Jul 2009
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Route 66
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02 Jul - 16 Jul 2009
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Laguna Seca MotoGP
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02 Jul - 08 Jul 2009
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Sturgis & the Old West
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02 Aug - 13 Aug 2009
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Route 66
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06 Aug - 20 Aug 2009
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Wild West
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06 Aug - 21 Aug 2009
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Wild West Part 1
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06 Aug - 13 Aug 2009
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Wild West Part 2
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13 Aug - 21 Aug 2009
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Route 66
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03 Sep - 17 Sep 2009
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Wild West
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08 Sep - 23 Sep 2009
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Wild West Part 1
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08 Sep - 15 Sep 2009
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Wild West Part 2
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15 Sep - 23 Sep 2009
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Route 66
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20 Sep - 04 Oct 2009
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Wild West
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24 Sep - 09 Oct 2009
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Wild West Part 1
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24 Sep - 01 Oct 2009
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Wild West Part 2
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01 Oct - 09 Oct 2009
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California Dreamin’
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04 Oct – 12 Oct 2009
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US tour schedule 2010
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Tour
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Date
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Florida Coast
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23 Jan - 30 Jan 2010
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Daytona Bike Week
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04 Mar - 14 Mar 2010
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Taste of Baja
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17 Apr - 22 Apr 2010
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Route 66
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29 Apr - 13 May 2010
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Wild West
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13 May - 28 May 2010
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Wild West Part 1
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13 May - 20 May 2010
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Wild West Part 2
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20 May - 28 May 2010
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Route 66 Deluxe
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03 Jun - 19 Jun 2010
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Wild West
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03 Jun - 18 Jun 2010
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Wild West Part 1
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03 Jun - 10 Jun 2010
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Route 66
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09 Jun - 25 Jun 2010
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Wild West Part 2
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10 Jun – 18 Jun 2010
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Rocky Mountain High
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16 Jun - 01 Jul 2010
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Wild West
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24 Jun - 09 Jul 2010
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Wild West Part 1
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24 Jun - 01 Jul 2010
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Wild West Part 2
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01 Jul - 09 Jul 2010
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Route 66
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01 Jul - 15 Jul 2010
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Laguna Seca MotoGP
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TBA, Jul 2010
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Sturgis Tour
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01 Aug - 12 Aug 2010
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Route 66
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05 Aug - 19 Aug 2010
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Wild West
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05 Aug - 20 Aug 2010
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Wild West Part 1
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05 Aug - 12 Aug 2010
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Wild West Part 2
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12 Aug - 20 Aug 2010
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Route 66
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02 Sep - 17 Sep 2010
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Wild West
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07 Sep - 23 Sep 2010
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Wild West Part 1
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07 Sep - 14 Sep 2010
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Wild West Part 2
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14 Sep - 23 Sep 2010
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Route 66
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19 Sep - 03 Oct 2010
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Wild West
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23 Sep - 08 Oct 2010
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Wild West Part 1
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23 Sep – 30Sep 2010
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Wild West Part 2
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30 Sep - 08 Oct 2010
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California Dreamin’
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03 Oct – 11 Oct 2010
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| Wild West | Route 66 | Rocky Mountain High | Laguna Seca | Florida Coast | Taste of Baja |
| Daytona Bike Week | Route 66 Deluxe | Sturgis and the Old West | Self-Guided Tours | Rental |
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