Originally Posted by
Beverly
Maybe I'm missing something but I never see the annual ride becoming one that would be operated as a tour requiring pre -payment for participation. This year everyone made their own hotel reservations, provided their own transportation, etc. I see this more like a chance for people to meet, ride and enjoy each other's company and I hope we keep it this way.
I feel we learned a lot from this year's ride about riding styles and other preferences. You'll never be able to plan one program where everyone will be happy. I think the separate rides according to preferences and abilities was great. Meeting at breakfast and dinner to discuss plans or events of the day was great. Maybe we take these things into consideration when planning the next one.
Now if we could just decide on a location for the next one
Hi Beverly,
The tour Organizer or Organizers can be sued in the event of an accident. Nobody starts out to want to do that but wait until some lawyer gets involved. Denver Fox alluded to that also and he is right. Some of us have an Umbrella Insurance Policy but why should I expose my Insurance to risk such as this?
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Getting a good motel rate requires knowing how many people attend and get a package. You can get a rate of 50% of normal if you plan ahead and book at one motel.
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Popping into a restaurant with a large group without reservations is asking for trouble. I do have a bit experience with that.
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Planning such things take time and money. Of course we can find some good people with time and money at their hands but I am suggesting to help them out a bit with financial commitment.
It may well be that many will not attend because of that but they dropped out anyway, did they not?