Scotland Tours 2019 - It Has Been A Great Year So Far :-)

jamie todd

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Good morning all, I hope you are all enjoying this weather :-) as some of you may know, I took the plunge and started up a small tour guide business based here in Scotland at the start of 2019.
It took a while to get all set up, websites done, insurances etc but it has been worth it so far. I have ran x4 tours since March and it has been great. Meeting loads of different people from all over the world has been awesome and long may it continue.
I put together an amazing route that covers 1100 miles over the 5 days, this route also covers 90% of the NC 500 route. All in all it has been an amazing year, the roads up here have been pretty packed this year with tourists. The best way to tour up around Scotland is by bike :-).
The hardest part for me is getting accommodation booking in and around the NC 500 route as you can imagine this route is very very popular now, when trying to book rooms to accommodate 8-10 rider group is pretty tough. I have now put together a 5 day camping tour and also a 3 day/long weekend camping our that is now becoming very popular.
The 5 day camping tour covers 1100 miles and the NC 500 loop, the 3 day/long weekend tour is roughly 700 miles and covers loads of other parts of Scotland. The long weekend tour is a good one to join us on as you don't need much time away from work and also a good short break for riders with pillions.
Our next 3 day tour is in 2 weeks then we have a week break before the next one, both these tours are fully booked.
The next camping tour will be in September and October before we wrap it up for the year and plan our adventures for 2020 :-)

If anyone is interested in joining us on the next camping tour please don`t hesitate to contact me.

Once again I would like to thank everyone who gave me some good pointers at the start of 2019 when I posted about my new venture :-)
 

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Well done. Good to hear a success story for a change. You could maybe try weaning folk off the NC500 in search of accomodation? The Borders and Dumfries and Galloway are fantastic biking areas. Then there's Perthshire and the Trossachs and the Meanrns and ... Well, the whole country really!
 
Well done. Good to hear a success story for a change. You could maybe try weaning folk off the NC500 in search of accomodation? The Borders and Dumfries and Galloway are fantastic biking areas. Then there's Perthshire and the Trossachs and the Meanrns and ... Well, the whole country really!

Thanks mate, it has been really good. My 3 day camping tour covers Perthshire, Aviemore, Fort Willam, Mallaig, Glencoe, Ardnamurchan etc. But as you say, there is loads of places to visit.
 
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Hi Jamie....... I feel your frustration with accommodation, having done NC500 the last couple of years with my 2 mates I can't believe how far ahead you have to book to get the hotels you want in the location you want!! Good luck with your Touring Company, good to see someone having a go.
 


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