Continuing,
In fairness, I have to say that Bill has a certain core following for his tours. About half of the teams loved Santana tours, and were repeat participants. However, most of the rest of us, did not get it at all, and were highly disappointed.
Of the people,who like Santana tours, I wonder about their frame of reference. We’ve done a number of bike trips with VBT, Backroads and Trek Travel. For the money we spent on our Santana tour, we could have done a comparable Backroads trip, with better accommodations, much better support, guides who are polite to their customers, and a more flexible itinerary.
I don’t mean to offend anyone who likes Santana tours, because they clearly have a core group, of fans who love them. I would suggest that both Backroads, and Trek offer a much better value in my opinion
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You could fall off a cliff and die.
You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.